Sat 21.Aug.2010
Košice, Slovakia
You didn't miss anything . For reasons too long to go into, I'm putting
up Košice three before two.
Where are we again? Košice (ko-SHEE-tse).
The major city of East Slovakia - an arguable oxymoron, but here we
are. Slovakia's second city and, like Bratislava, right at the point
where the vast central Danube plain meets the foothills of the
Carpathian mountains. But about 400 km east of Bratislava. As Lonely Planet puts it "20 km north
of Hungary, 90 km south of Poland, and 80 km west of Ukraine".
From my window on the third floor (US-style counting) of the K2 Tourist
Hostel, I can see this dome on the State Philharmonic building.
They seem to be closed up. Winter is symphony season in Central Europe.
Indoor activitiies have an edge here in winter.
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The Musical Fountain
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Main Street
Really! Hlavna Ulica!
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The Plague Column
Many cities have these, commemorating the victims of the great plague
of medieval times. Vienna's is elaborate beyond describing.
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