UK to Slovakia

Mans best Friend

guardian — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:59 +0000

Of course mans best friend will always be his dog. There's something very special and unique about unconditional love and affection; something we humans just can't seem to master. However, this post isn't about dogs, it's about 'the next' mans best fr…

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New Year 2010

guardian — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:51:38 +0000

I haven't written for a while (again) so thought I had better catch up. First and foremost, Happy New Year to all our readers. May you live long and prosper, may the Force be with you, may all your troubles be little ones etc. The exception to this is…

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Preparing the bus for winter

guardian — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:54:12 +0000

Thanks to an email from scorpion42 in which he asks me about the Pajero's MOT and what the winters are like here, I have a good enough excuse to write another post - thanks JP. My wife drove the bus on it's 2 day (each way) round trip to from Slovakia…

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All Saints Day 2009

guardian — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:52:21 +0000

Some of you will remember my last post about All Saints Day 2008 and how I got a little emotional. This year we revisited the 'old' cemetery in Kezmarok armed with our carefully selected Candles of Remembrance; hats, scarves and gloves to keep the chill…

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Winter has arrived in Slovakia

guardian — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:07:11 +0000

Actually, winter arrived a couple of days ago after several days of rain. We were watching the rain fall, wondering if it was going to stop when all of a sudden, it changed from water droplets to snow flakes. We were greeted with another 4 inches of th…

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Slivovica

guardian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:33:18 +0000

Some of you will know that I'm not really a huge fan of alcohol. I might partake of a beer or two at Christmas to help digest all those calorie laden objects I had been stuffing into my mouth or during the other odd celebration. I have never been much…

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Red Tape or Red mist?

guardian — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:22:51 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me that the old soviet tentacles of bureaucracy still permeates whole countries who should be moving forward with more efficient and streamlined systems. Take for example our recent house move........ Before the move began, w…

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Easter in Slovakia

guardian — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:22:30 +0000

So, long time no write! In most of the western world, it was Easter weekend and here in rather Catholic Slovakia it's no different. Ok, so the date isn't different but everything else is. To explain... The Thursday before Good Friday has a name both i…

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