When drinking with locals in Orava, don’t try to keep up
This week, we are back to Orava, this time with Dave Rubin, who recommends visiting the open-air museum in Zuberec. For Americans, it’s like visiting Williamstown, Virginia, but Zuberec is hundreds of...
6 Mar 20195min
Hiking with little feet
Slovakia is a good place to hike with your kids. Naomi, a mother of four living in Slovakia, shares some inspirational tips for trips that little feet can manage. Some of the best places, including hi...
27 Feb 201915min
Visit the Nosferatu castle in Slovakia
Care for a plate of halusky? Sheep cheese is an acquired taste, say Americans.
20 Feb 201915min
A morning hike in Slovakia, afternoon tea in Poland
“You really do feel like you have travelled back in time,” says Dave Rubin as he starts his brief intro to the northwest region of Kysuce. Here, visitors have the unique opportunity to walk to Poland,...
13 Feb 20195min
Schnitzel is not the only thing we have in common
Before leaving Slovakia, his first posting as an ambassador, Austrian Ambassador Helfried Carl stopped by the podcast studio to share some of his impressions while living among Slovaks for 4 ½ years...
6 Feb 201921min
Compared to Prague, Bratislava is a well-kept secret
Paul and Lynette Doege are an American couple who visited Bratislava for the first time last September. They started their trip in Prague, and feel that both capitals are relatively similar, with thei...
30 Jan 201913min
It’s carnival, time to kill a pig
Wintertime is carnival time, and in Slovak villages, it’s also time to gather your family and prepare your cauldrons for zabijacka. Naomi Huzovicova explains what that means in this week’s episode of ...
23 Jan 201917min
Feel the weight of the world on your shoulders
When you descend into one of the mines of Banska Stiavnica, you literally feel the weight of the world on your shoulders, says Dave Rubin in another episode of our podcast. Yet Banska Stiavnica also o...
16 Jan 20196min
