Solid 8 hr shut eye felt amazing. I was actually up before the alarm, but decided to stay in bed. Still got up well in advance of the alarm. The alarm usually sounds the last 15 min before the end of breakfast. I got down to the lobby with time to spare. Slovak breakfast is pretty standard European fare: bread, cheese, sliced meats, yogurt, granola. Nothing too funky like a pigs head or boiled goat ears or anything... I must miss Italy subconsciously because I grabbed a roll and smeared Nutella all over it. Chocolate withdraws or in this case, hazelnut withdrawals. Oh man, remember that Nutella Brioch in Milan?!? Me too. My kingdom for a chocolate Brioch! Just kidding. Not really.
We hit the road at 10:30 because we had a full day. First stop was Tatras Mountians. We took a walk around a lake, the name of which I forget but it was stunning. Dig.
Cascading selfie: Tatras Mountain style.
It was cold. And beautiful. And a nice change of pace. I needed to do something to feel worthy of lunch which we enjoyed at the cafe at the mountain.
After lunch and the mountain walk, I promptly fell asleep in the car. Basically woke up as we entered Prešov. We had a 5:30 interview with Radio Preśov, and I had a hard time getting my mind right after this...
We did the interview at Radio Prešov and had great success! We talked about the shows, and our tour manager Olga translated, and we played about 39 seconds of Love Song.
Interview was cool! By all accounts, success. We promoted the upcoming shows and then we went to celebrate.
We then headed to Vranov nad Toplou our home for the next couple days. The driving was at times a little nerve wracking. Olga is an excellent driver but the roads weren't meant for Formula 1 driving. It was all good tho. We laughed, she hugged the lane, and pulled into the hotel like a rally car driver.
Speaking of the hotel... We got the west wing and its stunning! A huge hang room, full bar (with nothing in it, but we have our own wine), and beautiful rooms. It's super pimp.
We went downstairs for dinner at about 8. The restaurant was quiet. I chose the steak, medium, with mushroom sauce.
Made short work of it too. So good. Amazing food and local wine. It was amazing.
Oh wait. And dessert.
A poppy seed pastry with caramel sauce and coffee ice cream.
In the next room there was a group of doctors celebrating a 60th birthday (full on singing Slovak folk songs) so we did what any singing group from the states would do and offer to sing them a song... We did Bid You Goodnight and then was immediately offered Slivovica, which is the digestive we had the other day, but then after one round we all quietly removed ourselves from the scene. It was clear we were in over our heads so we quietly snuck out the back and crashed.
Happy to have a home base for the next couple days. Driving everyday can get old. Night world.
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