Welcome at Ciska's Travel Corner
Hello everybody, on this page I'll show you all the places I've been already for vacation.
Eastern Europe
Picking Bilberries
In 2004 we visited three new EU member countries: Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. After staying one night in Dresden, Germany, we
continued our way to the small village of Kalna in Poland. There we stayed six night in Villa Kotlina
with Kees and Gerda, a dutch couple renting rooms in their apartment. I really liked it there. We picked bilberries, visited a former salt
mine and a number of old cities, among which Krakow. I also helped Gerda in the kitchen and I really liked that.
After six days we continued our journey into Slovakia where we stayed in another apartment. There we visited a large castle ruin,
Spišský Hrad, once a very large castle, now the largest castle ruin in Europe. We also wanted to take a walk in the so-called
Slovak Paradise, but as it was raining so hard that day, my parents decided to visit some caves. One of them was an ice-cave and it was freezing
cold in there. On another beautiful sunny day we made a walk in the Zádielska Dolina. This is long narrow gap and together with my father
I climned up the hill from which we had a beautiful view over the surroundings. We could even see Hungary. In the end I'd walked more than
10 kilometres this day, which for me as a five-year old is rather long. In the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, we celebrated my mothers birthday.
In Bratislava we first stayed a few nights in a cottage on a campsite and after that a few nights in a hotel with a large swimming-pool.
That I enjoyed very much. In Slovakia we also saw a lot of fields with sunflowers and I do like these flowers. We also went to see a small
town near the border with Hungary, Komarno. This town has a so-called Europe Place. At this square you may find building in different
architectural styles from 26 different European countries.
At the campsite with my friends
From Slovakia we went to the Czech Republic. There we stayed for several night in a cottage on a campsite. I really enjoyed myself there; it
had a large swimming lake and a large playground. There were a lot of Dutch people on the camping and I enjoyed myself with the other kids.
So I didn't like it when we left. Ofcourse we visited Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. There they had a cow parade and that was
something I really liked. I photographed a lot of special cows. Each time I saw one I had to take a close look at her.
Playmobil Funpark
From the Czech Republic we went to Germany. First to Nuremburg where we rented a caravan on a camping. Close to Nuremberg lies Zirndorf and there
you may find the Playmobil Funpark. We also spent one day there and I played a lot with the Playmobil they have there. It is mainly an
amusement park with a lot of things to play with for small children. Also with water, but unfortunately we didn't bring my bathing suit with
us into the park. I really liked the Playmobil Park. At the end of day we bought some Playmobil in the shop. Back on the campsite I played
with Daniel, the sun of our camping neighbours. They had also visited the park and bought him some Playmobil and together we played with it.
Me on a horse with Gabi
Our last stop this vacation was with a friend of my mother, Gabi. With her husband and two sons they live near Bonn. we stayed with them for
two night. Gabi uses horses for her work, she has six of them, and I was allowed to ride on one of them. For me that was one of the highlights
of this holiday. Of course I've brought my little photo camera with me this vacation of some of the pictures I took you may see on my
photo page. If you want to read more about this vacation, read the
travelogue for this vacation of my parents.
