It snowed today--about 7 inches. Wouldn't you know it but the children from school have been enjoying the ski slopes in the afternoon all week long. They come to school. Study in the morning. Eat their lunch of warm soup and hot dish and then load their snow & ski gear into the bus. Minutes later--I mean like 12 minutes later-- they unload at the resort and hit the slopes.
Yesterday I walked in the city square and passed seven snow shops with skies, boots, poles, snow boards, sleds, ski cycles and all sorts of mountain gear--snow shoes, helmets, ropes, axes, shovels and caribeeners. Every house or apartment I've visited has skies, poles,helmets and skates stacked by the door with mittens, scarfs, gloves and water bottles at the ready.
Martin sits in a plateau surrounded on three sides by beautiful sylvan hills with mountains and evergreen forests. The foothills of the Fatra mountains nestle Martin and to the east rest the larger Tatra range. You even pass an old castle along the river--it used to stop the timber rafts and charge a tax as the logs were transported to Budapest. See ya later...it's beautiful outside tonight!
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