Slovakia is a frustrating place.

see,

you need to know at least

two languages to get around.

that’s cool and all,

and I dig speaking other languages,

but, the problem is

that Slovak is really tough.

bewildering, even.

its orthography is different from Polish

(which some say is even harder)

and even Czech.

so the problem is,

if you learn Polish,

Slovak is even harder to understand.

like,

“mieso” in Polish

becomes mäso in Slovak.

yes, there’s an

umlaut in a Slavic

language.

they say I speak Polish

with a Slovak accent.

does that mean that I speak Slovak

with a Polish accent?

so,

you will really need to know German

to get around

and order stuff.

but the food is great,

the people are nice

(once you get to know them)

and there’s not too many tourists there

- yet –

so you will have

a lot of the country

to yourself.

it’s just a little rougher than Poland

and Hungary.

(but not as rough as Ukraine,

from what I hear.)

and there’s lots of good beer

and food with paprika in it

and an Andy Warhol museum.

so go visit soon.