Parnica Travel Guide

 matcrazy1 Says:  We had to stop a car in front of closed railway crossing to give a way to this train on my picture in Parnica. Kathy got off the car and suddenly we saw her crossing the highway, running away to take closer pictures of the train and she disappeared (crazy camerawoman? :-).... 

 Kodi01 Says:  We were driving through Slovakia and got caught at this train stop.I jumped out to get a picture of the mountains, when I looked down the street, the railroad sign had been lifted.WOWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAA!Did Maciek take off and leave me in Slovakia in the mountains....... :O) 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Driving around county of Parnica I didn't notice people wearing local, folklore costumes. They are used only for special celebrations nowadays. But I noticed older women walking along highway with shawl over their head. One of them sold "syrove korbaciki" on a highway but... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Driving from Dolny Kubin I wanted to take highway 70 that is the shortest way to Parnica. Hmm... I didn't notice (I missed) direction signs and I drove through Ruzomberok and Kralovany that was 44 km instead of... 8 km. Hmm... direction signs often are small, somewhat... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  There are quite many simple bridges over local rivers and streams in that area of Slovakia. Sometimes they are built of wooden tiles with wooden handrail on one side like this one on my picture. But sometimes there is only a trunk of a tree put over a stream.Notice that... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  I was driving local highway 583 from Parnica via village of Terchova to city of Zilina. It was not typical, steep meanderous, mountain highway. It went mainly along valleys with long straight segments and the traffic was very small so I could drive quite fast but... there... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Mountains called Kysucke Vrhoviny were located north of local highway 583, I drove. They were lower than Mala Fatra. Its highest summit - Javorinka was only 1210 m = 3970 ft high. Their slopes were covered by mixed, both leaved and coniferous, forest and there were some... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Mala Fatra Mountains were located south of highway 583 I drove. It's highest summit (1709 m = 5607 ft) is called Velky Krivan (Big Krivan). Drive to village of Terchova on highway 583 and turn southward along Vratna Valley (Vratna Dolina) towards popular ski center Vratna.... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Both Mala Fatra and Kysucke Vrhowiny are realatively young mountains so there are quite a lot lime rocks there. They looked especially amazing lighted by automn/fall sun with colorful leaves at this time of year. Most famous rock formation are placed south of village... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  Mountains around Parnica including Mala Fatra are largely covered by forest.In lower parts (on my picture) they are mixed: partly leaved, parly coniferous. Higher you climb, more evergreen, coniferous trees you see, mostly pines but spruces and firs as well. But I liked... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  We were looking at Zazrivka river fast running stream from wooden bridge looking for... fish and we admired trees with fall leaves along the river bed. Hmm... I didn't see any fish but there must be at least mountain trouts, I am sure. You can taste them in local restaurants... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  When we got off our car to take a short walk we had to cross this wooden bridge over Zazrivka River on my picture. Hiking many times around Slovak mountains (close to Poland) in the past I discovered a lot of such simple bridges and more primitive ones like just a trunk of... 

 matcrazy1 Says:  We drove highway 583 from Parnica via village of Terchova to city of Zilina. And we stopped somewhere at the beginning of our itenerary to take a short walk. The highway meandered between Mala Fatra ranges, in a valley along Zazrivka river. We could easily amaze picturesque...