{"id":21320,"date":"2016-05-15T08:25:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T07:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=21320"},"modified":"2019-04-02T13:15:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T12:15:16","slug":"castle-or-beer-tough-choices-in-trencin-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/castle-or-beer-tough-choices-in-trencin-slovakia\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle or Beer? Tough Choices in Tren\u010d\u00edn, Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome is feeling edgy, parked by the side of a residential road, flats to one side, a school on the other and within sniffing distance of the V\u00e1h<em>\u00a0<\/em>river, in the town of Tren\u010d\u00edn in Slovakia (N48.90001, E18.04636). His predecessor Dave got used to these types of sleeping spots as we travelled, but Zagan still has roadside nerves \u2013 or is that me?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21336\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21336\" class=\"wp-image-21336 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01107-1024x349-1024x349.jpg\" alt=\"Zagan's roadside kipping spot in Tren\u010d\u00edn, Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01107-1024x349.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01107-1024x349-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01107-1024x349-768x262.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zagan&#8217;s roadside kipping spot in Tren\u010d\u00edn, Slovakia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This morning I thought I had gone deaf, until I realised I could still hear Charlie snoring from his bed in the gap between the seats below our bed. The lack of rain noise on the roof was a welcome change, so I seized the opportunity to nip out for a jog along the river levee, I\u2019m taking our half marathon training very seriously. We\u2019d already decided to skip visiting Devin castle as it was mainly ruins and we could see a lot of high vis jackets and scaffolding from where we had parked \u2013 naughty I know, but we\u2019d read that the castle at Tren\u010d\u00edn would be more worthy of a visit.<\/p>\n<p>Under heavy skies, satnav directed us back to Bratislava so we could pick up the motorway that cuts its way across the country. The roadsides were lined with huge advertising boards that you only really notice when you haven\u2019t seen them for a while \u2013 they prompted a conversation about who changes the adverts and how dangerous it must be as some of them were a good way off the ground.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21323\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21323\" class=\"wp-image-21323 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01019-1024x383-1024x383.jpg\" alt=\"Motorway out of Bratislava\" width=\"620\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01019-1024x383.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01019-1024x383-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01019-1024x383-768x287.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motorway out of Bratislava<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our newly acquired map displays a million symbols, some of which try to rate how good a town or village is. Close to the motorway on our route north was, underlined in red and two red stars, the town of Trnava. We had GPS\u00a0co-ordinates of a car park there, it would be rude not to pop by.\u00a0Unable to fully decipher the car park charges, Jay adopted the \u2018let\u2019s bung in a euro and see how long we get\u2019 approach, it gave us five hours; we\u2019ll find a 50c coin next time. With plenty of time on our hands we set off for a look around what claims to be the oldest town in Slovakia. The old town centre was surrounded by the remains of its medieval walls, but the centre itself was pastel colours and baroque fa\u00e7ades, indicating it has been rebuilt, probably several times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21335\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21335\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21335\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01067-1024x604-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"Direction sign Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01067-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01067-1024x604-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01067-1024x604-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Struggling a bit with direction signs!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21324\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21324\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21324\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01026-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Trnava, Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01026-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01026-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01026-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01026-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01026-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trnava<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reaching the main square it was full of stalls selling flowers, and so many people that we had to double check with each other that it wasn\u2019t a Saturday. Whoops, air horns and hollers came from the other side of the stalls so we investigated to find a group of well-dressed teenage girls walking around with a large board displaying photos of themselves, a couple of the girls were sheepishly asking people for money by holding out upturned hats. Then another group appeared, this time boys doing the same thing, but making more noise. Baffled I headed into the tourist office where they explained it was graduation day at the university and it was a tradition. Nothing was said about the money collected and as so few people were giving I can only assume it was to fund a beer drinking session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21325 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01027-1024x713-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"Flower Stall Trnava Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01027-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01027-1024x713-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01027-1024x713-768x535.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21329\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21329\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21329\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01057-1024x496-1024x496.jpg\" alt=\"Trnava Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01057-1024x496.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01057-1024x496-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01057-1024x496-768x372.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#TRNAVA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tourist office man asked if I had been up the tower yet and indicated around the back of the building. Jay pointed out it was my turn to climb a tower (he did the <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/a-fantastic-ducati-tour-and-a-taste-of-bologna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last one in Bologna<\/a>) so I headed over and started climbing. Just over halfway up the stairs I reached a room with a lady behind the counter, it was \u20ac3 to go any further and as there was a limited view from where I was I coughed up and climbed on.\u00a0The view from the top was OK, I could see the old town and many blocks of high rise flats just outside the walls. It did give me a chance to spy on Jay and grab some photos of the money collecting students though without being spotted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21327\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01033-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Trnava Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01033-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01033-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01033-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01033-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01033-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21326\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01031-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Trnava Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01031-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01031-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01031-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01031-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01031-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21328\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01037-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Student Graduation Trnava Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01037-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01037-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01037-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01037-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01037-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The town was pretty as we wandered around but wasn\u2019t going to keep us for a day and night, so we headed back to Zagan and had a spot of lunch in the car park as the ticket still had four hours on it.<\/p>\n<p>The motorway once again whisked us north following the valley of the V\u00e1h River, passing more crumbling castles crawling up their hillsides. Their job, long ago, was to fend off the Turks, but since the Ottoman empire started to decline, so have they. Our next stop was &#8211; red box around the name and two stars (the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of map rankings) &#8211; the town of Tren\u010d\u00edn. With no GPS\u00a0co-ordinates we headed for the castle, but of course that was on a hill so we drove around looking for a car park. All the car parks we could find belonged to shops and the traffic was busy so we put in for the campsite on a small island in the middle of the river. As we turned off the main road towards the camping we spotted a quiet residential street with no restrictions or parking meters and as we don\u2019t need a camping we parked up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21330\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21330\" class=\"wp-image-21330 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01074-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Castle on the Vah valley\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01074-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01074-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01074-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castle on the V\u00e1h valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a short stroll to the main square where a stage was set up for a Slovenian concert, yes Slovenia was here to promote itself with free music, free food and free wine \u2013 guess which of the three got the most interest! Tren\u010d\u00edn is overlooked by its own castle and divided in two by a tower next to the town hall, which you walk under to reach the other half. Once on the other side things weren\u2019t quite as pretty as this was obviously the \u2018new\u2019 town and concrete 1970\u2019s style squares replaced the pretty pastel hued buildings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21331\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21331\" class=\"wp-image-21331 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01092-1024x491-1024x491.jpg\" alt=\"Tren\u010d\u00edn Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01092-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01092-1024x491-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01092-1024x491-768x368.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Town Tren\u010d\u00edn<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21332\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21332\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21332\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01093-1024x648-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"Slovenia concert in Tren\u010d\u00edn Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01093-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01093-1024x648-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01093-1024x648-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slovenia concert in Tren\u010d\u00edn Slovakia &#8211; the wine stall is on the right!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With \u20ac10 ready to pay the admission fee we looked up at the castle. We then looked at a local brewery with a pub. We looked up at the castle again as we headed into the pub, deciding once again to spend our money on booze rather than walking around a castle. The <a href=\"http:\/\/lanius.sk\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lanius brewery<\/a>, for us, was the better choice as we ordered one of their eight glass tasting trays for \u20ac5.50 and thoroughly enjoyed sampling the different flavours while we watched a chap emptying hops from what we thought was a copper brewing prop \u2013 it wasn\u2019t, they were brewing the beer we were drinking right next to us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21333\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21333\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21333\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01100-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lanius Brewery, Tren\u010d\u00edn Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01100-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01100-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01100-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01100-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01100-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Which one to try first?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21334\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21334\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21334\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01101-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lanius Brewery, Tren\u010d\u00edn Slovakia\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01101-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01101-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01101-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01101-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC01101-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We tried one of each of the beers on the blackboards, to the left is the copper brewing kit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Slightly wubbery faced, as all the beers were above 5% one claimed to be 15%, we headed back to Zagan for a bite to eat, the fear of sleeping on the roadside has been eased by the local brew and the football stadium next door has a match on tonight so the road is busy and the tunes are banging from the speaker system.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Ju x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome is feeling edgy, parked by the side of a residential road, flats to one side, a school on the other and within sniffing distance of the V\u00e1h\u00a0river, in the town of Tren\u010d\u00edn in Slovakia (N48.90001, E18.04636). 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