For one month, we are contained at home in France but we still continue to study at the Žilina university. Even if distance learning is not the ideal situation, we are doing our best to succeed this unusual Erasmus semester.  We enjoyed this time at home with our family even if spending 24/7 with them could be sometimes… difficult. In reality, the quarantine begins to be lengthy and studying at … More Quarantine and study

We were waiting other students in the supermarket Tesco when we received an email from our French school which said that in the light of the circumstances of the Covid-19 crisis, it would be better to come back to France as soon as possible. Obviously, we had just paid our food for the next days… So, we came back to the hotel, deeply disappointed, and thought about what we … More The end of an adventure

After lunch, we took another train to Štrbské Pleso. Is was colder than in Starý Smokovec. There was lot of snow in the city. We walked to a lake, we were expecting to see water but not at all. The lake was completely icy and covered with about 15 cm of snow. It was very … More Hiking in High Tatras #2

On 7th of March, we woke up around 5:45 a.m. and took a train at 6:45 a.m. to Poprad-Tatry. Then, we took another train to Starý Smokovec. On the way, the landscapes went from the grassy plains to the mountains with snow. It was very exciting because in our home it doesn’t snow very often. … More Hiking in High Tatras #1

Thanks to the Covid-19 we have a lot of time to stroll in Žilina and its surroundings. Last Friday, a sunny day, we decided to ramble and picnic on the bank of the Vah river. We left the hotel at midday and went until the town’s dam at around 4 kilometres by foot. Few minutes … More Dam of Žilina and the Vah river

Dubeň Tower is a lookout with a 360° view on Žilina and mountains. It was built in 2016 following an architectural design competition “Lookout Tower in Dubni”. It has a height of 27,4 meters and is standing at 572 meters above sea level. It is built out of wood and metal. It blends in perfectly … More Vyhliadková veža Dubeň (Dubeň Tower)

The 13th of March, a beautiful day, we decided to visit another monument of Žilina : the Church of Saint Stephen the King. After some difficulties to find the way until the Church, we saw far ahead the building and its bell tower. This Church is one of the oldest preserved monuments. It was built … More The Church of Saint Stephen the King

The 29th of February, we decided to go to the Budatin Castle. So we proposed to others Erasmus students to join us. Finally, instead of being only two, we were about fifteen people !   Mathilde and I organized the trip but after near 30 minutes’ walk, we arrived in a dilapidated area of Žilina… A man helped us and said that we were going to take the “bad way” … More The Budatin Castle