Hrad

"Hrad" means "Castle" in Slovak.

 

We were crossing through Slovakia on our way home from Hungary.  We stopped at this castle called Devin Castle, right outside Bratislava, the capitol city. 

 

 

They had SHEEP!

 

The castle dates back to around the year 860.

 

We were the only ones there.

 

Dramatic, right?

 

That's the Danube River right there.

 

Yes, that's a window carved into the side of the mountain.

 

Why you would want to carve a window into the side of a mountain, I don't know, but they must have felt the need to.

 

Help  We're stuck down in the deep wall thing.... 

 

 

Okay, we made it out.

 

This is called the Maiden's Tower.

 

There used to be part of the castle that connected to it so you didn't have to climb up it like Rapunzel.

 

See?  Here's what it used to look like.

 

And now - for the question of the day....WHAT is THIS????

 

(A person standing in a wooden spaceship with a squirrel coming out in a little space bubble.  Yeah - you figure it out.  Slovak art is weird.) 

 

Join me next time in Budapest, Hungary!!!