Pic 1: During the journey to Spis Castle, we stopped to have toilet break and they talk and talk and talk....
Pic 2: Spis Castle is originally a royal castle started to be built in 12th century in Romanesque era. Since then, it has gone through various structural improvements, such as Gothic and Renaissance. It had been residency of several aristocratic families - Zapolsky, Thurzo and Csaky. It almost burned down in 1780, changing into rocky ruins. It belongs among the largest European castles. In 1993, the Spis Castle was included into The World Cultural Heritage List UNESCO.
Altitude: 634m above sea level
Extend: 4.15 hectar
Pic 3: Pic taken while we are waiting for the tour guide to bring us around and to explain the historical story about this castle. Well, the tour guide will speak slovak then Ps Robert will translate it into english and then dl will translate it in german.
Pic 4: Part of the wall of the castle.
Pic 5: Ps Robert translating what the tour guide said to English.
Pic 6: This is the tallest tower in the castle that can see the whole surrounding of the castle. It is for soldiers to standby there.
Pic 7: The tallest tower in the castle.
Pic 8: I'm waiting for the tour guide who bring us around the whole castle to explain the historical story in Slovak then Ps Robert to explain it in English.
Pic 9: Armour that weight 40kg.
After all the explaination by the tour guide, we can go up to the tallest tower in the castle to see.
Pic 10: View from the tallest tower. That is the city of Levoca.
Pic 11: View from the tallest tower. This is a big castle, 4.15 hectar.
Pic 12: View from the tallest tower.
Pic 13: From the top of the tower, they chit chat again. Siegfried is a very knowledgable man, he will always stop and explain and talk and he really talk a lot... hahaha, but it is good coz we can learn alot from him.
Pic 14: View from the tower again.
Actually walking around the whole castle following the tour guide only few of us, Siegfried, Ps Robert, Pavol, Marianna, dl and me, the rest with the kids are waiting outside coz those kids are too tired to walk around...
Well, after the satisfaction being at the top of the castle, we went down to look for the rest of them who did not follow.
Pic 15: This is another extra wall that they are building for a movie called The Last Empire i think.... so check it out next time...
Pic 16: Is the castle nice?? Can u see the tower? The tallest part from the castle is the tower that we went up...
Pic 17: Spis Castle of Levoca, Slovakia
Pic 18: The group that visited the Spis Castle, Annerose is holding the camera.
Pic 19: The new wall that they are building for the movie, The Last Empire.
Pic 20: Ps Robert, his wife Rachel, daughter Rebecca and son Daniel
It is really a crazy day because we walk and walk at the castle till we skip our lunch. By the time we finish walking the whole castle, it is 3.30pm and we have to drive for a while to another town for lunch/dinner but before we can get our meals, Annerose and me have to get a good pair of shoes for jungle trekking tmr... ohhhh... we choose our shoes very fast because we are hungry...
Pic 21: Our lunch/dinner at 6pm.
Pic 22: Our lunch/dinner at 6pm.
After dinner, we drive home and it was very late already, some more need to drive 2 hrs back home, everyone so tired and we need rest for the next day, going to climb mountain... heheheheeeee....
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