We started the day with some trepidation, knowing we needed to get the car sorted before we could carry on our travels, and being in a country where English was spoken well in many cases, but not as widely as in some other countries. Or at least James did. All I had to contend with was a continued lack of Wifi which meant that I couldn't work - you could say that was a blessing in disguise as we were only in Kosice for a short time and I was worried we wouldn't get much of a chance to explore.
In fact, we were incredibly lucky - James turned up at the tyre shop early to find he was the only customer there (unlike the UK, where first thing on a Monday morning is utter chaos), and was not only sorted out with two new tyres within an hour, but also booked into a local mechanic to sort out the tracking and hopefully prevent the same thing from happening again. All of this for under £150, and he was back with us in time for elevenses!
It was yet another scorching hot day, so after letting James back into the apartment's car park we wandered along to the supermarket via a load of second hand clothing shops (Lowenna's dream come true!), picked up some sandwiches, drinks and snacks and headed to the park to eat them. In the park was another set of musical fountains (although this time the music wasn't playing) and an exercise park which the kids again made full use of.
The centre of Kosice is really small, and after a bit more wandering in the heat and some ice creams, we decided to head back to the apartment to drop off our purchases and grab a refreshing glass of water before heading out to shop for dinner. On the way back to the supermarket we could no longer resist the pavement cafes and sat outside one for drinks - light beer for James, dark beer for me and a variety of soft drinks for the kids. The menu there looked great, and they had a very interesting cocktail menu, including a B-52 made with Baileys, chocolate liqueur, and um, absinthe... bet that had a bit of a kick!
But we couldn't quite stretch to eating out, so we carried on to the supermarket and picked up some food, a few beers and maybe a bit of pear vodka (40%) which was pretty good stuff! We tried to go to a stationery shop that Lowenna had passed several times and was desperate to go into, but we'd missed their closing time by 15 minutes - doh! We promised her that we would return in the morning.
All in all, Kosice is very small, but not overcrowded with tourists and with many beautiful buildings and a lovely atmosphere. It was a place where we could have comfortably stayed for a week, and maybe ventured into the countryside, which from our travels looked very beautiful in places.
Published on Tuesday 10 July 2018
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