As my days left in Slovakia come to an end I thought I’d pen a few observations about the country and the people. Let’s call them “Jonesy’s tips on Slovensko“. For any Slovakian friends I’ve met or taught that have found this blog…well..try not to be offended! I genuinely enjoyed my few months here and … Continue reading »
Hello, wonder if you can help? See, I had this amazing thing called my “mojo”, it has had a habit over the last 8 months of disappearing and the fucker has done it again. It looks like a positive, bouncy, kinda thing, I reckon something like a space hopper. Anyways, I can’t pay you a … Continue reading »
So, here was the plan… Not far from Zilina you can go to a place called Trojmezi (or something like that). It’s a landmark of sorts where you can basically be in three countries at once, it’s where the border’s of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland all meet. Heck to me it sounded pretty … Continue reading »
Right, I’ve done it. I’ve created my fantasy footy team. Again. I say again as I do this every frigging year…and then forget about it. My history with fantasy footy teams over the last few years has followed the same, simple, predictable steps… Get invited to join a “mini-league” Spend ages working out my team … Continue reading »
Meant to do an update to my part one ages ago but well, was in too much of a bad mood if I’m honest…so decided to wait until I’d had a bit of a break. But, well, that ain’t quite happened as of yet. So, yeah, this shit ain’t easy..living on dust..cracking on and all … Continue reading »
Well, I really dunno where to start this blog post. I’m like someone with a split personality disorder tonight..dunno if I should laugh or cry right now..probably both I suppose. It’s like my situation is a zillion times better for so many reasons right now but in fairness is that just distracting from the fact I’m kinda … Continue reading »
I’m having a beer. Now, for a homeless dude who’s trekked to the old USSR with zero cash, just a bag full of clothes and a shed load of balls (or a mental disorder) that may sound strange. But it’s not, well, not here anyway. See in Slovakia, beer is cheaper than virtually everything else. … Continue reading »
Lets see how this turns out…. I’m currently en-route to Vienna then Slovakia typing this on my netbook – who’s power will fade and die way before I get anywhere near Austria. Well actually, that’s bollocks, I’m hopefully now, I dunno, drinking a beer or something..as in right this second. Anyway, you catch my drift..these … Continue reading »
