Post Nitra

We stayed in a lovely hotel in Nitra on the central square.  In the morning we had a little bit of time so we walked around for a bit on the way up to the castle.  Nitra is a lovely town and we will definitely be going back there in the future to spend more time exploring the city.

Off we headed back towards Bardejov.  It was a little dreary, colder and a bit of rain fell but nothing that would have held up our drive back.  We found a pension/restaurant that Nina had discovered earlier but they were not open.

In case you haven't figured it out yet...Bocorka means witch.  Nina thought it would be the perfect place for us!

Since we couldn't have our lunch there we made another stop along the way to a roadside restaurant where I finally had my Bryndzove Halushky.  It only took nine days!!!

We then headed back to Klenov where Nina met four new cousins!  They were wonderful people and the two ladies had both done quite a bit of research on the Miklus family and much of what they had confirmed Nina's research.  Here is a photo of one of the woman's ancestral chart.

Nina inquired if the village had a particular kroj (folk costume) and one of the women brought out three of them, all very formal looking and made of brocade.  They had belonged to her mother.  Then in an unexpected moment she offered one to Nina.  Needless to say we were both overwhelmed!  Nina chose one that is a dark burgundy color that was worn at her cousin's mother's wedding after the Redovy (traditional dollar dance that I spoke of in an earlier post).  

They ventured into the attic to find some of the headpieces, shoes, broom and other wonderful antique artifacts and she gave Nina a beautifully embroidered blouse.

Here is a photo of Nina with all of the cousins.

After this wonderful meeting we left to return to Bardejov.  Not having had dinner we ventured into the square and had a pizza and wine at Gurman Restaurant.  Walking back to the pension we rounded the corner and ran into Miro and Eva Mihalcin.  They live next to the pension but Miro is a truck driver and is gone usually two weeks at a time so it is rare for us to see him.  He has always been very helpful to us in our trips here and we visited a while on the corner before retiring for the evening.