In Slovakian, they always posted sign for the start of the town with its name (Hurbanovo) and the same one with a red bar across it at the end of the town. I found it a little strange and perhaps alarming (in a war of the worlds kind of way) that this town displayed a sign that had a bar across it as if it was exterminated. Maybe I've just seen too many movies.
Foreign drivers, be careful when driving in Slovakia. This sign means no more no passing cars. So you can pass. The no passing car sign does not have a line across it and the cars are red. Is it just me that thinks that this is odd?
Ok, I LOVE this sign. It actually tells you that you are on the main road (yellow diamond) and tells you that there is one street coming up to your right (but they have a stop sign because there is a space between the two roads), and same thing for two other streets on your right. All that in a simple design.
Alright, I'm back on my rant podium. What's this all about? "Watch out!" it says... but for what I retort!!
Strange piping system that follows you along the side of the road and sometimes jumps up above you as in this case. Helps to make the drive entertaining.
Sunflower farms everywhere -- strange to a Canadian, yet beautiful to see.
To enforce the tiny stoplight (black poles) on this road (yes it is a road), a pillar (orange) rises up in the middle of the road when the light is red and decents completely into the cement when the light is green.
Skoda, the Slovakian car brand, and what a great little car it is. Why do we need such big cars in this world these days? Plus, Skoda has a cool logo -- looks like a punk rocker or that flute guy with the crazy 'do that you find across all the international / earth store paraphernelia.
Skoda gas tanks have locks.
Slovakians LOVE consonnants. This word means ice cream, can you tell? ;c)
Casinos are legal and prevalent in Slovakia.
Eurostore (European version of the dollar store - "everything for a dollar")... except that the Slovakians have not converted to the Euro currency quite yet. This guy is just a little bit ahead of the curve.
When a highschool class graduates, it is a popular tradition to create a poster with glamour shots of each person and place it in the window of one of the town's stores for a few weeks.
Cigarettes on the menu of a restaurant.
My favourite Slovakian / Czech liquor - Becherovka, a mixture of cinnamon, herbs, oak and strong liquor.
The look of surprise on this friendly Slovakian girl's face when I asked to take a picture of her, showed that she didn't realize what was written on her shirt.
