The sky was overcast by the time we reached the trail head. Before long it was raining. Thankfully the tree cover kept us fairly dry. Our hike to the castle was only forty-five minutes – but it was forty-five minutes of strenuous uphill action.
The castle was well worth the walk. It was BEAUTIFUL. Here’s the view of the guard tower that serves as the entrance to the castle grounds.
These are my friends Heidi and Becky standing in the windows of the tower.
This is the view from Mt Ciganka. There is an old folk tale in which the captain of the Muran castle falls in love with a gypsy girl named Ciganka. The two lovers get married. As time passed, the captain spent more and more of his time away as a soldier in battle. His lovely young bride was not faithful to him. One day, the captain came home from war and found that his wife was being untrue to him. So, he threw her off the cliff, and now the cliff is forever more known as Mt. Ciganka. Here are the viewsfrom the cliff.
This is me, Heidi and Eric standing in what used to be the castle chapel.
This is a picture taken from the bottom of the mountain. The Muran castle was built on those rocks.
Next weekend three of the American teachers and I will be going to Bratislava to hang out with the teachers there.
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