Mini Slovakia

Dior and I took a day trip to Nitra, where we were able to see an exhibit of "Miniature Slovakia." The exhibit had all the main churches and historical establishments of Slovakia in mini version!

We also visited the Nitra mall MLYNY, it was incredible! Three story mall packed with great shopping (H&M, shoe stores, candy shops, McDonalds, EVERYTHING).

Sadly, the mall had a nice bookstore with a coffee shop inside similar to our Barnes and Noble but no English section. I guess I will have to stick to reading books on my iPad. Speaking of reading, the overseas wifey club started a reading group. We're reading a sappy book titled Love the One Your With.

Bookstore in Nitra, Slovakia.

Coldest European Winter in Decades!

Dior and I can proudly proclaim we survived a blizzard! Five minutes into our walk the snow began to fall... furiously! I could feel the snow piling up and my boots sink while I walked. When we were safely indoors my hands were in so much pain from the cold (forgot to wear my gloves!). I couldnt help but laugh... how in the world did a girl from small town Hollister get stuck in a blizzard. Not only that but in Europe during the coldest winter in decades.

Our sweet neighbor who shovels our walkway.

This was right before the blizzard began!

Before the snow became terrible we took a day trip to Nitra to watch our Slovak team play. I mentioned before that Nitra has many interesting looking churches. I took a picture of one that reminded me of the Netherlands.

Nitra, Slovakia

I met a couple nice Slovakian girls at Omega bar this weekend. They were very sweet and one is actually taking me to get my nails done next week! In Belgium it was very expensive to get your nails done but here the cost is about the same as America (22 Euro).

Silly Dior, Me, Nikka and our buddy Kevin.

Our Center Mike and his wife Kimber have three awesome children. I get to see them at the games and at the hotel. I always look forward to seeing how many more steps baby Maliyah can take.. that and the funny face she learned to make!

Maliyah in her custom made Levice jersey!

Brrrrrr its Cold Out Here!!

Levice weather forecast: Mostly Cloudy, High Chance of Snow. High 26F and Low 9F.

Is this cold enough? No actually its not because last week we had a low of 7F. Yes 7.
We've had a lot of snow recently and I'm thinking it's Dior's fault. Dior kept going on about how its already February and its not going to snow anymore. Guess he was wrong.

Check out this frozen river!!

 I went on my first road trip to the city of Nitra, Slovakia. I drove with another teammate's wife and we got very lost. I actually prefer getting lost (as long as we eventually get there) it gives me a chance to see more of the city. We were lost in a residential area so I got to check out all the tiny one way streets. Nitra has a fabulous mall and I've already been researching how to get there by train! Similar to the rest of Europe there were many massive churches in Nitra. However, what really caught my eye was this giant power plant. I can actually see it from my apartment so on the drive to Nitra I took a closer look. I was told its a Nuclear Power Plant..............

Looks like Homer Simpsons work.

Dior's team just started the second round of the season which decides what two teams will be heading to the playoffs. Six teams are already automatically in so now the bottom eight teams need to battle it out for the last two spots.