Levice, Slovakia

Yes, we are in yet another new country! I always wondered if I'd regret not studying abroad in college.... looks like I made up for that!
Dior is playing on a team in Levice, Slovakia for the remainder of the season. This team actually plays in two different countries in one season, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Last season this team won the championship in the Slovakian league so they were promoted to the Czech league. Dior will play all the Czech games but if he has no game and the Slovakian team has a game then he also plays in the Slovak league. Very tricky.

I get to go to their game this Wednesday at home, which is great since we live within walking distance of the gym.  Also, all the games are streamed live on the internet in case you want to catch one. Levice Basketball
Click that link and on the main page scroll down.. on the right side in GREEN it will say live broadcast. The live broadcast isn't posted until gametime.


We went exploring the other day and checked out the cities castle. The castle is small but extremely awesome to see. Unbelievable that the castle was built in the 13th century and is still in good condition. Since its small I doubt it ever housed anyone important but after a little online research I think the castle was used by the cities guards. Hopefully I can check out the inside of the castle.

This is the picture I took.

This is a picture I found online.

Levice is not a big city so everywhere I need to go is within walking distance even the big grocery store.  We did a couple trips to the store this week and its similar to the one we had in Belgium! Yay!

Tesco- giant grocery store with other stuff (similar to Walmart!)

New Years Eve 2011 was our second in Europe and I must say Slovakia takes the cake on fireworks. We live in a tall building with a great view of the city so we were able to watch all the fireworks from our balcony. There were small fireworks going off all day but the big ones started at about 10 p.m. and didn't end until close to 2 a.m. I've never seen so many fireworks in my life... not even at Disneyland! I would like to post a pic of the awesome fireworks but I'd rather not show the internet world where I live. (my blog isn't private)

On a side note, Dior is finally wearing glasses after 10 years of contacts! He loves his glasses especially when he wakes up and just throws them on instead of having to go through the hassle of contacts. Thank you Tia Mago for convincing him to give his eyes a break!!

We wish you all the best in the new year!