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Orava - Rough beauty near the Polish border

 

Orava - Rough beauty near the Polish border
Pavol Orsagh Hviezdoslav, the great Slovak poet who worshipped the Orava region's beauty, wrote of his home, "I greet you, forests and mountains, from the bottom of my soul I greet you..." Orava, sometimes called the forgotten corner of the Slovak homeland, is a land of fragrant meadows, deep forests and dark-blue mountains.

 
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