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After our visit to the Wielicczka Salt Mine, we drove across southern Poland and entered Slovakia. Our destination for that night was the Slovak town of Bardejov. It was a longer drive than I expected - about 200 KM. It seemed longer because we made a couple of wrong turns along the way - Poland doesn't put up street signs everywhere (however, Poland's signs are infinitely better than the street signs in Slovakia. Slovakia doesn't seem to put signs at any intersection or along any roadside.) On our drive to Bardejov, we stopped to see two of the famous old wooden churches. The UNESCO committee designated eight of the old wooden churches: "The wooden churches offer an outstanding testimony to the traditional religious architecture of the north-western Carpathians region and to the inter-ethnic and inter-cultural character of a relatively small territory where Latin and Byzantine cultures have met and overlapped." We visited three of these UNESCO-designated churches: the Greek Catholic Church of St Nicolas in the village of Bodružal; the Greek Catholic Church of St. Michael the Archangel in the village of Ladomirova; and, next morning, we visited the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assissi in the village of Hervatov. The churches are small, it only takes about 20 minutes to see everything in each church, even if you look closely at each piece of artwork. I liked that I was permitted to take photographs, it seems that many cathedrals and churches don't allow cameras inside; I don't know why.

Single Click on any thumbnail to begin the slide show at that photograph St Nicolas in Bodružal St. Michael in Ladomirova St. Francis in Hervatov