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Monday way we again visited Novy Salas and it was pointed out to us that the ruins of Slanec Castle could be seen from the village. This Middle Age castle dates from 13th century. It was captured by Hus's army in the 15th century. In 1480 it was completely renovated but shortly after that, it was destroyed by fire. The central tower was used as the family museum of Forgach until 1945.

Jan's mother Emilia was a fantastic cook and she treated us to so many delicious traditional Slovak foods. We walked through the village, visited briefly with Jolana and Josef and promised to visited longer later in the day.
 

Jan and Emilia's house			Zemiaková Lokša Krompl'ová Lokša

			Jolana and Josef's  house
	Rachel and Jolana
		Jan's Grandmother

Jan, Jan's father, was kind enough to have the caretakers open the church for us so we could view the inside of this beautiful church. Jan explained to us that it is the custom there that the women sit on the first floor while the men who attend Mass sit in the balcony.

We forgot our digital camera so the photos of this visit will have to be scanned from 35mm pictures we took. We will add them as soon as we can.  Later we visited again Jolana and Jozef in Novy Salas along with their daughters Angela, Maria and Jana. It was nice to finally meet relatives who we've been writing to for the past few years.

		Na zdravie	Martina, the translator