Knowing that we still have some hours left to drive to the hotel in Bojnice, we continue on our way. Not to far out of town, I catch a glimpse of two red-topped towers on a hill in the distance. This is Štiavnica’s Calvary – a baroque Calvary finished in 1751 build on Scharfenberg hill, thus being visible from all sides and providing a complete view of Štiavnica’s caldera. Even from this distance, it looks spectacular.
We arrive in Bojnice road weary, hungry, and it is late (around 8). We are having an extremely difficult time finding the hotel in the dark and rain. Five times around the “block” and we spot it at the other end of the street to where we thought it was. One more pass to find a parking spot and we are finally there. We are greeted by the front desk hostess saying that she was hoping we would arrive before she left for the evening as she is the only one that speaks English. She arranges for a parking space in the hotel’s parking lot and suggests a few places to eat. A short stop in the room (to see the castle view she said was a part of the room we reserved) and we are back downstairs to find food.
We are off to find the Biograf – the closest restaurant to the hotel. The restaurant is interestingly decorated with old movie posters and movie projectors. On a wall outside as well as on a screen inside is a movie running without sound. We are seated and consult our menu. We place our order and sit to wait for our food. Eventually, I realize why it is decorated the way it is – Biograf is for biography. Only the bio part was said the same as the German word “Bio” to mean organic. So, I thought it was an organic food place.