Blogs from Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia, Europe - page 16

After realising that Bratislava was only an hour from Vienna on the train, it became obvious that being so close to another country without visiting was something that I would seriously regret once this holiday was over. And so it was that we found our time in Vienna to be shortened by a brief trip over the border into Slovakia :o) We had originally decided that we were going to get the 8:30am train into Bratislava from the Sudbahnhof but on waking up, it was quickly clear that we were in a lazy mood, and so we decided to have an extra hour in bed instead. We were up for breakfast in the hotel at 7:30 (which was the usual continental buffet, but very yummy!) and then we used the free Metro passes provided by the ... read more

Geo: 48.1484, 17.1073 GÜN 13 Günlerden Perşembe Sabah 06:00 da tınnnk dedi ,gözlerim açıldı. Hemen Dizel'i fulledim.İlerde ne olacağı belli değil. Kahvelerimizi içtikten sonra hududa yakın istasyondan yola çıktık. Hudutta hem Slovakya hem de Czech için yol karnesi aldım. 5.5+11 euro tutuyor... MIO nun (GPS) bermutad saçmalamalarından sonra, kampı buldum. İçinde gölü bilem olan çok büyük bir kamp. meraklısına adres: http://www.intercamp.sk/en/ Hemen sota bir yer buldum. Elekrik vs ne ararsan var... ve gelsin kahveler. Bu tür seyaharlerde bir yere vardığınızda bir Türk kahvesi ilaç gibi geliyor yani... Az daha kahvaltı ve sonra yıkanma faslı. Her şey güzel olacak .... Kampa 5 km mesafede, bir METRO alış veriş merkezi varmış..... read more

Yes it finally happened, we pre-booked our accomodation in Bratislava in university housing that was being rented out for the summer to tourists. We thought it would be an experience and it was really cheap with 7 euros a night getting us our own room. We arrived at the accomodation and the building was massive, there was probably well over 2000 rooms and the rooms were really nice with new bathrooms and recently remodelled rooms. The builing however was a throwback to soviet times, it was like something out of a movie and we thought it was extremely funny. We were waiting for someone to burst into the room and put us on a train to the Gulag in Siberia for some hard labour. Bratislava as a city is a really nice place however as far ... read more

Today we packed up, got some cold cuts, cheese and bread from Billa Supermarket and took a trolley to the station. But OF COURSE with our luck in matters of public transportation, the train is late by 90 minutes (even though the next train is 83 minutes after this one but that one is late too) and changed platforms. Changing platforms is not all that bad IF you know they changed the platforms. We got there just in time to catch the train to the capital of Slovakia. Bratislava Now I'm in the hotel writing up all the entries for the past few days and I am starving. off to get some food... read more

Bratislava feels like a Sunday everyday: not because its relaxing and you don't have to work, because let's face it when you've been travelling for as long as we have everyday is a weekend. No, nothing is ever open!!! We arrived in Bratislava two years too late to get the really cheap eastern europe prices. But still the old city was pretty and there was a fair bit of sightseeing to be done. We arrived in the afternoon from Budapest not having too much hope for our hostel as nothing was available on Friday night due to the Euro 2008 cup and Vienna being only an hour away. We found one on a site that we don't normally use and he said there was room for us. We crossed our fingers, but while the manager was ... read more