http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Slovakia , Bratislava Region , Bratislava , Old Town en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 23:49:40 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:49:40 +0000 So the decision to come here happened a little over a year ago its one that Ive continually questioned but as has been the norm of my life since that first BIG trip to South America seven years ago Ive tried to go with the flow and make the most of the situations and the people which I find myself with you often get asked two questions in either order but both accompanied with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-784398.html We reached the boarder of Austria and Slovakia it was very strange. The man who issued coach visas to drive into Slovakia had gone fishing literally Chris and Emma came back saying he had left a note on the door and we had to carry on through and stop at first service station where there was a hut we could get one from. That turned out to be shut too though Very relaxed system Chris dec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-783181.html Okay you ready Howabout we play a little game... Ill give you ten seconds to name five famous Austrians... ............................................................eight.......nine.......... Thats it. Times up So how did we do Well Im guessing the Austrians amongst you actually found this pretty easy. The rest of us though probably struggled a bit. The sad truth is that ou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-771735.html Since some viewers of our blog have asked about the photo Nancy put up earlier today I will post it again along with it39s story. In the literature our room at the Hotel Michalsk Brna there was a description of the life of the man in the photo whose real name was Ignc Lamar nicknamed Schner Naci. The receptionist was kind enough to make a copy of the short article about him. I have ch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-758673.html Bratislava Men in Bronze During our recent trip to Bratislava Slovakia to get our long term visas put into our passports Hurrah I carried MY camera. There were scenes I wanted to bring back to share with you blog readers that weren39t in Bill39s camera after our first trip there. There are many nice statues in the Old Town section of this city and several of them are 39typical39 s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-758670.html We liked Bratislava ...We enjoyed our stay. Old Town Bradislava is small enough that a person can tour it easily by foot enjoying the buildings the food the people and the statues. We have noticed that many cities are placing new statues in various locations in their town. Unlike years past when most such statues were in honor of a well known person these are there for fun and perhaps to hon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751219.html The WitchI love the witch. What a wonderful witch. She has the look that any selfrespecting witch should have. Hee hee come into my house little one. Can39t you just hear her cackle Come into my house dear child The ManI can39t figure out if this is a woodman a dunce a peasant or just what he represents. Perhaps in different stories he can be any one of these characters and mor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751218.html Jewish memorial and an elderly manltbr stylecolor 555555 fontfamily Arial Helvetica sansserif fontsize 13px lineheight 18.200000762939453px gtltbr stylecolor 555555 fontfamily Arial Helvetica sansserif fontsize 13px lineheight 18.200000762939453px gtltbr stylecolor 555555 fontfamily Arial Helvetica sansserif fontsize 13px lineheight 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751142.html By Train to BratislavaOff we go on another trip another adventure. We are glad you have decided to join us on a trip away from Prague to Bratislava the capital city of Slovakia. As usual we chose travel by train since it is the most comfortable most enjoyable form of travel for us. We reserved two second class tickets for Saturday morning October 13th with a return reservation for Monday after http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751053.html Greeted by a giant Welcome to Slovakia sign at the train station in Bratislava gave me high hopes that we were going to have just as much fun in this city as we have had in all the rest. Fourteen seconds later we were greeted by a bunch of people wondering if we were looking for hostels similar to previous trips that we have taken 17 seconds later we went outside to see two chicks in a crazy W http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-733127.html 3 meals 3 countries. Breakfast in Budapest Lunch in Bratislava Dinner in Vienna.Today we had to pay a really hefty fine to cross the boarder from Hungary to Slovakia 2 cans of Coke. Both countries are part of the EU so border crossings are usually just a formality. The guard came onto the bus looked up and down and saw Nev was drinking a Coke and said he wanted one. Of course Brad gave him http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-682044.html As per usual we arrived at the train station in the dark and made our way to what would be the most luxurious accommodation of the trip at the Apollo Hotel. Of course I wouldn39t expect anything less from Kristin our next travel companion from London who was waiting patiently for us in our room. We enjoyed a happy reunion over a fresh cup of complimentary coffee while scoffing the complim http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-660839.html I also went to Bratislava I want the country to be in red on the map but didn39t blog from here http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-651666.html August 19thToday we enjoyed our Slovakian Breakfast at the Park Inn on the Danube. The breakfast spread was very extensive and we both enjoyed the chocolate dip for the croissants. After breakfast we headed straight for the New Bridge UFO lookout. This bridge was constructed during Communist times. They displaced several hundred homes in the Jewish quarter to put in a major highway.... the only http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-636726.html August 18th We started off the day fairly early.... I was up and got myself down to the lobby before 8 in order to get connected to the interet. I got myself setup and checked my email and then headed back to our room to shower before breakfast. Breakfast was a very nice spread... we especially like the croissants. Eileen loved the scrambled eggs. We ate a big breakfast and then gathered our thin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-636725.html August 1617Our flight left syracuse at 4pm and we headed for Boston. there was nothing spectacular about the flight. once in Boston we grabbed a bite to eat and made our way to the gate. The international terminal in Boston is quite posh and I enjoyed the access to a plug to charge my Electronic toys as my mom would call them. We boarded our next flight to Munich on Lufthansa airlines. The pl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-635523.html To many American ears the words Bratislava Slovakia sound none too inviting and possibly even harsh. Perhaps it is the word 39brat39 which has such negative connotations to it as in Whew I39m glad that little brat isn39t MY kid. Or maybe it is the 39slov39 in Slovakia that sounds well trampy or slovenly. On the day we left Budapest on a 10 hour trek by bus to Prague I di http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-630610.html On advice from our friendly hotel receptionist we set out this morning to take the tram into the city to explore Bratislavas old town. Tram tickets could be purchased from a machine at the next tram stop but one a mere 5 minutes walk away. The walk over we realised there was no ticket machine at the tram stop so approached a young man who luckily spoke some English. He was unsure where w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-630587.html I forgot that I had taken some snaps on the small camera of the trip down the DonauDanube on that Twin City Liner cat or whatever it is called. Somewhat like my pictures of the Rhine last year if you remember in terms of the odd riverside rocky castle etc. And even though I got to Bratislava tp spend two nights there with the view to getting around to see a bit this did not really prove the cas http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-624652.html I took the trip to Bratislava with my Canadian friends hoping to watch the semi finals of the world hockey championships. That plan went down in flames when the Russians knocked out the Canadians in the quarter finals as we arrived on the Thursday night. That ensures that we hit up the pubs for them to console the fact that we won39t be going to the hockey. The night life in Bratislava is buzzi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-612422.html