Blogs from Bratislava Region, Slovakia, Europe - page 3

To Slovakia or not, that is the question. Formerly part of Czechoslovakia, Bratislava is Slovakia's capital city. It Is located on the train route from Budapest to Vienna, sits along the beautiful Danube River, and very close to the Austrian border. It became the capital as recent as 1993. But the nightlife is said to be among the best in this part of Europe, though the city itself is nota raving beauty. Notably a nice place to hang out, Bratislava is safe, friendly, and hassle-free. And there is always something to do, which I like. With a population of only 415,000, it is smaller than the city of Fresno, next door to my home in Clovis. The city still has a goodly share of Communist era buildings in the modern city center. The city has two ... read more

I woke up early to get various metro links to ‘Schwedenplatz', where the boat leaves to Bratislava. I got on the boat and we started cruising down the (actually quite murky brown) Danube. As we got a bit further out of Vienna and the clouds started to clear, the river surface did start to reflect the blue skies……so I suppose I can let Strauss off! It only took about an hour and a half to get to Bratislava as the catamaran boat was pretty speedy…..and we were going DOWNSTREAM! (Well remembered all my avid readers! ? ) I walked to my hostel (named Hostel Blues, hopefully for the music not the emotions) and left TP there while they were preparing the room to allow check in. I hate myself a little bit for this – but ... read more

I had a very all over the place day today..! But it was all based in history. I headed down into the Old Town to get things started this morning - hit up Billa (grocery store) for my yogurt drink and breakfast croissant and off I went lol. I did the "Be Free" Walking Tour - I always enjoy these - doesn't matter what city I'm in, if they have a free walking tour I'm there. We started in Hviezdoslavovo square (they taught us how to say it... I already forget) and walked for a bit more than an hour. My God it was hot and humid though... at least the tour guide tried to keep us in the shade the most she could. We saw the usual spots, but I was honestly so hot that ... read more

It was another checkout day today (they seem to come round so quick) so after brekkie we packed up, paid our debts and said goodbye to Steph and our Korean roomies (first and last words as they kept to themselves). Today we are leaving Vienna heading across to Bratislava for the day and then finally on to Budapest. With only a little bit of stress, (the journey took longer than expected) we tubed across to Wien HBF and caught the 1h train to Bratislava. Once we had struggled to dump our bags in the automated storage lockers at Bratislava station, due to the machines only taking coins and requiring a specific coinage, next up was struggling to get a city map, transport map, ticket for the correct zones and duration and most importantly, correct bus. This ... read more

Tazke prebudzanie o 4/00, likvidacia dalsej suciastky. Zbavujem sa tricka, v ktorom som spaval. Na ranajky dojedam este pukance a hor sa na letisko. Pred ubytkom ma uz caka zrejme manzel domacej. Nabera ma do auta a ide sa. Cuduje sa, ze som sa v tuzle zdrzal az 2 noci. A este vo vacsom soku je,ze ma fukare zobrali na futbal a pekne ma hostili. On je tez fanusikom slobody. Vyhadzuje ma neakych 20m pred vstupom na letisko, zrejme by musel platit vstup do arealu. Vravel ale,ze o chvilu ide na letisko zasa, bo vezie mojich susedov, ti letia trochu neskorsie do danska. Vchadzam do haly, tu uz dobra rada, za 30.min zatvaraju gate. Pochvile po bosansky krici kontrolorka leteniek aby sli dnu iba ludia co letia do bratislavy. Security kontrola v pohode, ziadna buzeracia. Colnici ... read more