Blogs from Slovakia, Europe - page 51

We arrived in Bratislava on an overnight train which arrived at 5am. Needless to say we were exhausted (European overnight trains don't offer the most comfortable sleeping conditions!), so we were slightly unimpressed that we couldn't check into our hostel until 1pm. However, we shook ourselves awake and headed into the City to see what we could find and actually managed to see most of the sites before lunchtime! The Old Town consists of smart, winding cobbled streets, lined with shops and cafes (none of which opened until 8am- grrr). There are some amazing buildings with decorated roofs and numerous squares with fountains. The castle is set up on a hill next to the river Danube. It is a fairly new looking building, having been renovated by the Communists, and the castle gardens offer quite memorable ... read more

The morning of the 6th Suzy and I ventured out to go to visit Vienna's neighboring city Bratislava, Slovakia. We had decided that it would be the perfect day trip based on it close proximity to Vienna, 45 minutes, as well as short train ride. Upon arrival at what seemed to be a completely empty and abandoned train station we were a bit dumbfounded, not being able to open any of the doors into the station. We sat and pondered and watched the group of Spaniards pull everyone of the door handles to know avail, but soon enough we saw a tiny arrow pointing to the left/end of the building and entered the train customs area. After a couple quick glances and two stamp thuds we were through the gates and into the main station, now ... read more

Hey kids, not got much time, im sitting in the office of the reception of this crappy hotel. Heehee. Bratislava is reallly old and dusty and dilapidated-looking. With scary beggars and shifty looking guys. And i'm loving it! Ok so maybe the whole of Bratislava is not like this, but the train station definitely is. Really feel travelly now, because it's really eastern europe, which is what i was looking for in this trip. gotta go get sorted for going out for the bells. c yaz xxx... read more

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So we had a few days off and a few of my friends and I decided to cross the old Iron Curtain and see what life was like in Slovakia. We did very little there as we were only in country for a day. We saw some cool things, and some pretty ghetto things, and all in all, Slovakia is a lot more developed than I was expecting (and I wasn't expecting something as bad as Hostel or Eurotrip either) My favourite memories of Bratislava are the mediocre english that filled the streets (pictures of which are included) and the general laid back attitude that everyone had. For instance, when we were going into a museum about ancient Slovakia, Alia asked the young man at the desk if we could take pictures, to which he responded, ... read more