Crappy castle 03 Castle from a distance

Crappy castle

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May 5th 2006
Geo: 48.1484, 17.1073Left camp nice and early this morning, once again the tent came down while I was still in it. I'm just not a morning person!! At around midday we arrived in Bratislava. We had 15 mins to look around the castle, which wasn't very impressive for a castle. Had an okay view of the city- lots of apartment blocks. We were given two hours free time in the city to lunch and ... read more

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava

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In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once... ... read more