Acc-Nifos Bratislava Hotel

The highway to Slovakia is very large and very empty of other cars. The surrounding landscape contains a lot of flat fields and some very large windmills. There wasn't far to go on the highway before we reached Bratislava. Once we got there, I drove from one highway to another, then back again, before we figured out how to get off the highway and into the city centre.<br><br>We also did some driving around once we were on the city streets ...

... out to be a cool little querky place, the old town especially. Not only was it standard European beautiful with buildings and cobbles quaint little streets etc but it also had an interesting line in sculptures. On almost every corner or so it seemed was a depictation of someone carrying out an activity - for example we spotted a photographer peering around the corner papparazzi style with a long zoom lense and a workman appearing out of a pothole complete ...

... to the hostel to make plans for Vienna. It's a very cute city and I hope I can get back someday, though probably not for a while. Though adorable, there wasn't a whole lot to see and do. April 11- Holy Saturday- We were up early enough for a breakfast stop at Tesco and said goodbye to the Belgian couple who was sharing our room with us. They were very nice and were on vacation in Bratislava and Vienna so we said that we hoped ...

... working. We were also treated to some traditional music. There must have been 100 booths, but because we only had 1000-SK notes we didn't buy anything. Back down in the Old Town we went for dinner. It took a while to find the restaurant we had found earlier ( U Smädnej &#356;avy- The Thirsty Camel), but find it we did. Rosemary had schnitzel and pommes frites, and Paul had pork goulash with dumplings. Both dinners came piping hot and were very good. Paul ...

... resort late night option. We went on to the KGB Bar, and while the conversation was diverse and interesting and the night was a good one, the bar's naming was a fraud as it had all the Soviet bearing of TGI Friday's. I am aware my somewhat acerbic tone and cynical outlook may cause people to doubt the accuracy of my reporting, so I am going to quote directly from City Guide Bratislava on the sights they recommend for the visitor (item 4, page 10) and let you judge ...

So... Bratislava... We werent expecting much to be fair, but there is a lot of building going on and the central areas are quite nice. We got in on thursday evening and went to have some typical Brataslvan food. Had chicken and spinach Perogi. Were pretty nice. Also had some Slovak been, also pretty nice.Only 70p for half a litre. After dinner we decided to go bowling. We had passed a massive new shopping centre on ...

... stopping by the tourist information cuz I think the castle's closed after October (E disbelieves). Sure enough it is closed, so we're hanging out in town. Wandering without the map in hopes that we won't see everything today. We walked through a bit of old town, the Danube, Bratislava Hrad (castle), saw St. Michael's church among other things. By 14:00 we thought it was getting less bright out and so checked back at tourist info for hockey and movie ...

... was Thursday. It was one of those nights that I love when I travel. It was one of those nights captured so well in "Lost in Translation" when Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansen get caught up in a series of random bars and parties and karaoke, with random people, having barely comprehensible conversations in pidgin English over loud, ****** music, yet it is still a blast. I had been to see the local castle and had some beer overlooking the confluence of the Morava ...

... at a specific resolution (e.g. 1600x1200), low light performance was laughable with an unacceptable noise level to match. What you see through the view finder is very different from the actual image captured. The display automatically turns off after 30 seconds - which is a real pain as every time I hand it to someone to take a picture, they always say "I can't see anything on the screen". Scenes light and shadow never came ...

... got an even broader smile. I explained that Toronto had the third largest theatre district in North America - behind New York and Chicago. At this Hiro cut in, and with a very serious look on his face said, "Ah, theatre very much like Chicago". I looked at him and said, "Hiro, what the fork are you talki - ", then stopped for a moment to think through his words. "hmmm, theatre, seatre...Yes Hiro" I said, "Seattle is very much like Chicago. Are you ready? It's my turn to buy."