Arcadia Hotel Bratislava

... hours. That meant only about two hours to spend in Bratislava before I had to catch a train back. What a great adventure, eight hours of train for two hours of tourism. It didn’t seem fair, but that was to change, even if I didn’t want it to.

I finally arrived in town, and promptly caught a tram into the centre. You could see the difference between the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic instantly. The roads were in disrepair, the trams ...

... i may cry! Loser! I know! Haha So they had a few gothic churches here, and i loved them....
I went to a gallery. Actually, it's called some Pallatian or something palace. It was quite nice. It had numerous old paintings from 17th century by unknown artists. Some were amazing, others not so much. One thing that ruined a lot was bad lighting. The light from windows was reflecting from the paintings (made by oil), so you really could not see the whole ...

So, it's been a self-inflicted busy week! My classes still seem to be alright. International Political Economy is still really (surprisingly) interesting and Globalization is alright/boring. Overall, not really that bad. Of course, we haven't really gotten into the hectic period, but I know it's looming in the not to distant future! This week we also had out ...

... Czyli chyba mialam racje! "O, patrz, tamta dziewczyna jest podobna do ciebie!" - stwierdzil Marcin. "No, chyba tylko kolorem wlosow i oczu..."- odparlam. "Ty w ogole wygladasz jak taki niemiecki zolw" - chyba decydowal podziałać mi na nerwy. "Nie wiem co masz na mysli i nie jestem pewna, czy chce wiedziec. Tym optymistycznym akcentem zakonczymy ta nie prowadzaca do niczego dyskusje..." Typowy Marcin, przekomarzanki z "wyrafinowanym" poczuciem ...

... ended up going out of town towards a shopping complex. Retail therapy never hurt anyone. We managed to head back towards the city centre and climbed up towards the old castle on the hilltop. Not as impressive as Budapest or Ljubljana...but excellent views of the city. Bratislava is pretty small and a day trip was pretty much all we needed to see it. Off to Vienna now.

... my camera, so I don't have any pictures of this. Once we got downtown, Libbie found one of the Castles that she had read about in her guide book of Bratislava. The Castle is on top of a hill overlooking the town and was built around the 13th century I believe. We went up to the castle and found out that tours cost the equivalent of $2, so we decided that it was worth it to go in. When we got in the castle, the structure was fairly impressive. However, the tour, we ...

... our trip to the castle we went back down into the old town centre for lunch. On the way to the restaurant we met the happiest dog in the world. At lunch I accidentally ordered two main meals as I thought one was a side dish, but demolished them both anyway. After the meal we were presented with Max's new companion - Bill. Bill cost us around 1050 Skk. Posted 2:39: We've just got back from a late night rave on a boat which acts as a floating club on the Danube. We met a dutch guy ...

... in Bratislava and headed downtown to meet our friend Radovan who we were staying with. Headed back to his place which was in an old Communist Era housing development. Nice pad though. I got to watch some of the NBA playoffs, which was nice. Tomorrow we see the city.

The day trip to Bratislava was worth the effort. It really was a neat city to see... i equate it to be like Prague before the tourism. While it may be fun to bum around in and meet some locals... it wasnt worth more than a day for the causal visitor. It was a beautiful city though, and had a small town atmosphere (with a pop of 500k... small relative to the other capitals i've been to!)

... said so. More pasta and then bed. Spisske Podhadie, Morning mist cleared Spisske Podhadie, Walking the battlements Spisske Podhadie, Museum Spisske Podhadie, Inside the complex Spisske Podhadie, Me on the wall Shanty town, a sight becoming more common Down into the low lands Uno star dance club After the storm 16 Aug, Tuesday Start point: Kysak End point: Michalany Via: Odom(Km): 108.99 Moving(hrs.mim): 6.55 Ave(Km/h): 15.? Total ...