Hotel Holiday Inn Bratislava

... br><br>We walked back downhill then over to the Old Town. This is a really nice area of Bratislava. There are a lot of run-down buildings between the beautiful palaces and cobblestone streets, but these crumbling facades only added to the appearance. A large area is pedestrian only, full of restaurants and tourist shops. My mom was in paradise.<br><br>We stopped at a Mexican restaurant that was not great, and then carried on with our ...

... kittens).<br><br>The journey from Bratislava to Lubljana took us through Vienna. Upon arriving in Vienna, we unexpectedly boarded a train traveling a different route than that stated on our tickets and previously planned. The new route took us to Lubljana via Villach. The ticket inspector attempted to point out our mistake but quickly realised it was a futile exercise trying to converse with two ignorant English speaking tourists&#8230; when all Chlo could say to him was ...

Ryanair vliegt graag nét niet naar de plaats waar je heen moet. Dus als je denkt naar Lyon te vliegen, kom je in Grenoble uit, het vliegveld van Stockholm ligt ergens in the middle of nowhere op een uur met een misselijkmakende busrit van de stad af. En Bratislava en Wien zijn volgens de vliegende Ieren één en hetzelfde. Vandaar dat we goedkoop vanuit Pisa naar Slowakije konden vliegen, en onder het motto van 'nu we er toch zijn', maakten we dr nog een ...

... leather pants. He was a little creepy. The staff there had enjoyed the grand opening of their bar the night before, and were all looking very worse for wear. This is where we met the 2 receptionists, Katka (and I think I was in with a chance there), and get this: "Ivana." Ivana what you ask? "Ivana UberLova" I **** you not. Unfortunately we did not find this out until after we left and they added us to face-book. Otherwise, the jokes would have been out of ...

... luckily, I followed a cyclist who clearly had local knowledge) through some construction at the chemical works before coming to the Marchfelddamm which runs almost dead straight for at least15 miles. Whilst none of the journey so far has been boring (there is always wildlife -rabbit, birds, deer - to keep one's attention) this was by far the most monotonous part of the ride so far. Up ahead I saw the ground rising, and the castle at Hainburg where I stopped by the Fischertor. Where ...

Zivot v pohybe! Dnes som priletel z Dubaja na 8 hodin do Bratislavy pred tym ako odletim do Pariza. Stanku som uz vyse 2 tyzdnov nevidel, takze bola jedinou osobou, ktoru som naozaj chcel viedit. No ale kedze v case mojho prichodu som bol na nohach uz ...

... half an hour, something might free up. I spent that time wandering the city and I was already ready to like it, walking through the Presidential Palace and toward the castle that towers over the city. By the time I came back, though, I wasn't in as good a mood since I was told no rooms had freed up and the odds that one would were slim to none. On the receptionist's advice, I headed to City Hostel, where I was likewise told there were no free beds. I was then ...

... about buying apartments in Bratislava. Depending upon location, it looks like you can get a pretty nice, 900 s.f. apartment in or near the center of town for $100-150,000. Call it one fifth of the cost of an S.F. place. I think it is a phenomenal opportunity. The Slovak Rebublic will go full-on EU (with the Euro) in 2009, and it could be the next Prague. Seriously, I am thinking about it, but waiting until I see the rest of Southeastern Europe. Next Stop: Kosice, Slovak Republic.

... became clear that if I wanted a route away from the main roads and footpaths I would have to go a little further north than I originally intended. With a pen I drew a route that took me across three different maps and a number of interesting long country roads. It was agreed that the fun Franz and I had had over the last 2 days should continue, so we will be doing the majority of it together. We set off following the pen marks I ...