Ibis Bratislava Centrum

... people again. However, this was also my downfall. I got sidetracked on time and only had 15 minutes to get to the train station, or so I thought. After trying as politely as I could to say goodbye without seeming rude for having to take off so quickly, I literally had to sprint after the tram that would take me to the train station. Usain Bolt had nothing on me over that 200 metres. Still got it, even though Im all fat now. Anyway, the tram driver must ...

... br>I am in love with it. Very beautiful city, although still cannot compare with Prague. It is, actually, like more industrialized, and a little less renovated Prague. It has amazing architecture. Women here are very very beautiful (no lesbian thoughts - just objective). <br>It is very small. All of it - I did in a day. It has the old town that is amazing. A few churches and monuments outside of it. Otherwise - all the beautiful part of the city was ...

... a sua essência. Um todo esperando para ser desbravado. Após visitar países tão ricos e desenvolvidos como Alemanha, Finlândia e Áustria o que sentir ao ver um amontoado de lixo na calçada? Moradores de rua? Confesso que o ...

Danach gehts mit nem Bummelzug nach Bratislava weiter. Wir bewundern Burg und Altstadt und das muntere Treiben laesst uns uns direkt wieder wohlfuehlen. Die Aussenbezirke sind zwar absolut haesslich, aber wir bummeln ja zum Glueck durch die sehr schoene Altstadt, goennen uns vor dem Rathaus einen Doener und ein slowakisches Bier. Etwas spaeter am Abend finden wir einen ...

Managed to stop off in Bratislava for a day trip on our way to Vienna. It definitely has signs of communism with plenty of towering residential blocks all the same colour. The city is pretty small in comparison to other European capitals...but none the less has plenty of character and a massive shopping centre! We caught a bus to the city centre...but missed the stop ...

... downtown. We weren't totally sure where we were going, but we had a pretty good idea. The outside of town where we were was a little shabby looking, but really not that much worse then some parts of Vienna. However, once we got to the downtown, the buildings all of the sudden got much prettier, and the views were very nice. The buildings looked very similar to what you would think of as a quaint European town, and were very well kept. Unfortunately I decided not to ...

... effects of lots of alcohol and strobe lights made me a bit wierd, just really stupidly happy and content. It was great fun, one of those moments in life that I won't forget. We made it home at about 2.30, I didn't want to go home, but I realised we had to be up early, so got myself together. Felt rough as hell when we got home though. Ended up just drinking lots of water and passing out eventually.

Started our train travel today by arriving at the wrong station. We rushed cross town to the other station and caught our first train. Crossing the border into Slovakia brought armed soldiers onto the train, eyeing everyone's passports with suspicion. No problems there ...

... start, an 81-year-old man, about my height or shorter, jogged to the finish line, wearing sweatpants and a Slovak ice hockey jersey. Everyone stopped to watch him finish - he waved his arms as we all cheered. After crossing the finish line, he put a towel on the ground and did a headstand. Very impressive. After that we had lunch with some of Marek's friends and his cousin, who live and work in Bratislava. They are all ...

... back to the town for.. you guessed it.. cakes an ice cream. Waved farewell to Franz, a good travel companion. He was heading North West to Poland and back to Germany. I continued on my way east down quiet roads through sleepy villages. I've noticed a big change travelling from west to east in Slovakia. The area near the Austrian border is busy, new building work going on, large supermarkets, shopping centres, and industrial ...