Orea Hotel Club Bratislava

... got me onto the train in time and back towards Prague. The train was scheduled to leave at 16:01, not 16:10 as I thought. I missed the train by seriously about 30 seconds. Damn tips! that’s why I don’t believe in them! I was so depressed, I had plans back in Prague that I had been looking forward to all day. I lay on the bench for about 20 minutes stewing in my own failure. But whats done is done, I was in Bratislava and I may as well ...

... also has a few E___'s but at least i dont know it ;)
One big big disappointment was the castle - it was closed. It was not even pretty. And it was closed for renovation.
One last thing i have to mention was a cool musician. He was on the main street (then i saw another guy like that too). He was playing with 3 parts of his body. He had lip harmonica, guitar in his arms, and feet were hitting on drums! Imagine playing all of these at once. I was ...

... months ago ... how is a girl supposed to live w/o hummus for that long?!?? Not to far from the market, there is an "American Store." It wasn't nearly as good as the American store in Geneva. I's say it was more British, but it still had some important supplies, like Root Beer, Oreos, and Pop Tarts. Wheat Thins and Mac 'N Cheese were severely lacking from the ...

... you can tell which nationality somebody represents. For instance, I would recognize a Pole from a far distance! There was a group of young people that passed by and Marcin said: "they`re German", where I said: "I reckon they`re Austrian". I have no clue where I got this idea from. A tiny moment later on we could hear them speaking German, but with different accent that the Germans speak. So I guess I was right! "Oh, look that girl there, she looks alike ...

Today we woke up very late. It was the first day it has rained since we got here, but it stopped while on the bus to Bratislava. We arrived in Bratislava around 4:00p so we only got to spend a little time there. We took a taxi from the bus station to the old city center. Bratislava is a post communist country so some buildings look like they are still not fixed from WW2 ...

These early mornings of getting up at 6am almost made me feel like I was going to work, almost only I would be sitting on my bum watching the scenery go by. Leaving at 7:30a, we would be in 3 countries today with 2 border crossings. Our first stop was at the Slovak border around 10 to which we were told it would be the bare minimum and to take toilet paper with us. Yes it was just 2 toilets and nothing else ...

... In fact items that come from US or Western European companies cost more in Slovakia then they do in the US. This makes sense because they have to import the goods, but its just surprising in that you come to Slovakia thinking everything is going to be cheap. Later in the day, we did find a good deal on some ice cream and got a few scoops of ice cream for about 33 cents. Overall, Slovakia was a cool place to see, but definitely not worth a special trip from the US ...

... to where the hostel is. Got settled in there and then went out for food. Words cannot express how good the food was that we had that night was. Beautiful steaks for 4 quid odd, it was heavenly. Without a doubt the best food we had all trip. I'm liking Slovakia more and more.... Walked arund the old town for ages, and had a few drinks. Spirits were high, and on our return to the hostel we saw Tom and Pearl oustide waiting for us, a lot earlier than expected ...

... was such an important part of the Transylvanian castles. Still, at least the grounds were well kept! The historic centre is attractive enough, although there is very little to set it apart from many other towns and cities I have been to, and I think is slightly unfortunate to be sandwiched in between Vienna and Budapest, two of the most beautiful cities I have come across. From what ...

... did camp jobs until 13.00 and had breakfast. Flat terrain and a strong tail wind blew me south for just under 2 hours at which point I asked around for an internet connection. It has been nearly 2 weeks since I have checked messages. Marie, a kindly girl said there is nowhere in the village, only in the office where she works and I was welcome to use it. Once finished I took up the offer of a room in the guest house run by her ...