Radisson Sas Carlton Bratislava

... t have much to see and is still struggling to develop after the Communist era (only ending in 1989.) The cities downtown core, UFO bridge, and Bratislava Castle are the only things that have been rebuilt, leaving everything else needed serious TLC. We went to the Castle but weren't able to go in because of construction. Other than that we spent most of our time ...

... and the city's internet cafe was closed. Bratislava is exceptionally dull. It's so small that it's technically a village, and while it's easy to see the charm in the long winding cobblestoned streets, you could walk them all in an hour, tops. The most interesting/odd thing about the city is the random statues everywhere. Modern and quirky, they're mostly situated outside restaurants, like the photographer peeking around the corner of the Paparazzi cocktail bar. The most famous one is The ...

... to get this Drum and Bass music, oppose to techno and house and all that. When you walk in, you go through this extremely long tunnel, light by red lights. Creepy. When we first tried to get in, the guy said cover was about 20 bucks, same as the last. We were hooped. Didnt want to waste the night being cheap, and this place looked much better than the last. He went in first, but I wanted my 20% discount on cover (the same card i used for ...

... facilities. And a horrible dog that made noises like it was just about to keel over and die. I headed out after washing my clothes to check on the sights of the city with a dodgy as left foot, which was unsurprisingly a lot more painful than when I'd woken up. Thankfully, my SAS training meant that I just ignored the pain, but kept the sight seeing a bit brief, taking in the Primates Palace where they dress up monkeys as royalty for fun, the main square, and a ...

... once he saw the canadian passports, he wished us on our way, not the least bit upset that we awoke him from a good afternoon slumber. it was all bad from hear. driving around for hours we finally found a hotel, saw nothing of the city, tourist wise. spent the night, olivia slept well, but the couple below us kept us wide awake for hours. clearly they weren't sleeping with a 3 month old baby (at the rate they were going, that won't last).

Leaving Prague was sad. The city was great. Leaving the tourists behind was happy. Mass quantities of people are annoying. Bratislava, generically referred to as New Prague (but only to catch a little of the latter city's prestige, which has caused it a recent economic rebirth), was once the capital of the Austro-Hungarian empire, according to a friend of mine. Jon and I stayed with our ...

... of just the sort of help to which we have become accustomed and to which we have been and will continue to be so thankful, we eventually made it to Bratislava and found that after our brief stay in this Slovakian capital city we were very glad to have made the visit. Bratislava is one of Europe's most recently anointed capitals, acquiring the title, as it did, in 1993 when the Velvet Divorce (following the Velvet Revolution in 1989, during which the united ...

... as the two of them began to quibble over ever little thing (ever noticed how when one person in a real relationship is leaving for a while, they end up fighting? well, same principle here!) Wills seperation anxiety blew into full force belligerance that evening, due to an over indulgence of absynth, and I had to take Will home as Kenny told Will he should leave!! So cute, those two! hahahahaha

... 60s, it was like Connex trains - except they were better looked after. They also kept one of the steam locos very much in working order. Peering through windows there was Bakelite, buttons and levers as far as the eye could see. Dave R, perhaps you could annotate the pictures below..? Negotiated busy roads before escaping into the countryside with the last vestiges of the Carpathian mountains on my left hand side. First stop ...