Skaritz Hotel & Residence Bratislava

... in Zlín, so that's the main thing. Jana was there to pick me up, and then we went grocery shopping for some snacks - we bought ingredients for smores, so once again, I'm internationalizing smores. If you've never had them, try them. They're a good campfire snack. Later that night Jana had rented her high school's gym, so 8 of us went and played soccer for about two hours. It was great fun, and to be honest I'm still a little sore 2 days later. I'm glad I've been ...

... town last week too, so that night I met up w/ them and Chris to hang out for a while. They were crazy-busy tourists and left us w/ a long list of places we need to see before we leave. Saturday, the 3 of us (Erin and Kieffer) went to the Shonbrunn Palace. We had a little picnic and people watched in the gardens for the first part of the afternoon, then hiked to ...

... us about 2,3 hours and we saw a few ancient castles on the way sitting atop the mountains. Plenty of fields for farming and grazing. Finally arrived in Brataslava about 1615hrs and we decided to get a cab to our apartment. There were alot of police around outside our building when we got there and it was then we learnt that our apartment was next door to the American ...

... actually even relocated to their soccer field so that we could sleep in. the second day riding in slovakia we finally met up with the trail by the danube. nice farm fields and small villages and interesting town crests. the trail itself was a little boring because there isn't much to see. the trail runs on the service road of the danube's flood protection wall, surrounded by trees and no view of the river. we decided to ride the small ...

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Caught the bus back to Bratislava and walked past St.Martin's Cathedral, the remains of the city walls and Novy Most up to Bratislava Castle for great views over the Danube River and Bratislava.

Walked back to the old town for lunch before returning to the hotel for a rest. Began our walking tour around the old town starting at Michael Tower and walking down Michalska and Venturska to Hviezdoslavovo Square with the National Theatre.
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... only because it consisted of a large, decaying Soviet era building and was manned by 4 guys with pretty big guns. We were the only ones there...biking along the highway to the border point. It was no problem to get across though. We got our passports stamped to leave Hungary then walked literally 2 steps to have them looked at by the Slovakian guards....seemed pretty needless but that's the way borders work. Bratislava did look a bit run down from the ...

... and helped me get to the station. (There were a lot of posters up saying something about Islam..I didn't quite understand the point of it). Anyway, train to Slovakia- nothing too interested. Got to Bratislava, wandered into the city centre- very nice Presidental Palace..I then saw the Slovak #1 Pub, a pub I had read about on a website. Naturally, with it being 11am and all, I went ...

Summary of yesterday: We started the day with checking out the National museum which had a very informative exhibit on the Wooly Mammoth and lots of exciting rocks, plants, bugs. After that thrilling endeavor we went to the UFO on top of the bridge. Its very hard to visualize that without a picture and since I still cant figure out how to post them on these funny computers it will have to wait. Next we went decided to check out a cathedral, of course ...

... be of interest is small. Very small. I walked every street in the historic centre in less than two hours, spent another hour up at the castle, and then ran out of things to do. Bratislava castle was one built with functionality in mind - a defensive position, and nothing else. As such, it is very box-like solidly constructed, with very little in the way of the fanciful ornamentation ...

... it wasn't just bread but a gorgeous sandwich of meat, and peppers. Recharged, I was ready to press on. The difference in Romania is pronounced. The horse & traps is a common sight, buildings are much more dilapidated. I found a cash machine and went looking for a map of Romania. After trying 3 petrol stations I gave up and found a camp spot in some fields on the outskirts of town. Tomorrow I am on a mission. Typical Hungarian town - North East.