Danube Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia. Bratislava is in the south-west of Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two other countries.

In this travel log, I will hopefully keep my friends and family up to date on what I am doing while I am abroad in Europe. I plan to take a lot of pictures and post them, as well as post writeups on what I am up to.

... at the back of my mind for years. So now is the chance. The Danube cycle way is mostly off road on dedicated cycle paths, and the Danube itself passes through eight countries. That is a lot of new experiences, and 2500-3000 km to get really fit on!

... an independent Slovakia. The Iron Curtain collapsed in 1989, following demonstrations in many Central European cities, including Bratislava. Following the Velvet Revolution the Slovaks initiated the 'Velvet Divorce', which allowed them to be a democratic ...

... thunder and a mental cat which wouldnt shut up. Sounded like it was being murdered. Woke up this morning to a glorious day. Bratislava is really easy to walk around as the historical centre is compact and everything can be reach in 15/20 mins ...

... 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 ...

... and replaced Steph's stolen camera. We accidently wandered out of the "pretty" part of old town and discovered true Bratislava... not exactly a place one would typically enjoy visiting. We wandered back and found some pretty cheap bargains. Go figure... ...

... ; Lots of other river cruise ships going towards Budapest.  Not much to see until we reached our 1st locks just before BRATISLAVA (Pressburg) the capital of Slovakia.  It took a while to go through...there are 2 locks here.....1 was not working ...

4h de croisière sur le Danube en "hydrofoil" pour rejoindre Bratislava... la classe :) Après moult déboires avec les cartes VISA, prise de possession de l'appart de 120m². Promenades dans le centre, visite du chateau de Devin et bons restos, à ...

Arrived at Bratislava hl.st train station at noon from Budapest and walked 800m to our hotel, Crowne Plaza Bratislava. Walked down Obchodna and got some lunch before walking down to the Tourist Information Centre for a city map and to check out some day ...

... hill we could see a big monument, so we climbed up to see it, and to see the views looking down over Bratislava. The monument was Slavín, which was erected in memory of Russian soldiers who had fallen in various World War Two battles in Slovakia. ...

... with freedom only a short swim across the Morava River. By now it was after 3 pm, so having decided to take the bus back to Bratislava, we headed back to the parking lot. There was a number 29 bus there, but by the time we had looked at the ticket ...

We were greeted in Slovakia with a welcome dinner at the Bratislava Castle. Oh what a glorious place is this castle. So elegant. We really felt specialWhat luxury it must have been to be born of royal blood. After our toasts of wine, ...and such, ...