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Day 19: Budapest to Prague
Today we had a walking tour in Slovakia on the way to Prague. Our walking tour was in Bratislava and after watching Euro Trip I had an idea of what it would be like. It was nothing like that though. While it wasn't the most exciting city, it was very beautiful. At one point our guide showed us the biggest chess board in Bratislava. It wasn’t much more than a few coloured squares on the floor and when ...
Bratislava, a total shithole
... ahí, fuimos al cajero automático y tuvimos la suerte de que justo se le acabó la plata, y el tren salía como en 10 minutos, fue uno de los momentos más estresantes de mi vida... Pero después de una fila interminable y con plata en nuestras manos compramos nuestro ticket de conexión entre Austria y Francia. Pero nuestros problemas no terminaron ahí, al llegar al tren, no había ninguna señal, indicación ni nada que nos indicara si era el tren que deberíamos tomar, así ...
Central Europe's butterfly peeps out of its cocoon
... of the old town. Towering over the cemetery and the garden with views over the city, is the Slavín War Memorial, an enormous pillar erected in 1960 in memory of the 6000 Soviet soldiers who died pushing the Nazis out of West Slovakia. Simple but yet moving, the visit to this site was worth the drive. We then headed to another vantage point above the city to Bratislava Castle. The building has been rebuilt several times ...
Ever seen the movie hostel?
... the 17.04 train which takes 12 hours, but ended up boarding the 17.01 which takes 15 hours... By the time the train manager checked our tickets it was obviously too late to change. Good part was though that he bore a very close resemblance to Borat and he also acted very much like it! He just laughed at us and said: "Very nice!" all the time. He didn't even give us a 'fine' like mostly happens in this part of the world!
The girl from America ended up sharing her life story about ...
Bratislavan Birthday
... it is exactly what it says on the tin, a leaf simply put between the teeth a then blown on crating a whistling sound, like blowing on a blade of grass. It is what happens if you leave a Romanian shepherd in a field with nothing to do and only a leaf to play with. This guy was crazy but he was to his credit pretty good and able to hold a tune (a very crazy Romanian one, but a tune). Probably more amusing was his dancing when the rest of the band were playing blues. It was ...