Bratislava, Slovakia

I'm not even going to think about how overdue these posts are.  Bethanne and I were in Slovakia on APRIL 25th!!!  Oops.

When we decided to go to Budapest and Prague, I looked at a map and told her that I wanted to stop over in Bratislava, Slovakia.  For no reason other than that is was right between the two, and why not?  I knew nothing about Slovakia, but a few people on Facebook said they loved it.  With all of the research and reading I did before the trip, I literally didn't look at one thing about Bratislava.  It just wasn't top on my list of things we were doing and I was much more excited about Budapest and Prague.

Well boy was I wrong.  What an AWESOME place!  It was definitely my favorite night of the entire trip.

We decided to walk to our hotel from the train station.  The train station was not a good first impression of this place, to say the least.  I was having a little bit of trouble because something happened with a muscle or nerve in my neck, and I wasn't able to use my right arm for a few days.  Poor Bethanne had to help me out quite a bit during that time, but we survived.  Our hotel was under renovation, so they gave us a free bottle of sparkling wine when we checked in.  So far, so good.

We decided to take Poppy's golden advice and take the bus tour of the city, since we only had one day and one night.  I couldn't believe how modern, clean and fun it was!  They have random statues all over the city that were so fun.  The bus took us to the castle at the highest point of the city, and the view was really beautiful.  We then found a place in town to sit and people watch, get an app, and have a few martinis.  We couldn't let our free wine go to waste, so we hung out on the hotel patio for a while and played cards before going to dinner.  We went to a place called the Bratislava Flag Ship Restaurant and had the best meal of our trip.  It was like a giant beer hall, and we had no problem drinking a few of them as well as after dinner liqueur before stopping at a hostel bar on the way home and drinking more beer.  And I think we spent a total of 40 euros all night.

I was a big fan of Brat, and kind of wish we had more time there!



One of many random statues around the city.

I think this was the Opera House?

A view of Bratislava- and you can eat in the little spaceship looking thing on top of the bridge!

Our ride for the afternoon.

Bratislava is so clean they even vacuum their streets.

A little patio vino and card playing.