The Many Delights of Bratislava

I thought this picture was appropriate as we got cheap train tickets and the ad for it is travel to Bratislover. Ho ho ho. Anyway.

Jordy and I were very excited to be away on our very first trip outside of Austria. I'm sure Greg was too but he was being all "macho", so I couldn't tell. The tickets were only 14 Euros return and this included a one day public transport ticket. There's a train every hour starting at 6.30 pm and last one back is just after midnight. Pretty cool eh? Plus, the ride is only 1 hour.

As it turned it, Bratislava is so tiny that we didn't need the transport tickets. The other great thing about "B" is it still has it's own currency and the exchange rate is excellent. We managed to do our whole tourist experience for 50 Euros. 50 Euros in Vienna would only have been dinner out.

Our first stop was the Museum of Transport and Technology. It cost the grand sum of $1 NZ each or 20 Slovak Krones. We don't have any photos because you had to pay extra for that and we didn't realise what a pittance 20 SK's was. Which is a shame as we were given a guided tour of the really interesting bits by a lovely elderly man who was obviously a bit of an enthusiast where trains were concerned. It's amazing what can be translated with one word and lots of emphatic gesturing.

If you look in the background of the next two pics, we were trying to show the diverse views from the tower overlooking the city. Jordy's view is of the boring commercial, modern new city. Ours is the old,town and the more touristy area. Also, in the background you can see a castle which also contains a museum.

There was a free performance on when we arrived, of an example of medieaval singing. Although interesting it wasn't really to our taste.



A couple of tapestries at the castle. We were a bit excited to see that the "Da Vinci Machines" exhibit had just arrived in Bratislava. Excited because we had seen this show in NZ a few days before we left, and even though we were so far away, we still got see it first. Silly I know.

We had dinner before we left then entered the delights of a genuine chocolate shop where the hot chocolate they serve is simply melted chocolate. It was so good, Greg and I ordered another round. It was sooooo good in fact that I actually felt that I was drunk on chocolate. This place is a definite must if you are ever there. Unfortunately I can't remember what it is called but it's not necessary. It has the word chocolate, in Slovak of course, on the front window. But I reckon, true chocolites will know the word for chocolate in any language. Plus, the city is so miniscule, you can't miss it.