March 10- Bratislava, Slovakia



To today, I went to Bratislava, Slovakia with some friends. Justin from Canada, two girls from Luxembourg, one from Germany, one from Norway, another from the Netherlands, and then a guy from Australia. The bus tickets were only 10 Euro round trip which is really cheap. Justin and I met up at the university and headed to the bus station together. We were the first to arrive. The bus ride was only an hour long and this bus was much more comfortable than the bus I took to Prague. After getting out of the bus, we all went to a restaurant and everyone ate breakfast. I didn’t eat anything since I already had breakfast. After breakfast, we tried to figure out what to do. No one had any plans of what they wanted to see so I pulled up Bratislava attractions on my phone and showed everyone this blue church. Everyone was fine with going there and it was only about a 15 minute walk from the restaurant. The church is quite pretty, although I do not know why it is blue.





I then wanted to go see this statue of a man in a sewer. We easily found it because there must have been 20 people standing around it. It’s interesting but I don’t know why it is there.


Next on our list was the Bratislava castle. We could see the castle as soon as we got out of the bus. It was a hike to get up to the castle but it was worth it. The castle is very pretty and doesn’t look that old. The views from the castle are also spectacular. Of course there are many tourists up here. I don’t know what this castle is or was used for. I should probably research this. A tour of this city would have been nice. Everything is within walking distance.



After the castle, we were all hungry and tried to find a place to eat. I was surprised how expensive food was. It was pricier than Vienna. Lunches were ranging from 10-18 euros. We could not find a restaurant that could accommodate 8 people. Finally, we went to a vegan restaurant. I was very skeptical about this and was not happy about this choice. They only had six main dishes on their menu and everything was vegetable based. I decided to get a duck and egg sandwich. I asked for it without mayonnaise and red onions. I was surprised, it was actually good. It’s not something I would order again but I have no complaints. After lunch, I wanted to find this place that makes little pancakes and covers them in chocolate. I was really looking forward to this. We put the address in google maps but could not find the place. We went to the location and there was just an empty store. I was disappointed. I did find another statue that I had been looking for.




We then went to the UFO bridge. I wanted to go up in the tower that can give you a panoramic view of Bratislava. We walked across the bridge and found out that it was 7 euros to go up. No one wanted to pay so we just searched for a cafe and had cake and hot chocolate. It was only 3:30 and we had done everything we wanted to do. I booked my ticket back to Vienna for 7:40. I booked this in advance because I did not want to risk not having transportation back. The other kids just booked while we were at lunch. They all booked tickets for 5:30. I didn’t want to wait for two hours so I went with the kids and tried getting on the bus anyways. I asked the bus driver and he said it was fine. There was more than enough room. This was a wonderful day trip and I am excited to show my parents around Bratislava when they come. 











Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

February 28, 2018

On Monday and Tuesday, I went to Prague with Justin. We left around 9:00 in the morning to get to the bus station. We took Flixbus and it was only a four hour ride. I got the window seat and felt a bit cramped the whole ride. It wasn’t too bad. There was a mom and son that went to the bathroom like twenty times and would not be quiet the whole ride so I found that annoying. We stopped at a rest stop for 15 minutes so I was able to stretch my legs.             We arrived in Prague and it took us about 15 minutes to find our Airbnb. We did not know which bell to ring but a lady came outside and asked if we were the Airbnb people. She was the daughter’s mother that was renting us the home and she took us up to the apartment. The apartment is gorgeous, big, and clean. We got settled in and then headed out to explore. We first exchanged money. The Czech Republic does not use the Euro. I only exchanged 30 Euro. All the streets are ...
Read more

Febraury 24, 2018

     I slept horribly last night. I did not fall asleep until after midnight. I was woken up by someone being very loud in the kitchen. I woke up around 8:30 feeling very tired. I had bought a “half” non-stick pan yesterday and was really hoping that it would work when I cooked eggs. It didn’t Don’t get me wrong, it was much better than the other pan that I was using but still I was not satisfied. Why don’t they use or have cooking spray here? I finished breakfast and I headed out to go meet people for lunch that were interested in going to Malta and Italy with me.             I arrived a few minutes early and no one was there. I texted in the group message that I was there and asked if anyone else was there but no one responded. Probably around 12:10 a girl showed up. She said her other friend would be arriving shortly so we went inside the café. Her name is Isabel and she is from Portugal. Her friend Joana ar...
Read more

February 20, 2018

Today I woke up and had breakfast: two rolls and a banana. I then headed out to go to orientation. I had no trouble finding the building, but I was about thirty minutes early. Some other students began to show up and we all tried to figure out where we needed to go. We read a sign on the International Office Door that said to go to another classroom. So we left, and headed towards that classroom. There were five of us. I started talking to a boy from Canada and a girl from California. Both are very nice. Eventually, three Uni Wien workers come in and start talking to us in German. Everyone just stared blankly at them. They then asked if we were here for the Orientation and we said yes. But apparently, this was an orientation for EU students only and would be held in German. The lady told us to go back to the international office and said that Siina, the lady in charge of International stuff, started ten minutes ago. So the five of us went back down to the International Office and g...
Read more