Sunday excursion

Today I went with my flatmate Ale(jandra) and some of her friends to Bratislava.


When you are finished with your Eurotrip jokes you can continue reading the post.

Being in Budapest has the advantage of never being more than a few hours away form other countries. We took the 9:30 train and arrived in a sunny Bratislava some 2,5 hours later. The train station is located outside the city center, but since it's such a small city (some 430.000 inhabitants) it was just a 20 min walk to the Old Town center. On the way there we passed by a beautiful little palace that is now the presidential residence.


Five minutes later we were strolling around in the very cozy medieval town center. The streets were narrow and all the houses beautiful. Even when zigzagging through the area it did not take us long to reach the Danube, which is much narrower than in Budapest (and the water is clearer).


We stepped into a pizzeria and, to my great relief, the pizza tasted like pizza. The ones I've had here in Budapest are horrible! After that we went to look at a Blue Church, which turned out to be the most amazing building I have ever seen, just look at it!


After taking some 30 pictures of it we continued our trip towards the castle, once again passing through the old town center. We made a quick visit to a clock/watch museum. It was very small and located in this peculiar building.


The castle itself has been remodeled several times, in very different styles. It was destroyed in 1811 and lay in ruins until they started reconstructing it in 1953. They are still not finished...


After strolling around and enjoying the view we headed back to the old town center again, this time for a cup of coffee in one of the many cafes. I had the best chocolate cake I have ever tasted in my entire life. I wish I could beam some to you. It was just that good. Finally we strolled slowly back to the train station and spent a few sleepy hours on the train back to Budapest. We all agree that Bratislava was well worth spending a day in, especially with the nice weather. We also discussed going to Vienna in a few weeks and possibly Transylvania in January. (I have also been invited to Seville in May :D)