Bratislava, Slovakia

After a two hours flight from Istanbul to Vienna, we walked out of the airport and walked straight into a linking bus that was just about to leave for Bratislava - perfect!  The bus trip was only one hour and cost very little.  The countryside was really pretty and there were loads and loads of wind turbines and paddocks full of yellow rapeseed flowers.

The contrasts of color were amazing

We did have a little glitch with our accommodation booking so had to find some when we got there.  No problem we thought, it was stinking hot so we stopped for a local brew and got directions to the big I.  It was a beautiful cobbled city with loads of big trees and gardens and everyone seemed to be enjoying the sunny day.   The young ladies were beautiful and very well dressed, most had dresses or skirts on with matching high heels.  I actually felt a little scruffy in my 3/4 pants and top.  Anyway we eventually got to the info center, and the lady there suggested a few spots and we finally got a place a little out of town.  It was called Hotel Galleria Spirit.  It is famous and apparently is on the worlds most unique buildings list.  It is pretty bizarre to look at, all shapes and sizes and colors inside and out. And they had an awesome breakfast to top it off.

Hotel Galleria Spirit

The dining/communal room

the third floor

reception area

That evening we heading into town for a walk around and some dinner, we found out that there was a art and craft event on and that was why everything was booked out.   Dinner was great, and we continued walking around until we could go no further.  the next day we headed off on the bus and ended up on the other side of the river.  We went to a huge shopping center to get a bit of a shopping fix and then did some sight seeing.  There is a really neat suspension bridge with a restaurant on top called UFO - because it looks like one, at 85m and a viewing platform at 95m.  We made a reservation for dinner that night.

The massive River Explorer

from the UFO restaurant

Slovakia by night

A beautiful dinner

Looking back at the bridge, there was a walkway along both sides of it, underneath the road

Slovakia, is an absolutely beautiful place, the Danube River we must say was a bit disappointing as it was so discolored - not at all blue.  Off to Budapest, Hungary tomorrow on the train for a couple of nights then on to our next helpx.

What we may look like in a couple or so years - haha