Day 143 Bye bye Barbora, bye bye Bratislava

Last night was a very fun night, today, I leave Bratislava to Vienna airport back to Helsinki.







I love Bratislava. If I were to describe Bratislava to my family, I would say it is a city with a very tight community. It seems that everyone knows everyone in the city centre of Bratislava, or it was Barbora and Vladiko who know everyone. But the city has very close human connections, it is just amazing!

Today marks the end of my last trip in Eastern Europe. I don't know when I will attempt a tour in Europe again in the future, but I will definitely return to some more exotic places.

Day 142 More sightseeing in Bratislava!

Today was an extremely pretty day in Bratislava, the sky was blue, sun was shining as brightly as it should...

Barbora decided that we should pay a visit to the castle in the suburban area in Bratislava.

(Photo: We were so lucky that Barbora was driving us to the castle, or else, we would need to take the bus and everything, which will probably take an hour to get there.)

(Photo: The castle from down the hill.)

(Photo: Across the water is Austria! Bratislava and Austria are really close!)

(Photo: And of course, I couldn't hide my excitement.)

(Photo: Then Barbora took me to the city centre. This is taken from the tower high up.)

(Photo: Juraj brought along his skateboard, but he was too tired to skate, so Vladiko showed me some tricks! I was a bit worried because he was wearing sandals.)

(Photo: Our dinner with the Sedova family. Thai curry and Kung pao.)

After the dinner we were extremely exhausted, but Barbora persuaded me to "grab a beer" in the city centre and go back and sleep. Turned out, we didn't just "grab a beer"!





I met up with Barbora and Vladiko's friends, they are all very cool! It is such a pity that it was my last night there and couldn't talk more.



We crashed at Becky's place after the drinks, because we were all too tired to go back to Barbora's home and Becky's place is really near the city.

Day 140 Bratislava, finally!

I have been extremely interested in the country of Slovakia and in the city of Bratislava, ever since I befriended Barbora.

So after much anticipation, I am finally here in Bratislava, Slovakia!

Early in the morning, we took CD, the Sedova"s family dog for a walk near the woods.

(Photo: We were walking and CD was playing in the mud.)

Then we had a really good home-cooked lunch of pasta with mushroom white sauce!


After the meal, we went for some sightseeing in the city.

(Photo: The famous communist bridge.)

(Photo: The castle.)

(Photo: At the parliament.)

(Photo: Some cool graphics on the wall.)

Then Barbora and Big V took me to the Slovak pub for a Slovakian dinner.

(Photo: Garlic soup.)

(Photo: Fried cheese.)

(Photo: Then we met up with Barbora"s friends in one of their hangout places! It was very near the market square.)