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Bratislava is the largest city in Slovakia with about 450,000 people. The city seems much smaller than that because mose people live in high rise apartments, I believe from the cold war era. You can see an area of the city that is nothing but identical 10 story highrise apartments. las vegas airport car rental Ther must be about 30 of them. Today they are all painted different colors las vegas airport car rental but it appears that they were all a cement drab gray when built. This seems to be a legecy of the economical communist las vegas airport car rental system. These buildings must house a lot of people so you essentially get half a million people in a pretty small space. las vegas airport car rental Bratislava is just really starting to become a tourist las vegas airport car rental destination. It is no where near as busy as other European destinations, even compared to reletively quiet Austria. It is so leisurely and quiet here. I do have to say that I really enjoy it very much.
Slovakia !!! therapy. So Sydney and I decided that we would have a bit of a spa afternoon. We went to a place that one of my travel book recommended and it was pretty good. Syd had a 45 minute facial and head treatment, while I enjoyed an hour long body massage. As I sit in the hotel though, I can still smell the massage oil on my skin. It is really not the most pleasent of smells to have on your skin while you are trying to sleep. I essentially smell like butter chicken or samosas or some other Indian las vegas airport car rental food. I have howered 3 times and just cant get the smell off. It was not a terrible smell at the time but now it is getting to me. :) Listen to me, "boo hoo, my massage was not good enough" I clearly am getting spoiled in Europe.
One thing about Bratislava is that you are going to find some deals here. A one hour massage and a 45 minute facial treatment I am sure would have cost $150 or more in Canada, here is was only $65. The groceries and liquor are also very cheap here. We
Cool Bratislava Architecture purchased what would have easily been $25 dollars of food for dinner at home and we only paid $8 here. Jars of olives las vegas airport car rental were 69 cents, container of cream cheese 79 cents, it is so cheap. Large cans of beer started at 39 cents and went to about 99 cents. Beers and highballs in the street cafes and bars are about 1 euro and Sydney and I both enjoyed ice cream cones for 60 cents. The economy here is growing at one of the fastest rates in the European Union, which usually means it was not doing well to begin with. I am glad to see that things are starting to look up for this city. It is a beautiful town with quite a bit to do and the people are very friendly.
We finished the day off with a visit to the castle. The castle is not well explained. I am sure that on the tour buses you get a lot of information and such, but we walked there and could not find much about what was going on there. To be honest there really las vegas airport car rental wasnt much going on there. I mean all castles are cool. They had
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Lunch was super fantastic today. We both ordered traditional Slovak meals. I had cabbage and sausage soup and pyrogies. The did not call them pyrogies here they call them something else, but that is what they were. And I have to say they are the best pyrogies las vegas airport car rental I have ever had, and I have had them all. Super great. Syd had some potato cake wrapped around goat cheese and chicken. it was also pretty good but not as good as mine. Hers came with a traditional chicken soup which was also excellent. The cafe food is a bit cheaper las vegas airport car rental here than in other European cities, but not the bargain that other things are. If you find yourself in Bratislava on a budget, stick to the liquor and grocery stores.
My perogies The Canadian government has warnings about being out at night in Bratislava. They recommend travel here, but apparently pickpocketing and mugging are common at night in the tourist areas. This seems strange to me as this really is one of the nicest cities I have been to. However, desperate people do desperate things and we felt it best to follow the warnings. las vegas airport car rental Do not however let it stop you from oming to this great city.
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