Czechoslovakia has been re-divided into the original 2 countries, The Czech Republic and Slovakia. We are first visiting Slovakia and its capital Bratislava.
Bratislava loves statues. You find them everywhere. You round a corner and have to make sure whether the person sitting on a bench is real or not.
Here are some examples:
Of course, Bratislava has a castle and an old town.
The castle looks like a five star hotel, doesn’t it? So we never went up there. Instead we took a boat ride up the Danube river to the ruin of Devin Castle. Much more to our liking. We are taking a Danube river cruise next week that will go right by here, probably during the night, but it does not stop in Bratislava, so we did.
We loved it, so here are just some of the pictures we took.
We went on a free walking tour of Bratislava, well actually we started on the tour and got distracted. While walking from one site to another I heard music. You have to understand how we sightsee. If there is a crowd of people, we go there. If we hear music we go there. This time we heard a marching band. I asked the guide of our tour what was going on. He said, “Oh, some military something” and kept walking. We did not follow. It turns out to be a celebration of a WW II hero from Bratislava, who joined the British army and rose to the rank of general. He died 3 years ago and the city put up a plaque about him and celebrated it with military honors….a marching band and lots of marching soldiers. His son-in-law and grand daughter were there. Sorry, I didn’t get his name.
These types of things are what make this trip even more special for us.
Other things that make our time extra special are the other surprises we encounter….like getting a cordial after dinner as a gift from the restaurant…………….or finding a dance on xylophone on the street, just sitting there to be danced on.
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