Late morning for us since we set sail at 7:00 am for Bratislava. We had a little later breakfast and then I went to the disembarkation talk so we could find out what the time frame and procedures were for departing from the cruise and continuing our tour in Budapest. Last night we did sign up for another optional tour in Budapest so I think we are all set. Lunch was at noon and at 1:30 we left the ship for our tour of Bratislava, a small town of 550, 000 people. Our guide Katarina lives about 1/2 hour from here so she had lots of insights to share on her country and the splitting of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
At 1:30 we met our guide Marten, an associate
professor who was our tour guide for Bratislava. It is a small city with
400,000 people. Like so many of the towns we’ve been to there is a town square
and pedestrian streets filled with shops,restaurants and bars. We heard about
the split of Czechoslovakia and now what their main industry is. I had no idea
that they are the largest car maker They do high end vehicles i.e. Bentleys,
Porsche etc. We saw St. Marten Church, the tower, the town hall and the opera
house. We went to the beer palace in search of some Slovak beer - we have been pretty successful in our beer quests. We came back to the ship at 6:00 and had
our port talk and dinner. Tonight the crew put on the entertainment for us. Our
ship left tonight for Budapest and we are expected to arrive between 8 - 9 am
tomorrow.
Views as we sailed to Bratislava
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| Lunch |
Views of Bratislava
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| Bratislava Castle |
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| Trinity Statue |
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| Streets of Bratislava |
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| Mozart was here! |
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| Bratislava Town Square |
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| Opera House |
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| Michael's Gate |
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