What a great lesser known capital city! We loved touring the 13th-century castle that overlooks the city as well as St. Martin's Cathedral. This is a very walkable city and not as busy as many. Like so many European cities we found lots of delicious cafes just asking us to stop and loiter. Drinking coffee at an outdoor cafe is one of life's great pleasures. ...
The timing on this trip was ... unique. Russia had already begun its attack on Ukraine. The people in Bratislava had lived through the soviet occupation of their own country so there was anxiety among the people. Our tour guide was still a girl when the Soviet Union collapsed. She made the tour incredibly personal and intimate. She shared details of her childhood and her parents' defiance of ...
We did the walking tour and found it very interesting. This is a city I didn't know much about, our tour guide's description of traveling to Austria to have her passport stamped after the Iron Curtain fell was very moving and added a wonderfully personal touch to the history of her city. ...