11 July 2008
Day 7 – Bratislava (travelling to Budapest)
Day 3, where we left off the last time we blogged, ended up being a quiet day – we were exhausted from all the walking we’d done the day before. We walked around Josefov, Prague’s Jewish quarter, and sat in a quiet pub and had some Czech beer. In the evening we had proper Czech food in a local pub – Tulpesh had a pig’s knee and we can testify that it’s the size of a baby’s head!
On day 4 we took the metro up to Vyšehrad Castle and walked around the lovely grounds, savouring the views all over Prague. In the afternoon we went to the Kafka museum, which was very interesting. In the evening we got the night train to Bratislava – an exhilarating experience, but we didn’t get a lot of sleep!
We spent day 5 exploring Bratislava, which is a much smaller city than Prague. We walked around Bratislava Castle, visited the Museum of Clocks, and had pizza in a small Italian. We visited St. Martin’s Cathedral and had lovely ice-creams, then spent the evening chilling out in a local cafe.
Yesterday we were running out of Slovakian money, so we had a thrifty breakfast al-fresco (with food purchased from Tesco, the global devil). We visited the Municipal museum, wrote postcards (so look out for those!), visited the Slovak National Gallery and bought some new reading materials at an English second-hand book store. I also spent a chunk of the evening napping on a park bench, head in Tulpesh’s lap – this interrailing business is exhausting!
Today we’ve got up early, and we’re going to catch the 9:40 train to Budapest! Woop!
chelsey
15 July 2008
it sounds like a dream! adventure!