Hello everyone!!!

I cheated on Wien… I admit it and I’m sorry! But it was just for one day!

Not many people visit Bratislava but I couldn’t go back to Italy without having visited this nice city! In fact is just an hour an a half from Wien by bus and when you go down from the bus it seems you are in another country… well you actually are! But what I meant is that is crazy that two capitals are so close and so different! I actually liked the fact that is so close to Wien because, even if Bratislava is a gem of the region hidden in plain sight, all the tourist go to the Austrian capital… so there’s a way more quite and relaxed atmoshpere!

Self described at a “little big city” with just 500.000 inhabitants, it is easily walkable and discoverable on foot. It’s a simple enough concept but truely one of the most wonderful things to do in Bratislava is to just walk around the narrow streets of Old Town. In fact, before you do anything else just walk… you will soon find your bearings with the city being so compact and in doing so will come across some of that historic and rough charm the city is famed for. It is also so much quieter and calmer than many other capitals cities which makes it that much more peaceful to wander. The charm here is that around every corner you discover that understated magnificence which will leave you in no doubt that this is a wonderful city to visit.

(Maybe a little bit too calm!!) 

At lunch we stopped at a nice restaurant in the Old town and I got the typical Garlic soup in a bread bowl with typical caramel beer!! After the soup I had to talk to people from a distance of five meters or they would have die but… good!!

I also enjoyed to walk up until the castle and discover that it was actually recontructed in the ’50 but still had an amazing view and really nice parks!!

Last but not least we had to run not to miss the bus! But I couldn’t not stop for a second and take a picture of the castle with nights lightnings!! Just breathtaking!!