I started to plan a travel in June already some months ago, but I thought firstly that I would visit Norway because I really wanted to see the midnight sun. There were cheap flights to Lofoten which is an archipelago behind a polar circle, but I couldn't decide if I should go there and then it was too late. My plan changed when my friend Thomas from Paris proposed to visit Vienna and Bratislava and I agreed because I had never been there before. My trip started on 9th June in the morning when I took a bus to Vienna and I arrived there around noon. I walked to our hotel Mailberger Hof which is a 4* hotel. It took me around one hour to get there, I had a map and it was not difficult to find. Thomas came to Vienna by flight from Paris and he got there later than me, I had to wait for him in front of the hotel. When he came we checked in and we visited the city center. In the evening we went to a restaurant where Thomas ate Wiener schnitzel and I ate a Tartar beef steak.
On Friday morning we had a breakfast in the morning which was very tasty, I liked especially the salmon with dill but I ate also cheese and vegetables. The variety of food was very good. Then we walked along the river in the morning and then we took a tram to the Hundertwasserhaus. Thomas bought a colorful decorated lamp there. Then we went to Belvedere where we admired beautiful gardens. The weather was very sunny and quite warm. When we continued walking to the center we saw people who practiced pool surfing. Thomas wanted to buy Austrian traditional clothing so we went to shops and he bought two jackets, each of them costed around 250 Euro. In the evening we took a ferry from Vienna to Bratislava, it was around one hour ride and it was a breathtaking experience. We saw many fisherman's huts during our journey.
Our hotel in Bratislava was very close to the port. We stayed in the hotel Radisson Blu Carlton which was also a 4* hotel. We stayed there two nights but it was too hot there despite the air conditioning was on so I didn't sleep well. In the evening we crossed a bridge firstly and we found a restaurant next to it, I ate chicken and potatoes there. After the dinner we returned to the city center and we went to visit the Old Town. We ate some cake there. It was rainy on Saturday morning but then it was sunny and we went to explore the Bratislava castle and the Old Town. The Old Town was small but worth visiting.
When we walked in the center we saw that a big storm was coming, the sky suddenly turned dark. We went to the Bistro St. Germain for lunch. Thomas wasn't happy that he had to eat French food while travelling abroad but then he agreed. I ordered 'coq au vin' (chicken on wine) and we also ate baked potatoes. The food was delicious but then we ordered dessert. Thomas had a raspberry cake but I had creme brulee which had some very unpleasant burnt flavour. In the evening we walked in the city and we crossed a good part of it.
Our last day in Bratislava was sunny and warm. We went to eat the Slovak national food 'brydzové halušky' (small dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon). I usually like it very much but it wasn't very good in the restaurant, I would say it was almost mediocre.
In the afternoon I had to return to Prague and the following day I joined teambuilding organized by my company. It was next to a dam Seč and the topic was co-operative farm (the most common form of collectivization during the socialism era). We stayed in a hotel Jezerka with a wellness center. There was a swimming pool with salt water, jacuzzi and also traditional and infrared sauna. I enjoyed it a lot and also the buffet and a disco later.
I have to brieftly mention also my travel to Walldorf but it was a business trip so I won't describe it in detail. We travelled there by car with my colleague to meet our boss there who is based in Barcelona and also our German team. Walldorf is a very small city but we visited also Heidelberg and then also Nuremberg on the way back to Prague. Then I went to Slovakia for one week to visit my grandmother and I visited the Spiš Castle there in the eastern Slovakia. It is a ruin but there is a museum inside and we also saw the show called Castle run. Then we went to sulphur springs.
This year I haven't been travelling much yet but I am going to New Zealand in October for 2 weeks.
On Friday morning we had a breakfast in the morning which was very tasty, I liked especially the salmon with dill but I ate also cheese and vegetables. The variety of food was very good. Then we walked along the river in the morning and then we took a tram to the Hundertwasserhaus. Thomas bought a colorful decorated lamp there. Then we went to Belvedere where we admired beautiful gardens. The weather was very sunny and quite warm. When we continued walking to the center we saw people who practiced pool surfing. Thomas wanted to buy Austrian traditional clothing so we went to shops and he bought two jackets, each of them costed around 250 Euro. In the evening we took a ferry from Vienna to Bratislava, it was around one hour ride and it was a breathtaking experience. We saw many fisherman's huts during our journey.
Our hotel in Bratislava was very close to the port. We stayed in the hotel Radisson Blu Carlton which was also a 4* hotel. We stayed there two nights but it was too hot there despite the air conditioning was on so I didn't sleep well. In the evening we crossed a bridge firstly and we found a restaurant next to it, I ate chicken and potatoes there. After the dinner we returned to the city center and we went to visit the Old Town. We ate some cake there. It was rainy on Saturday morning but then it was sunny and we went to explore the Bratislava castle and the Old Town. The Old Town was small but worth visiting.
When we walked in the center we saw that a big storm was coming, the sky suddenly turned dark. We went to the Bistro St. Germain for lunch. Thomas wasn't happy that he had to eat French food while travelling abroad but then he agreed. I ordered 'coq au vin' (chicken on wine) and we also ate baked potatoes. The food was delicious but then we ordered dessert. Thomas had a raspberry cake but I had creme brulee which had some very unpleasant burnt flavour. In the evening we walked in the city and we crossed a good part of it.
Our last day in Bratislava was sunny and warm. We went to eat the Slovak national food 'brydzové halušky' (small dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon). I usually like it very much but it wasn't very good in the restaurant, I would say it was almost mediocre.
In the afternoon I had to return to Prague and the following day I joined teambuilding organized by my company. It was next to a dam Seč and the topic was co-operative farm (the most common form of collectivization during the socialism era). We stayed in a hotel Jezerka with a wellness center. There was a swimming pool with salt water, jacuzzi and also traditional and infrared sauna. I enjoyed it a lot and also the buffet and a disco later.
I have to brieftly mention also my travel to Walldorf but it was a business trip so I won't describe it in detail. We travelled there by car with my colleague to meet our boss there who is based in Barcelona and also our German team. Walldorf is a very small city but we visited also Heidelberg and then also Nuremberg on the way back to Prague. Then I went to Slovakia for one week to visit my grandmother and I visited the Spiš Castle there in the eastern Slovakia. It is a ruin but there is a museum inside and we also saw the show called Castle run. Then we went to sulphur springs.
This year I haven't been travelling much yet but I am going to New Zealand in October for 2 weeks.
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