Slovakia

16 September 2008
Bratislava, Slovakia
                The bus arrived in Bratislava around 8:30pm.  Well it was late, and we had no idea where we were going.  The map in the guide book was all we had.  There were no ATM’s in the bus terminal, so finding one was our first task, since we were in a new country. 
                Anna saw an ATM a couple blocks away, and Doug used his card (Anna lost hers in Russia).  Now we had to figure out where to sleep.  It was surprisingly really cold, and all we wanted was a bed.  At this point if a 3 star hotel was around the corner we would have stayed there.  But we walked.  The book said taxis were really expensive and unreliable so this was not an option.  After wandering around for 20 minutes Anna noticed a hostel in the book across the street.  This was fate, really we were lost, and the hostel appeared across the street. 
                We went inside, and there was vacancy.  The attendant checked us in, and we went to our room.  Now it was time to eat.  It had been a long day, and both our stomachs were growling.  There was a pub a couple blocks away the receptionist recommended. 
                The Slovakia Pub was cool, but very full.  All of the tables inside were either full, or reserved.  We settled on a table outside keeping our coats on, and ordered.  Doug ordered a beer for each of us, and Anna ordered some cheesy bread along with a plate of cheesy dumplings.  The beer was alright, but the food was surprisingly good.  After eating we immediately asked for the check, and left.  This was not an evening to be eating outside in the cold. 
                At the hostel we got ready for bed, read and went to sleep.

17 September 2008
Bratislava, Slovakia
                We didn’t want to arrive in Salzburg late at night like we did here in Bratislava, so we were up early.  There was free internet down stairs, so we took advantage of that before we left.  Outside we had a little confusion with the public transport and decided that we could just as easily walk to the bus station.
                There was a Eurolines ticket office and we purchased two tickets to Vienna.  When we went to put our luggage underneath the bus the attendant informed us that we would have to pay €1 per bag.  This was the first time we had to pay extra for luggage and we weren’t too thrilled about it.
                The bus wheeled out of the bus station and across the bridge into Austria.  And for those Euro Trip fans out there…you can’t get a lot for $1.84 in Bratislava.

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