"Switzerland and Everything After" — Bratislava, Slovakia

[nibot]

On Sunday, August 31, 2003, I packed up the last of my things -- I was pretty much living in a 'Citroën Berlingo' at this point in time, at CERN on the Swiss/French border -- and got on the bus. I took the 18-hour all-night bus from Geneva, through Lichtenstein and Austria, to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. I arrived there in the morning, bought a telephone card, and called Braño.

Bratislava has a castle on a hill, on the banks of the Danube river:

The capitol building:

The National Opera house:

The first night in Slovakia, Brano took me to a "press conference" that turned out to be an all-night party sponsored by MTV, an Israeli sports apparel company called Kenvelo, the Orange mobile telephone operator, and several other companies. Brano works for a local radio station as a radio personality / entertainment editor.

Brano took an interview for the radio:

Everybody who's anybody in Slovakia drinks the Mojito. MTV bought us many.

Various Bratislava scenes:

Braño on his way to work at FUN Radio:

Just in case you need a map—here's the journey from Geneva to Bratislava:

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Comments

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

dobre!

[rebbyribs.livejournal.com]

Neat! I was in Bratislava in July of 1995, with my youth orchestra. I really enjoyed the contrast between the beautiful public buildings and the ubiquitous utilitarian concrete apartment buildings. They were pretty shabby, but there were also no bad parts of town. Everyone had pretty much the same sort of place to live in. I'm curious how much it's changed in the past 9 years of capitalism.

[dianaca4.livejournal.com]

oh that is so great that you liked Bratislava! Did you get a chance to go anywhere else in Slovakia?
I am currently in north-eastern Slovakia, in the beautiful mountains.