"Switzerland and Everything After" — Bratislava, Slovakia

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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

[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.