Rating & Reviews of Bratislava, Slovakia
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Submitted by: an AOL user
January 12, 2008 05:26 AM EST
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Submitted by: an AOL user
January 12, 2008 05:25 AM EST
A miniature Prague/Praha with very little of the charm. Three personalities; the old,classic parts of the City dating pre-1900, the communist cell block construction, and a few, very striking modern additions. The people are warm, friendly, and delighted to great tourists. most aged 25 or younger have had 4 years of Englishm but older folks do not speak any English. try to learn some Slovak/Czech vocabulary before you go. it's only fair. ... Read Full Review | Report This
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Bratislava
Submitted by: an AOL user
January 12, 2008 04:38 AM EST
Was there back in 1990 or so, before the country split into two. I was driving through one day on my way from Poland to Vienna when I made a left turn across a couple of lanes (noone was coming anyway). There was a cop standing on the sidewalk and saw me make the turn. He jumped off the sidewalk, pulled out a little stop sign, and held it up at me. Like an idiot< I stopped! We had Polish tags on the car and he commenced to read me the riot act (in Czech, of course). I played dumb, although I kne ... Read Full Review | Report This
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Bratislava
Submitted by: an AOL user
January 10, 2008 09:50 PM EST
I visited Bratislava several times. It is a small gem of a city with a beautiful typically Eastern European old center with an opera house as well as Soviet style grim surrounding concrete block villages. There is an ugly new bridge spanning the river that took its toll on part of the older part of the city which was destroyed because of it. The food is typical heavy duty but quite good. Friendly people and worth a day looking around as a day trip from either Budapest or some other place nearby. ... Read Full Review | Report This