Vienna/Bratislava

Rewriting my entry

10.07.2011

So I wrote the longest entry thus far yesterday on a train ride but lost reception and the entire entry! So let's try this again:

Started the morning with a cafe melange- Viennese coffee with steamed cream at a cafe off the main street of stephansplatz (not touristy). We then moved on to the hofsburg palace in the heart of Vienna which was occupied by the empire for almost 600 years I believe. It was quite a worthwhile visit- saw queen sisi museum- her collection fo china and silver and linens, which sort of went on and on even for me! The most interesting part was seeing the imperial apartments or rooms of the palace. It brought the history to life- with sisi having been quite an unhappy woman to be in the royal limelight, having been married off at 15 for political reasons obviously.

We then took a 40 min train to Bratislava in slovakia. What a gem of a city- with an interesting history. We took a 2 hour informative (and free) tour of the city conducted by a young student. We learnt about the history of the czechloslavakia (spelling!!) and how the two countries split. There was someone in the tour who asked if they were ever one country (I am sure you can imagine what country he was from! The ignorance!! We had a blast and saw a beautiful old city- and 1 day was really sufficient here.

We bid farewell to Vienna and took a 2 hour ride this morning from Vienna to Budapest. We watched the movie before sunrise where they take that very same train ride. It was relatively scenic- some fields of sunflowers along the way and rolling small hills. We have arrived safely in Budapest and are running to catch a glimpse of this city. It is like Delhi hot here for those who can relate!!!!! More on Budapest tonight/tomorrow.

Posted by Rits blog 07:16 Archived in Slovakia