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My travel in Europe:
To the cities of Eastern Europe
Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Content:

  1. Planning and Stockholm to Krakow
  2. Walking in old Krakow
  3. Auschwitz
  4. Salt mine Wieliczka
  5. By train from Krawkow to Bratislava
  6. One day in Bratislava
  7. From Bratislava to Budapest by boat
  8. Visit Buda in Budapest
  9. Visit Pest in Budapest
  10. Memento park and Chain bridge
  11. Last walk in old town of Budapest

Day 6, One day walk in Bratislava:

This day in Bratislava we have planned to be only walking in the old town and buy tickets for train or a boat to Budapest tomorrow.

Google Map over Bratislava:


Bratislava:

We arrived late yesterday and didn't get any time to see the town. Today the whole day is free to investigate this town.

Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

Breakfast was included and after we finished that we are ready for a walk in the city, the clock is 11 am.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

We are living at the street Heydukowa, in front of us the Polish Institute. Around the corner we have a garage for the ambulances, heavy traffic from it.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

When we come into the old town, which is only a couple of hundred meters away, we start to see all the beautiful details.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

The lower building with the green roof is the Teologiska Fakultet, the building behind with the tower is the museum of Bratislava.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

Fontana sv. Juraja, but looks like Saint George and the dragon. We have one too in Sweden but we call it St. Göran and the dragon.

At Wikipedia you find more information about Saint George:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


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Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

In the old town you find beautiful parks ant statues.

At Wikipedia you find more information about Bratislava:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

This is the Primate's palace, this palace was built 1778 for Archbishop Jozsef Batthyany. It was on the yard inside this palace we found the fountain.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Primate's Palace:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

The balcony above the gate of the palace.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

We walk the street Ursulinska, see this church tower above the roofs, it's Church of the Annunciation.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Franciscan Church:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

A gentleman in the door of hotel Arcadia let us in to see the beautiful hotel from inside, it looked fantastic, but we already have our room.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

At a small square we find the hotel Vinaren and the galleria Nova and the tower at next photo.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

Close to the square we have Michaels Gate.

At Wikipedia you find more information about Michaels Gate:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

It's hot even today, take a break and get something to drink, we found this place on the backside of the gate.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

After the drinking pause we enter Michael's Gate to see what's inside, it's a museum but it was closed.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

We see a lot of work going on in the old town on the buildings.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

They have cars with old style that transports the tourists around in the town.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

From the square at the street Panska and Busta Bernolaka we get a view of the Bratislava Castle and museum.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

St. Martin's Cathedral, also this building is during restauration.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

The impressive tower in copper.

Here at Wikipedia are more information about the St Martins Cathedral:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

The last square before the harbor, the Holy Trinity Column. I learned that it's a religious monument depicting Virgin Maria and there are many of them around the world.

Here at Wikipedia are more information about Holy Trinity columns:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

After we have investigate how to take us to Budapest by train we found it too difficult. Our idea now was to go to the right and follow the harbor, but too heavy traffic. We go back to old town again, in old town we walk along the alleys to the ferries and river boats.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

After we had decided to take a boat to Budapest we looked over the alternatives. The boats goes along the river Danube and that river can be really exiting to travel on. The river boats looks like this.

Danube is Europe's second longest river. At Wikipedia you find more information about the river Danube:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

In the harbor we start to look after a boat that could take us to Budapest.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

There are several boats that go to the popular Vienna town, it's not far away, but we should travel in the opposite direction. There were no river boats for that short distance, more like week tours. We got the recommendations to look for the Russian speed boats.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

Here is the Russia built speed boat we looking for. It's a skid or hydrofoil boat with speeds up to 35 knots, really fast to be a passenger boat. This model is the Meteor type. We bought two tickets for tomorrow, it costs 75 Euro each and the transport will take 4 hours.

Here are more information about Hydrofoil boats:

In background we see the old bridge Stary Most.

Here at Wikipedia are more information about the bridge Stary most:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

Now we go back to the UFO bridge and to the other side of the big road to get a glimpse of Bratislava Castle. Bratislava Castle and Sigismund's gate, it was too far away for us, too hot and too little time left for a visit.

Here at Wikipedia are more information about Bratislava Castle:

In Sweden we had a couple of hundred years ago a king with the name Sigismund, his mother was from Poland. Has he something to do with this gate ?

Here at Wikipedia are more information about the Swedish king Sigismund:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

The bridge Most SNP, Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising, but most people call it the UFO bridge. We never got time to visit the restaurant at the top.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the bridge Most SNP:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

These riverboats look very attractive, it would be fun to do a week cruise on some river in the future.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

This is the old Slovak National Theatre, there is also a new with the same name. Today they perform the act Puritani.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Slovak National Theatre:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

We walk more to the North and came to a new square, the main square. Here we find the Museum of Bratislava, but hey, I remember we have seen it before. Yes this was one of the first buildings we saw when we started this walking in the morning, but we came from behind.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Bratislava City Museum:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

At this square the Maximiliano Fotana is placed, it's Bratislava's most famous fountain. There is also this tourist market with a lot of fun things to look at.

At Wikipedia you find more information about the Maximiliano Fontana or Roland Fountain:


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

The city museum has a bit funny decorated windows.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

Now we have left old town and walking back to our stay.


Travel in Eastern Europe's cities: Krakow, Bratislava and Budapest, 2010

This is the house we have rented the room in, our stay.

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