Last day in Bratislava

24 October 2007

One of the reasons I blog (apart from the fame and glory) is to help me remember what I’ve done. Trouble is, from time to time a combination of laziness and other things in life takes over and by the time I get round to doing the blogging, I’ve already forgotten.

I’ve now uploaded the photos from our last day in Bratislava at the end of August. Remember what you were doing at the end of August? No, me neither. Hubert’s ship had set sail for Linz, his final concert of the tour and our flight back to Stansted wasn’t until the evening, leaving us a day for sightseeing.

The grey skies of my photos and crinkled pages of our tourist map remind me that it was a rainy day. We walked (one million miles) around the city, taking in the architecture, the bronze statues, fountains, the warmth of a coffee shop and the view of the whole city from the New Bridge.

High above the road traffic on the Novy Most stands the UFO restaurant and observation deck. Admission is free for seniors, so that was Dad in. Children over 111cm have to pay, so I would have had to shave 4cm off my height to get in free … but for the disabled discount. Haha, one more member of the family in free of charge, leaving Mum who is not (that) old and not (that) short to pay her 150 SKK. Except the gatekeeper evidently took pity on her having to hang around with such a dilapidated family and let her in free of charge too. Score!

The lift took us 85 metres up to the restaurant level at a grand speed of 3m/s and then we climbed the last stretch up some metal steps and walked out onto the observation deck. Bratislava was laid out before us, with the Danube flowing steadily below. We spent a long time up there, just watching the river and the world go by.