Vien-ing

I must have posted these pics a while ago. Ive been busy studying and I cannot update the blog very often. I went to Viena a couple of months ago and I discovered a small but beautiful city. Sadly, it didnt stop raining so most of my pictures were not that good. Here are a few that I selected... Debi haber posteado estas fotos hace rato. He estado ocupada estudiando y no he podido acutalizar el blog muy seguido. Fui a Viena hace un par de meses y descubrí una ciudad pequeña pero hermosa. Lo malo fue que no dejó de llover asi que la mayoria de las fotos no me quedaron muy bien. Aca algunas de las seleccionadas.

Some of the buildings were beautifully painted like these on the pic

I should´ve gone to the Opera...i know.

some of the shops looked very fancy, traditional old shops for costum-made clothes for example and jewelries.

i spent three hours in a cafe waiting for the rain to stop! at least it was pink and pretty

St Stephens Cathedral

Más de Bratislava

i wandered around the city with a map and enjoyed the sights.

the laughing gnome. hard to spot in the center of bratislava there´s a gnome with a big penis. The story tells that two men were competing for the love of a woman and they built one house each. The woman chose in the end and the winner put the statue as a reminder to other man that he won. Davin Castle Storage rooms in the outskirts of the city. Its pretty cool that they use them as rehearsal rooms and even for gigs! This is one of the many in the city. The Building of Slovak radio is a building in Bratislava.It is shaped like an inverted pyramid. Architects of this project were Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič and Barnabáš Kissling and it was completed in 1983. The building is 80 metres high and has a concert hall with a large concert organ. The first test broadcast was made in 1984 and regular broadcasting began on 27 March 1985(wikipedia) The Church of St. Elisabeth (Slovak: Kostol svätej Alžbety, Hungarian: Szent Erzsébet templom), commonly known as Blue Church (Modrý kostolík, Kék templom), is a Hungarian Secessionist (Jugendstil) Catholic church located in the eastern part of the Old Town in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is consecrated to Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II, who grew up in the Pressburg Castle (pozsonyi vár). It is called "Blue Church" because of the colour of its façade, mosaics, majolicas and blue-glazed roof (wikipedia). It´s very pretty and to me it looks like a giant cake with fondant. when walking around the city center i met David who has a really cool blog. if you want to check it out. he took pics of my outfit!

oh Bratislava!

What can I say about Bratislava? well...it is the capital of Slovakia and it is the biggest city in that small country. I had the impression that that´s where East meets West and they are tryng to find their own identity. Its kind of reasonable since it is an independent country since 1994/ Qué puedo decir acerca de Bratislava? bueno, es la capital de Eslovaquia y es la ciudad más grande de ese pequeño país. Me dio la impresion de que allí es donde el Este se encuentra con el Oeste y que ellos están tratando de encontrar su propia indentidad. Es bastante razonable ya que es un pais independiente sólo desde 1994.

Bratislava is very tourist friendly, easy to move around and there are quirky details everywhere you go. I felt like I needed to open my eyes a bit more and pay attention to details cause if not i would miss out of a lot of things. I probably met the right people and that helped, cause i left believing that Bratislava is full of friendly people. I stayed with Ivana and her boyfriend (from CS)and they helped me a lot/ Bratislava esta bien para los turistas, fácil para moverse y hay detallitos raros por todos lados a donde vas. Yo sentí que tenia que abrir mis ojos muy bien y prestar más atención a los detalles porque si no me perdería de muchas cosas. Probablemente conocí a la gente indicada y eso ayudó porque me fui pensando que Bratislava está llena de gente amigable, Yo me quedé con Ivana y su novio (de CS) y me ayudaron muchísimo. 

 Not so many people speak English but they make an effort to communicate and if they cant, they even apologize for it.i heard of people getting robbed and pickpockets but I didnt feel in danger. Prices are around the same as in Budapest and as it is expected, inn the touristic areas prices are higher. I took so many pictures so it was hard to choose, here are few/ No mucha gente habla inglés pero hacen el esfuerzo para comunicarse y si no pueden, inclusive se disculpan. Escuché de gente que roban y tal pero yo no me sentí en peligro. Los precios son más o menos los mismos que en Budapest y como es de esperar, en las zonas turísticas los precios son más altos. Tomé demasiadas fotos y fue difícil escoger pero acá les van algunas...

  The Bratislava Hrad/castle. (15th century). I stayed in that area so i got to see it everyday. Guess who visited the castle? The New Bridge and th famous UFO restaurant. crappy pic, sorry. Is it me or they look like barbie dolls? under the New Bridge I fell in love with Kofola, it´s like coca cola w a twist. I didnt drink anything but kofola durig my stay my hosts and more to come!