More of Bratislava

I spend about five hours walking all about, and shot around sixty pictures. I only wish the light had been better.

Now that I’ve seen Bratislava, I’m not in any huge rush to go back. I did walk around the non-tourist downtown area for a bit, and even stumbled on a market tucked into an alley (dozens of little stands all hawking counterfeit jeans, bags, designer goods, all run by bored looking Asians who appeared quite out of place) and it was all dirty, poor, shoddy, sad. Some streets in the Old Quarter are still being renovated, and there are lots of empty shop windows. One can only hope Slovakia benefits from joining the EU and getting out of the Soviet sphere of influence.

Still, the Old Quarter was an interesting way to spend a day… Would have been a LOT better if my wife were with me!