Bratislava!!!!!

The next day was spent taking in as many of the other amazing sights that we could find:

We found Bratislava's Big Ben rival, which was WAAAAAAAYYYY better because it also told the temperature as well!!!!!

There were lots of fantastic fountains around. It was so warm Richard and I stripped of, leapt in and I had fun splashing him LOL!!!!

Bratislava's parliament building was a testament of how much the people love their city. TRILLIONS have obviously been spent on it which makes London's Houses of Parliament or St. Petersburg's Palaces look like sat-on vomit bags. It was so special to us that I set up the tripod and took dozens of photos, this was probably the best one:

Again, the fountains dotted around this picturesque green city entertained us for hours:

Their parks were also incredibly well looked after. I now feel guilty about ever thinking Central Park in Manhattan was remotely nice, it's cow manure mixed with rat urine compared to what we saw:

We just managed to slot in a visit to the cemetery as well. Bratislavan's really celebrate death for some reason and the placed looked magnificent. I made a funny and said "Ohhh, guys, look! The dead centre of town, TEE HEE HEE!!!". It wasn't till after I said that, that I realised how blasphemous  that must have sounded and I hope I don't go to hell. Saying that was probably the only downer of the whole holiday and I'll take any beatings with a PVC pipe that God can dish out to make up for such clap trap.

We walked past a real estate office at one stage and took some time out to marvel and dream about the possibility of ever being able to afford property in Bratislava. I saw my dream home and it's now my lifetime goal to save up enough to afford it. I took a picture of the posting because I don't think anyone would've believed me if I attempted to describe it in words:

You really have to watch yourself in Bratislava if you are in a group. There's so much to look and and the shops so exciting that you can lose each other really easily. The best thing to do is STOP as soon as you realise you're split up and stand with your arm in the air. For some reason Richard thought it would be funny to take a pic of me when I got split up!?!

We went to the information centre near the end of our holiday just to make sure we'd covered at least 10% of what there is to see and we saw this cool brochure for the BIGGEST PUB IN TOWN!!!! :

WOW we thought, and we sure weren't disappointed when we got there:

We found another pub in the end (they're all so nicely decorated)

And the staff are always happy to see you. We never got sick of talking to the locals and hearing their amazing stories:

In the end we had to accept that all good things come to an end and we had to take off to the airport. We flagged down a cab and we were lucky enough to find a really funny cab driver. Initially he tried to play a practical joke on us and charge far too much, but after we gave him the rest of our cash and said "that's it" he took us anyway, what a gentleman. He was an amazing driver as well, we felt very safe. Just to prove how good he was he texted on his cell phone the ENTIRE drive to the airport. I was amazed as I though for sure we were going to drive off the road or hit oncoming traffic several times.

It was a really solemn time for us at the airport. We joked about it being really dusty and it was just that was causing tears in our eyes. But we all knew deep down inside just how we all felt leaving Bratislava:

Ahh, Bratislava, how I would recommend to ANYONE to go and visit the place, especially those I hate more than Satan.

By Tony Baker: email