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Riding the dragon back home Whilst sitting in a café surrounded by all of Bratislava’s Central European splendours and pondering how to get my treasures back to London…
…I could not but notice how all that history has interesting effects on the local arts…
Of course there are many local inspirations, not just the historical ones…
We decided to just try and take my new prized possession, my dragon, on the aeroplane with us. The artist obligingly packed it up in a most expert manner and we just took it with us as luggage, praying that it did not get crushed on the bus to Vienna or smashed into matchsticks by the baggage handlers…
…Arriving back in London  , we took a cab home and were welcomed by a very liberty-friendly message en-route…
Finally back home, we unpacked the new love of my life and is was… perfect!
Nice to be back but I shall certainly visit Bratislava again  … for the artworks of course 
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Gorgeous Table !
MB thought the smoke-nazis had jammed in a rule about no smoking in taxis…how does that cabby get away with permitting smoking?
The sadly defunct museum looks like a pharmacy at least according to the Hungarian and German signs (I can’t make out the presumably Slovak sign in the middle).
Oh, and Slovakia (like the Czech Republic and Hungary and Poland) are normally now considered Central Europe and not Eastern Europe (restricted now to former Soviet republics excepting the Baltic states).
I am glad you discovered Central Europe, Don’t miss Poland or Hungary though, lots of great stuff to see and do there too.
In my experience most westerners still call everything that was the former Eastern Bloc ‘Eastern Europe’… and it was a pharamcy museum actually, so he was quite correct.
We indeed are “Eastern Europe”. “Central Europe” is a myth. And, by the way, next time go see Prague, it beats Bratislava 10:1. Pretty chicks there, too.
In my shallow, callow youth (about 5 years ago) I had the time of my life in Bratislava. I took up with one of those babes for 2 years – only complaint was she was 6ft tall and thus taller than me in high heels. Don’t think they are quite as doolally about western guys now…
Mark,
Why were you in heels?
Tomas Kohl: ” “Central Europe” is a myth.”
How so?
“next time go see Prague, it beats Bratislava 10:1. Pretty chicks there, too.”
My whole time in Bratislava is a few hours at the train station so I can’t directly compare it to Prague, which is nice in a touristy sort of way.
The coolest capital in the region though has gotta be Budapest. Warsaw is okay if you speak Polish but if you don’t you’re liable to get stuck in one or two touristy areas and miss the more interesting parts. Babes abound thoughout the region.