Vienna to Bratislava

Left about 10.30am and sticking to mainly backroads again. Light fog lasted most of the way. It’s only just a bit more than 100kms so plenty of time to meander and stop - which we did at a town (still in Austria) called Hainburg on the Danube. Had coffee/hot chocolate and the Austrian version of Cannoli, not bad but not as good as the Italian original!!!!. Beautiful spot and you have to drive through the town gates - apparently the oldest in Europe.

We got to Bratislava and followed the directions given to us by the apartment owners - it’s actually in a pedestrian area where cars aren’t allowed and has tram lines. The instructions were “don’t let a tram run into you, and if the police stop you, give us a call and we’ll explain”. We managed to navigate the pedestrians and the 🚃. Right opposite the entrance is the police station - we shrunk into our seats (probably looked like the car was driving itself) and pretended “nothing going on here”. The instructions said to turn into a blue gate just after the Eiffel optometrist shop. We thought we had made it, but then saw the size of the gate/entrance. Lucky the car isn’t any bigger.

Had a bit of a walk to the “old town”. Went out for dinner late and then a night walk to the Bratislava castle. Another good day.Read more