Made it onto the train for our first trip and found two seats facing each other with a table in between, yipee. Then we found out we had landed in a smoking section, yuck! Looked further into the carriage (past the barrier that said smoking one side and non-smoking on the other) and saw another set of seats. Moved down to them, and hoisted pack onto the racks and sat down in comfort, yipee! Three young people from Las Vegas sat opposite so we chatted a bit with them. They’re doing a whirlwind tour of most of Europe (left and right and top and bottom) in six weeks. They’ll be getting good value from the Eurail Pass!
Travelled through the Czech Republic covering some flat farm land for the 160kms and then got into low hills with forests and farms in the valleys. It’s all very green and lush. Haven’t seen many animals (only a few sheep) so must be mostly crop farming (seen some young corn). Got into Bratislava on time and used the ATM (bankomat) to get some Slovakian Korun. It’s very beautiful looking money, nice designs and great colours, and difficult to give it away. So as well as having value as a medium of exchange, it also has an aesthetic value. Caught the right tram (bought a ticket for 10 minutes and hoped there wasn’t a traffic jam!) into town and everything went smoothly getting to the hostel. Found the local Tesco supermarket and stocked up on food, had a late cuppa with some Slovakian delicacy/sweet bun and crashed! (I think crashing at the end of the day will be par for the course).
Travelled through the Czech Republic covering some flat farm land for the 160kms and then got into low hills with forests and farms in the valleys. It’s all very green and lush. Haven’t seen many animals (only a few sheep) so must be mostly crop farming (seen some young corn). Got into Bratislava on time and used the ATM (bankomat) to get some Slovakian Korun. It’s very beautiful looking money, nice designs and great colours, and difficult to give it away. So as well as having value as a medium of exchange, it also has an aesthetic value. Caught the right tram (bought a ticket for 10 minutes and hoped there wasn’t a traffic jam!) into town and everything went smoothly getting to the hostel. Found the local Tesco supermarket and stocked up on food, had a late cuppa with some Slovakian delicacy/sweet bun and crashed! (I think crashing at the end of the day will be par for the course).
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