The Expat Community

Bratislava has a small number of expats from Britain, America and Canada. However, I haven't met many of them. Yet I do know a small handful of those who are here for different reasons. Not everyone here is teaching English for a Slovak 'living wage'.
Gary, a scouser is here living with his Slovak girlfriend working for a computer company. He says he hates the place and cannot wait to get out.
Rory is a 22 year-old American from New Mexico teaching English on a freelance basis. His ambition is to make it as a professional footballer in Slovakia. There is also Bode, 40, who has been living here for 1 year and was sent out by his company to sort out some of Slovakia's problems.
With exception to the British Council Cafe and a second-hand bookshop cafe bookshop on Panenska street, there is no particular expat hangout. They are scattered all over the place. There is the overpriced 'Irish Pub' which attracts business people in the daytime and English muppets from Dagenham in the evenings and weekends.