Bratislava Life

I arrived back in Britain on an uncomforatble Ryanair plane on a very cloudy Friday morning. It seems strange to be back after 6 months of b...

It's my last week in Bratislava, so it is time to finish up and reflect on the place. Like all cities and countries there are many good ...

Hotel Spirit The Hotel Spirit is a new age hotel in Bratislava sticks out like a sore thumb. However some people tend to love this ghastly m...

Tematin Castle Tematin is situated about 20km from the spa town of Piestany. The hike to this castle takes about 2.5 - 3 hours from a small ...

Pink Freud live at Wilsonic As I wrote my last blog in an empty bookstore/cafe, I decided that no one was around and the weather was too goo...

The Slovak Summer is well away. Festivals are happening around the city. Last week saw a booze-fuelled free festival in Slovakia's stude...

I love the nature. I can't get enough of it. When I am in the nature, I am like a little kid who insists on seeing every tree...

The weather in Bratislava has been unbearably hot. Last week, temperatures got as high as +33C.The sweltering heat is far too much for me. I...

I was recently in a Chinese restaurant when I kept on trying to say a very complicated word in Slovak. I kept on repeating the first part ...

On Saturday, we took a hike into the snow-capped High-Tatra mountains. Although the temperature in this region is over +15, there is still a...

The most marginalised ethnic minority in Slovakia is the Roma. Roma people are frowned upon by even some of the most liberal of Slovaks. Man...