Bratislava

From Kosice we went by train to Bratislava in Slovakia. The geography of northern Slovakia is is very beautiful sort of like going through the interior of B.C.. We arrived in Bratislava just in time for a national holiday and a large snow fall. So although we were staying in the heart of the old city we did not get much of a chance to see much. But we spent the night, hung around a funky coffee shop, saw a plaque for the guy that invented something that every Canadian at one time or another has used (answer backwards below).... We were delighted with Slovakia so it is nice to have something to come back to this part of the world to see. answer: (gnihsif for leer gninnips)...

Now for the 16 hr bus ride through three countries to get from Bratislava to Sofia Bulgaria, which seems far until we remember we traveled from Victoria for five days driving between 10 and 12 hrs a day to just get to Ontario.