Bratislava: our first side trip

Bratislava is theoretically an hour away by train - it's closer to 2 by the time you add in the trip to the train station and the bus ride into Bratislava's Old Town.  But it was well worth it.  We formatted a town walk out of the info we brought from Fodor's.  Much of the central old town has been renovated, so tourism is fairly brisk, but on our walk we saw many other parts that were crumbling into rubble.  It must take a lot of $$ to renovate and even though Braitslava is the capital of Slovakia money must be hard to come by.  It was a very hot day (36C), but sunny, so it was a very nice walk.  We went into the National Gallery but were too late to enter the Primates Palace.

St. Michael's Gate: the lower half is 14C, the upper portion was added in the 18C.  The only remaining city gate

Slovakian National Theater build in 1880

Pretty in Pink: Primacialny palac or Primates Palace