It Rained, and Rained, and Rained!

Wednesday, I went to Bratislava, Slovakia for the day. We took a train from Vienna to Bratislava and it was so fun because we felt like we were in Harry Potter going to Hogwarts. We had compartments that could fit 6 people with sliding doors and a little walk way. All we were missing was the food trolley. But it was fun hour train ride!


We got to Bratislava and it was freezing with lots of wind. So we road a tram down to the center of town and first went to the Primates Palace. There we saw tapestries from England the 17th Century and paintings of the Hapsburg. After the palace, a group of us went out exploring to find lunch. We went in circles trying to find a place that wasn't too expensive but it was very cold and the rain was coming down hard so we wanted a place to sit down. In Slovakia, they do not use the Euro but the Koruna. It felt like monopoly money! So finally found a place that had doner sandwiches and they were quite tasty. Then we went to a cafe and got hot chocolate to warm our bones. It was so rich and thick...almost like a pudding. I got strawberry hot chocolate but they had many different flavors and also ice cream! So yummy. After eating and getting warm, we walked up the hill to the castle. It was quite cold and wet at this point and my umbrella kept flipping up with the wind. We all got quite wet and then the water went through my shoes and socks making it not very fun to walk around. At the castle, there was a well down below that we went and saw. It was 84 meters deep and so we had a lot of fun and it was a great place to get out of the rain. We then left the castle and on the walk down it was still raining and very windy so Brittany and I broke out into song...."Part of Your World" but changed the lyrics!

Out where they walk, up where they tan
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Out on the beach - wish I could be
Part of that world

What would I give if I could live out of these waters?
What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?
Bet'cha on land they understand
That they don't hike around in the storm
Dry young women sick of rainin'
Ready to tan

I wanna be where the people are
I wanna see, wanna see them tannin'
Where's the sun and why does it - what's the word?
Sunburn?

When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love, love to be dry and warm in the sun?
Out of the rain
Wish I could be
Part of that world

Something like that! It was fun and so when it was finally time to go to the train station we weren't quite sure how to get there. We bought a few treats at a store and of course the lines were so long....very unEuropean! Then this guy in front of us bought 1095 koruna worth of groceries....it was like Costco shopping!


At this point we had 20 minutes to get to the train station. We got out on the street and we needed to caught the 13 tram but we only saw 13 headed in the opposite directions. So we ran around in the pouring rain having no idea where to go and no ability to read or speak the language! Plus no one spoke English and only a few spoke a little German. So we kept running around and then we finally found a tram stop for 13 headed in the right directions. We had to wait 5 minutes for the tram and so it left us with 7 minutes until we needed to be at the train station. If we missed the train at 6pm, we would have to wait until 6:50 for the next rain! So we got to the train station and ran to the right platform....of course it being the last one and farthest away! BUT WE MADE IT! It was quite the adventure and we were so happy to be warm and headed back to Vienna!