Je ne veux pas travailler, Je ne veux pas déjeuner, Je veux seulement l'oublier

Again, it's another Pink Martini listening day.  This song is called "Sympathique" and I find it to be a "lazy day" kind of song that you just want to bop your head to.  Here is the song...give it a listen:


http://soundcloud.com/inertiamusic/pink-martini-sympathique


The blog post title doesn't really reflect the destination, but what I was listening to at the moment.  For those rusty on French, here is a translation with the help of my own VERY rusty french (which I can't believe that I still remember) and google translate: "I don't want to work, I don't want lunch, I just want to forget."


Now...ONWARDS TO BRATISLAVA!


I'm going to be really honest, I have never heard of the city of Bratislava...but I have heard of Slovakia and Bratislava (from what I found out) is the capital of Slovakia and is very close to the Austrian border.  I hope I don't insult someone by stating this (not that I believe that many Slovakians [?] are reading this). 


After some digging in the interwebs about the city of Bratislava...I get the impression of a nice, quaint city that will give anyone a nice break from the hustle and bustle of the more popular, bigger, European cities (such as Venice, London, Paris, etc.).


What I would like to see in Bratislava:

Bratislava Castle

Hlavne Namestie (Main Square)

Devin Castle

St. Martin's Cathedral

Michalska Brana (Michael's Gate)

Grassalkovish Palace (aka The Slovakian White House)

Modry Kostolik Church (Blue Church)

Primacialny Palac (Primates' Palace <--There better be a good story to this name)

I get the impression that Bratislava will be like a hidden jewel (and hopefully not too big of crowds even though it will be peak tourist season) and will be a great place for me to visit.  As much as I like visiting the well known places (Florence, Paris, Rome, etc.) I think it will be nice seeing somewhere that maybe not too many people visit.  I guess most people tend to focus on the big name cities and forget the "smaller" known cities that have just the same beauty as London, Paris, Vienna, and so on and so forth.

But I don't discriminate on destinations.  If the place looks interesting...give me a plane ticket and i'm off!

Oh well...less people to deal with I guess ;-)

Tomorrow will be Budapest!

See you tomorrow!