Mon
09.Jul.2012
Bratislava, Slovakia
Two weeks in Bratislava, and settling in. Three of my once-regular wi-fi
cafe hangouts have vanished, two of them since last year, and a fourth
appears doomed. Life goes on though. I am typing now from a bookstore / cafe
near the university, that I don't think was here last year.
I don' know why this sign goes out of its way to specify meat. It is nowhere
near the few vegetarian and indian restaurants, up around the university.
Why the sign is in English, not Slovak, is an easier guess; it is in the
heart of the old town tourist zone.
Don't say I never showed you anything useful. The next time you need an
amazing everyday spoločenská like never before, here is where to look for
it.
Afternoon, waiting for a tram at a stop near my apartment.
A rather characterless tourist cafe on a corner of Main Square in the old
city.
An interloper: this lovely bush is in the Burgpark in Vienna.
The Burgpark is adjacent to the vast greenhouses of the old Austrian
imperial palace (the Hofburg). I assume the park was a private
imperial garden.
One last shot of the fountain / skylight from the page before this one.
We've seen the subject already, but I like this as a picture.
The cafe part of the bookstore / cafe that has become my regular wi-fi
away from home.
I went up to the mall yesterday looking for room fans. Found them too, and
for €100 a pop, they can remain right there thank you.
To my surprise, to say nothing of entertainment, some corridors in the mall
have been taken over by colorfully painted bears from many countries, I
gather by amateur artists.
Two years ago, when my friend Barbara joined me in England, we found
similarly painted lions all around the city of Bath. Inexplicably, I find
that I did not post a single picture of those Lions in Bath. Mea culpa!.
I'll not make that same mistake here.
That is Bratislava castle on the Slovakia bear's belly.
The monsoon season appears to have arrived unnecessarily early. Mid-July
would have been average, early August within specs. But no, a week into
July, here we are with sudden rains and thunder, temperatures in the 20's
instead of 30's (70 to low 80's °F instead of 90+ °F)... and still the
steenkin humidity, the one part of summer I would gladly have exchanged for
something useful.
See that bright band of sunlight across the palace of justice there? Nothing
wrong with that...
... 'cept that it is raining solid!
BTW, that is my apartment building, across the street to the right of the
Palace of Justice. My window is just out of view to the right.
Hope everybody is having a great summer!
You guys in Rodos (you know who you are!), hang on to that summer heat and
sun, and save some for me when I arrive in September.
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