The day started beautifully, warm and sunny with a temperature of 14° rising to 20° this afternoon. I was able to sit on the terrace for breakfast, and the espresso beverage machine was working again. I decided to use bike share to explore the city today, stopping when something looked of interest to me. IContinue reading “Bratislava – Day 8”
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Bratislava- Day 7 – And Austria
It rained overnight which meant that the furniture on the terrace was wet, so I had breakfast inside. And, all of the espresso beverage machines were out of order this morning. So I had to have brewed coffee. But these are very minor complaints. I was surprised that espresso beverages were included in the breakfastContinue reading “Bratislava- Day 7 – And Austria”
Bratislava – Day 6
Michael was very quiet getting ready and leaving for breakfast, so I didn’t hear a thing. I was aware of him coming back to finish up in the room before heading to work, but only momentarily and I fell back to sleep. I had breakfast on my own on the terrace. It was lovely withContinue reading “Bratislava – Day 6”
Bratislava – Day 5
It was another beautiful day today in Bratislava, but a bit cool to eat breakfast on the terrace. We decided to start the day at The Slavin, a memorial monument and military cemetery, which is the burial ground of thousands of Soviet army soldiers, who fell liberating western Slovakia in April 1945. We took theContinue reading “Bratislava – Day 5”
Bratislava – Day 4
We awoke to a bright, but cool day. Despite the temperature, it was lovely on the patio so we ate breakfast outside. The hotel is shaped as a triangle with an atrium that goes down to the fourth floor. The last couple days I saw this mirror sculpture from the tram, near the Justice Palace.Continue reading “Bratislava – Day 4”
Bratislava- Day 3
We discovered when we checked in yesterday that the hotel charges €25 for a second person in the room, which we didn’t know before we got here, but it’s still an amazing deal for me to be able to come to Europe and spend only that much a night, and it includes a wonderful buffetContinue reading “Bratislava- Day 3”
Bratislava – Day 1 and 2
Michael has been traveling to Batasava for business for the last seven years, but I’ve never been able to go with him before because of various commitments at home. I haven’t been to Europe since 1999. This spring, with only two adult children at home, I decided to accompany him. I’ll be going for twoContinue reading “Bratislava – Day 1 and 2”
Cornwall and Lac Morency -Day 6
The day dawned with bright sunshine, but cold and ranged from -3° to a high of 7°. We didn’t rush to leave hoping that by the time we started riding in Prévost it would have warmed up a bit. I offered Cindy the opportunity to ride from the resort to Prévost today, as I didContinue reading “Cornwall and Lac Morency -Day 6”
Cornwall and Lac Morency – Day 5
The weather dawned sunny, but much colder than the days we had experienced so far, closer to seasonal norms, but still warmer than we encountered last year. The temperature ranged from 4° to 8° rather than the long-term forecast which had led us to expect 10° to 16° today and much cooler after today. TheContinue reading “Cornwall and Lac Morency – Day 5”
Cornwall and Lac Morency – Day 4
Last night when we checked the weather we found we had one more day of warm temperatures, and then rain and temperatures closer to seasonal norms for the rest of our stay. On our 2021 visit we had gotten to kilometre marker 92 on the P’Tit Train du Nord which is Mont-Tremblant Village. The trailContinue reading “Cornwall and Lac Morency – Day 4”