Bratislava, Slovakia // DAY 7

Hello everyone! 

I hope all you had a blessed Good Friday. To our surprise we arrived in Bratislava and the sun welcomed us with open arms! We had a vitamin D boost and all sat outside our fancy, four star hotel, Hotel Bratislava, grabbed some lunch from Tescos and absorbed the sunlight. 

We started our tour of Bratislava with our tour guides, Milan and Dom. We saw the Danube River which we thought we said goodbye to in Budapest! It was still as beautiful as when we last saw it. Just walking around the area near a completely modern shopping mall was beautiful with such interesting land marks. 

The Danube River

We walked around the city for a while exploring the streets, learning about the culture and buildings. 

We even found the apparent "best ice-cream in Bratislava." This was not an exaggeration. The ice-cream was out of this world and the people who worked there were so friendly and got everyone laughing with their ice-cream tricks and amazing skills at scooping ice-cream. Yes...scooping ice-cream. I'd go back to Bratislava just so I can get another ice cream from Lucuclus. 

We burnt off that ice cream extremely quickly on our walking tour around the city with Dom and Milan. We walked up to a high castle and saw a gorgeous view of Bratislava. From the top of the castle, we could even see Austria, how incredible? 

The girls have become addicted to performing in public for tourists and locals passing by. It's probably the rush from doing a perfected song to an interested audience. Inside the castle we started singing some African songs like Siyahamba, Uthe Wena and Die Alibama to a crowd walking past. They all were incredibly impressed and whipped their phones out to take pictures and videos of us. 

After our walking tour, our group split in two: those who wanted to explore the city centre, the more outdoor option, or the mall, the more modern option. The city centre was a great option for those who wanted to explore the city more with cobbled streets, the sunshine and people sitting outside, having coffee with beautiful pastel buildings surrounding the area. Those who wanted to go shopping for friends, family or themselves went to the gigantic mall and found great buys at places like H&M, Kotton, Cropp, and New Yorker. 

The two groups gathered at 19:00 for supper at Zichy to fill our hungry tummies which were desperate for some food after a full day of unpacking Bratislava in a mere six hours. 

See you all very soon!

Love the Music Touring girls x

(Written by Caroline Petersen)