Saturday, May 23, 2009

VIENNA: A side trip to Slovakia (and Hungary too)

So we had to do it. Bratislava, Slovakia is only an hour away from Vienna -- and Slovakia is actually a country where I haven't traveled previously. Plus, everyone told us that the city center is charming. Rob decided to bike there, but took a strange route. Fortunately, we took the same off-beat road and discovered him there. It was really strange being in a country where neither of us knew the language. I could comprehend a little Slovak (i.e. the signs, etc.) just because its a slavic language and has some similarities to Russian. Anyhow, the city center is pretty tiny and the food there was quite heavy -- but all was worth the drive. The hilarious part was that, on the way home, Rob missed the freeway exit toward Vienna and we ended up having to go through Hungary before we could turn around. Thus, we ended up in three countries in one day!!!

Here is the family in Bratislava town center.

The girls posing for a picture in front of -- yet another fountain.

Tyler was getting sick of being carted around in the bottom of the stroller.

We had to top off the trip with ice cream, of course!
"Check out my tongue, Mariah!"

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