Day trip to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia today. It is just an hour by train from Vienna, and lies very close to the Austrian and Hungarian borders. It is a very pretty city that grows on you as you explore it.
View from the castle: river Danube (Dunaj is the local name), and the bridge Novy Most over it with the observation tower
Views of Bratislava from the observation tower. This tower has an astonishingly strong pair of binoculars at the top. This is also the first view-point that I have ever seen where you can use the binoculars/telescope for free. First photograph shows the castle, the second one shows the part of the city around the historic city centre
