From Vienna it was a short 60km bus ride to the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava. We took the morning bus and ended up spending two nights exploring the city, small but packed with historical buildings it was still full of tourists and locals alike. Bratislava was a very picturesque and friendly city – very different to how it is portrayed in the movie Euro Trip!

The Christmas markets were in full swing as all European cities at this time of the year so we braved the cold and headed out both nights for some market food usually consisting of meat and onion, never the less some hearty food to warm you up.

We jumped onto a walking tour as we usually do and within half an hour it began to snow, our first snow of the season. There was another Australian in the tour so Myself, Pete and the other Australian were a little bit excited, the Europeans on the trip thought it hilarious seeing how excited we all were.

We spent another night in Bratislava before taking the bus back to Vienna the next morning making our way towards Slovenia.