Day 2 in Bratislava | Christmas Markets, Castles & Culinary Adventure

🎄 Old Town Christmas Magic The old town was drenched in holiday spirit—wooden stalls glowed with fairy lights, selling hand-carved ornaments and spiced mulled wine 🍷. I snagged a local-style pizza topped with smoked cheese and paprika 🔥 (€8, worth every bite!) and eyed a massive roasted pig’s trotter at a neighboring stall… but at €15, it was a feast for the eyes only 😂. Pro tip: Follow the scent of gingerbread to find the best cookie stands! 🏰 Bratislava Castle Shenanigans Climbing to the castle, I met a group of travelers wearing sunflower-patterned sunglasses 🌻—they’d bought them at the market and were posing for hilarious photos! The view from the ramparts was mind-blowing: the Danube snaked through the city, with Vienna’s skyline peeking with in the distance. We all shouted "Cheese!" in broken English while the wind messed up our hair 📸💨. ☀️ Devín Castle: Windy Views & Danube Dreams Took a short bus ride to Devín Castle, where the afternoon sun turned the ruins golden ⛰️. Warning: the hike up is steep, and the wind was ferocious—my scarf almost flew into Hungary! 🚩 But the payoff? A panorama of the Danube splitting Slovakia and Austria, with cargo ships crawling like ants on the water. Snapped a selfie that’s half-me, half-gust-induced hair chaos 😂. 🍴 Dinner Drama at Restaurant Plyt Ordered the seasonal special: a duck wrap with cranberry sauce 🌯—but decoding the menu was a challenge! 📜 Words like "kacá" and "borovica" had me googling translations mid-order. The dish arrived wrapped in a warm flatbread, juicy duck dripping with sauce… and a side of mystery veggies (turned out to be pickled cabbage, yum!). Total cost: €12, worth the adventure 😋. ✨ Day 2 Highlights in Emojis 🎄 Christmas market pizza coma / 🏰 Sunflower sunglass squad / ☀️ Wind vs. hair battle / 🍴 Google Translate dining Mood: Tired feet, full stomach, and a camera roll full of chaotic memories! 🥰 #SlovakiaWinter #BratislavaDiaries #ChristmasMarkets #EuroAdventures #TravelFoodFails