Slovakia 🇸🇰 Bratislava Day Trip Diary
🚍 Transport from Vienna Took a bus from Vienna's city center (outside the train station)—1.5 hours to Bratislava SNP Station, right at the castle's foot. First move: climb the hill for panoramic city views 🏰 🍴 Dining Disaster at Slovak Pub Visited the spot shown in photo 5—looked promising from outside. Ordered: 🍻 Two beers (bitter, nothing special) 🥟 "National dish" platter (TERRIBLE! Cheese-stuffed dumplings with doughy skins, plus mystery sides. €20 down the drain 😖) ⛪️ Quick Sights & Save-the-Day Bubble Tea Hit the Blue Church and the famous sewer worker statue (Cumil) 📸 Strolled along the Danube, then found bubble tea under UFO Bridge! 🍵 Saved the day ✅ ⚠️ PASSPORT NIGHTMARE (LEARN FROM ME!) Lesson 1: Always carry your ORIGINAL passport, even in the Schengen Zone! Got stopped on Slovak Lines bus—they rejected my passport photo on phone ("international bus" rule) Switched to Flixbus, but got checked again at the border! 😰 Lucky the officer let me go after seeing my Vienna reference—could've been embassy-bound! 👋 Final Takeaway "Unless you're truly bored in Vienna, skip the day trip. But if you go—PACK YOUR PASSPORT!" #BratislavaDayTrip #SlovakiaTravel #SchengenZoneTips #TravelFails