Bratislava Slovakia

Travelled:156km 

Stay: Komarom Hungary- wild camp on Danube River N47.7435 E18.1539

Visited :Bratislava Slovakia free parking 48.136799,17.114201 

We only had to travel half an hour through Austria to reach our parking spot in Bratislava, Slovakia.

After walking over the Danube River into the old quarter. 

We decided to walk up castle hill and got a bit more than we bargained for taking a wrong turn and ending up having to go up steps most of the way. 

After getting our breath back whilst enjoying the views and getting a closer look at the castle (which is now the Slovak parliament), we made our way down following the road back to the old town, stopping to have lunch along the way.

We walked through Michael’s Gate built in the 14thC which is the only one left.

We then strolled through the colourful streets soaking up the holiday atmosphere of restaurants and souvenir shops. 

We ended our visit at the Blue Church.

From here we headed out of Slovakia and into Hungry through possibly the most derelict abandoned border crossing we have experienced so far. And for those who don’t know, Hungary is Magyarorszag! (Learn something new everyday). 

We were happy we weren’t going the other way.

We had managed to avoid toll roads in Austria but we thought that we would be better off with using the toll roads in Hungary if we wanted to get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time. So our first stop after the border was to find a service station to buy the vignette. This can also be done online but we thought it would be easier this way. Which it was. Although we didn’t actually get a sticker, we did get registered electronically for 10 days/HUF5950 (€18). An hour or so later we pulled into our camp spot for tonight with a view of the Danube once again.