BRATISLAVA - January 22nd...

This past weekend I was in Bratislava. Here's a quick recap of the weekend...

We left Zlin by train Saturday morning at 8am. I was with Mike and Chris(trainee from New Zealand doing his traineeship in Praha - he arrived in Zlin Friday night). The train ride was cool, we changed once in Otrokovice and once in Breclav. We talked about a lot of random topics then, I slept and the boys read. Chris is totally mellow, easy to get along with guy. It was good to get to know him.
We arrived in Bratislava a about 12 noon and took a bus then tram to our hostel. There, our three Hungarian friends(whom we met in Budapest) were waiting for us. It was so cool to see them..they're so cute. Also, this French/Alergian/Canadian guy who is doing a study abroad in Budapest was with them. But he was totally involved in Aiesec in Canada and was even wearing an Aiesec shirt.
Then we met two trainees from Beligum who had just arrived in Slovakia the day before and one Slovak girl from Aiesec Bratislava. With this big group we took a tour through the city...to the old town, the castle, the famous New Bridge(it used to have restaurant at the top of its tower but now its closed). We ate lunch at a pizza place, and drank some pivo. The whole day was totally chill...it was pretty cold though and I could have used another layer, but overall I was fine. I haven't gotten sick or anything.
That evening we met a huge group of trainees from Bratislava...it was about 16 of them total. We went to this pub/restaurant called Slovak Pub and ate dinner. I ate spinach pirogi. After dinner the group cruised to this Cuban bar called Manana. We danced and drank for several hours. I cruised back to the hostel at about 1am, but left others who were still partying. I heard the boys stumble in at about 4:30am. We got on a bus at about 10.45 on Sunday and arrived in Zlin at 3pm. Great weekend...full of Aiesec love!