Slovakia: Day 15 - Walking tour in Bratislava, dip in Lake Zlate Piesky

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 15.

12/8 Day 15: 2-hours guided walking tour in Bratislava. Went to the lake that has a sort-of beach at Lake Zlate Piesky to take a dip and cool ourselves down.

Costs
(1) 1 tram ticket (30 minutes) from Vysoka stop to Zlate Piesky stop - EUR1,20

(2) 1 tram ticket (30 minutes) from Zlate Piesky stop to Vysoka stop - EUR1,20
(3) Entrance fee to Lake Zlate Piesky - EUR6

(4) Tips for the walking tour EUR5

Food
(1) Breakfast at Naglreiter Cafe - sandwich with cheese, ham and salad EUR2,70. Cappucino EUR2,45.

(2) Lunch at Meanto - pork sirloin with potato pancakes EUR19,90, sour beer 400ml EUR4,90

(3) Tea break at Laurent cafe - Kremsnita EUR3,60, cappucino EUR3

(4) Dinner at Ramen Kazu - ramen chicken karaage EUR15,90

(5) Gelato at Luculus - one scoop pistacho and raspberry EUR3

The Story

12082026: Breakfast at Naglreiter cafe. We did not have any problem in finding a cafe for breakfast but the problem is finding a cafe that is opened early at 8am. Found one and had a sandwich with ham, cheese and salad leaf and cappucino. 

Then, we made our way to the meeting point for our free guided walking tour. Well, it is not free. We give tips based on how much we enjoyed the walking tour. While waiting for the walking tour to start, I took the opportunity to have my photo taken. The town gets really crowded with tourists by mid-morning. Well, not as many as Vienna in Austria, though. 

I like that some parts of the town have this fine shower to cool a person. Fine sprays of water as one walks under it. 

There are many statues in Bratislava town. The guide of the walking tour told us that the statues were meant to lighten up the mood of the people so they are funny statues. By the way, did you know the difference between sculpture and statue? I did not know, but now I know until I forget the information again. All statues are sculptures but not all sculptures are statues. I can only share that with you, and you can research the rest on the Internet. Haha...

Slovakia: Day 14 - From Liptovsky Mikulas to Bratislava

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 14.

11/8 Day 14: Train from Liptovsky Mikulas to Bratislava. Departed 11.28am and arrived 3.13pm.

Costs
(1) 1 train ticket from Liptovsky Mikulas to Bratislava - EUR14 (including EUR1 for reserved seat with table) from the app
(2) A deck of cards from a gift shop in Liptovsky Mikulas EUR4,90

Accommodation
(1) Airbnb at Bratislava, 3 nights - Apartment EUR272,68 (including Airbnb service fee EUR36,18 and tax EUR31,50) for 3 persons, EUR90,89 per person

Food
(1) Shared french fries on the train - EUR5,50
(2) Late lunch at Slovak Pub, Bratislava - Chicken pörkölt translated as traditional Hungarian style chicken stew with paprika sauce and potato dumplings (halusky) EUR11,90, radler 500ml EUR3
(3) Gelato at Inonni gelato - One scoop with hazelnut flavour EUR3

(4) Drink at Piazza Aperol - Lemonade with cucumber 500ml EUR4,90

(5) Cappucino at Keps Caffeteria EUR2,30

(6) Drink at bar (Stefanka by Pullitzer restaurant) - Lemonade with ginger 500ml EUR6,39 (more expensive than Piazza)

The Story

11082026: Today, we depart Liptovsky Mikulas and our next place is Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. We checked out and walked towards the train station. On the way, we went through town and bought a deck of cards so that we can play on the train. We usually have playing cards with us whenever we take the train but we forgot this time. We went in and out of a few giftshops and finally found one. 

I bought the train tickets two days earlier from the app as no there are no train counters at Liptovsky Mikulas train station. I booked our seats that has a table so that we can play cards. The train was 10 minutes delayed and arrived at 11.28am. The delay is not as bad as the train in Germany. 

There are food and drinks sold on the train. For coffee, tea and snacks, there is a food cart that comes by occasionally.

Otherwise, one can go to the restaurant carriage. We sat here for a while to have food and my travel companions had beer. We shared a plate of french fries. I was not keen for the food in the menu. 

Slovakia: Day 13 - Chopok (2024m) in the Low Tatras

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 13.

10/8 Day 13: Cable car to Chopok (2024m) in Low Tatras. Short hike around the area.

Costs
(1) 1 bus ticket from Liptovsky Mikulas Tesco bus stop to Demanovska Dolina Jasna - EUR1,70 (from the bus driver)

(2) 1 cable car return ticket from Jasna to Chopok - EUR37
(3) 1 bus ticket from Demanovska Dolina Jasnabus stop to Liptovsky Mikulas Tesco bus stop - EUR1,70 (from the bus driver)

Food
(1) Lunch at Kamenna chata - Ghoulash EUR15

(2) Radler 500ml from Tesco - EUR0,99

(3) Sundae chocolate from McDonalds - EUR2,80

(4) Dinner at Kebab & Pizza - Kebab with salad 400g EUR8,90

The Story

10082026: Today, we will go to the Low Tatras. On hindsight, I should not include too many hiking days in my trip. I wanted to be more in the nature but I overestimated my strength and underestimated my recovery days. I have always known that I don't have strong legs but I thought I was better after exercising in the gym but it turns out not. I write this because instead of hiking to the top in the Low Tatras, we took the cable car instead. 

Breakfast just like yesterday - sandwich, yoghurt and juice at home. Then, we walked to a bus stop near our accommodation so we did not need to walk to the bus station. The bus stop is opposite Tesco supermarket. We bought our bus ticket from the bus driver towards Demanovska Dolina Jasna, the last stop. It is the same bus that we took yesterday to the caves but today, we will ride until the last stop. 

The bus ride took 35 minutes.

We tried to find our way to a hiking path but it was not easy. The start route was closed due to repair works. A police car stopped to help us when the policeman saw us looking lost.