{"id":782,"date":"2023-07-03T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/?p=782"},"modified":"2023-07-03T19:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:00:52","slug":"vienna-to-bratislava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/vienna-to-bratislava\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna to Bratislava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A relatively short day today &#8211; ~60km.  Vienna and Bratislava are apparently the two closest European capitals.  Not much to say about the ride &#8211; most of it was pretty samey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30044428204088303694958-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"754\" class=\"wp-image-754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30044428204088303694958-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30044428204088303694958-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30044428204088303694958-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30044428204088303694958.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30005391606589086939210-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"755\" class=\"wp-image-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30005391606589086939210-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30005391606589086939210-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30005391606589086939210-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30005391606589086939210-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30005391606589086939210.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The flood wall was completely straight for maybe 5 miles or so.  Some nice flowers in the borders though, and lots of birdsong and crickets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30034013406729056680131-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"756\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30034013406729056680131-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30034013406729056680131-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30034013406729056680131-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30034013406729056680131-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30034013406729056680131.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30056483816000984057115-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"757\" class=\"wp-image-757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30056483816000984057115-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30056483816000984057115-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30056483816000984057115-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30056483816000984057115.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The path was quite a way from the actual river, which has been extensively reshaped since the 1870s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_300693716238063078605-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_300693716238063078605-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_300693716238063078605-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_300693716238063078605-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_300693716238063078605-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_300693716238063078605.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Before and after<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I stopped for a snack in Hainburg a d Donau, which is the last town before the border. It was  another pretty town:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30079043689983743018790-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30079043689983743018790-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30079043689983743018790-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30079043689983743018790-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30079043689983743018790.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, the path again takes you away from the river, and follows the main road into Slovakia.  The border was a bit more obvious than when I entered Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30098371332610707386941-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30098371332610707386941-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30098371332610707386941-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30098371332610707386941-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30098371332610707386941-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30098371332610707386941.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abandoned border check points.  Just over the border was a casino!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hundred meters further on I came to an old WWII bunker &#8211; this had been built just before the war started. It&#8217;s a museum, but sadly it was closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30108134218077499282031-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"762\" class=\"wp-image-762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30108134218077499282031-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30108134218077499282031-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30108134218077499282031-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30108134218077499282031-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30108134218077499282031.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30116349438755487582472-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"761\" class=\"wp-image-761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30116349438755487582472-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30116349438755487582472-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30116349438755487582472-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30116349438755487582472-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30116349438755487582472.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride was very quick and I was in Bratislava for lunchtime. I&#8217;m staying at a hostel (more on that tomorrow..), which I couldn&#8217;t get into until 3.  So first stop was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petr%C5%BEalka\">Petrzalka<\/a>, which is a huge area of communist era housing, which someone en route had said was worth seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30153367586699641514854-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"765\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30153367586699641514854-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30153367586699641514854-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30153367586699641514854-768x576.jpg 768w, 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(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30184731938097073898617-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"767\" class=\"wp-image-767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30184731938097073898617-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30184731938097073898617-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30184731938097073898617-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30184731938097073898617-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30184731938097073898617.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30195906221152878908800-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30195906221152878908800-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30195906221152878908800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30195906221152878908800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30195906221152878908800-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30195906221152878908800.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30226551372663560750322-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"763\" class=\"wp-image-763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30226551372663560750322-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30226551372663560750322-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30226551372663560750322-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30226551372663560750322-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30226551372663560750322.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being the most dense residential area in Europe, according to Wikipedia, it felt quite spacious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pole on my tent had broken in the night, so my next job was to get a replacement.  Ended up going to about 4 or 5 places before I found somewhere with one.  One of tomorrow&#8217;s tasks is to find a hacksaw to cut it down to size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I&#8217;d checked into the hostel I did some more regular sightseeing (as in Germany, the museums are closed Mondays, so they&#8217;ll have to wait for tomorrow).  There&#8217;s an interesting mix of modern and old buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30297419180868671049528-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"770\" class=\"wp-image-770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30297419180868671049528-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30297419180868671049528-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30297419180868671049528-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30297419180868671049528-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30411876037284456902103-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"774\" class=\"wp-image-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30411876037284456902103-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30411876037284456902103-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30411876037284456902103-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30411876037284456902103-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30411876037284456902103.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">1. Mural on the technical university. 2. Freedom Square fountain. 3. Slovak TV centre (shades of Birmingham&#8217;s old library), 4.  Castle. 5. Parliament. 6. UFO bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also went up to Slavin, which is a war memorial to their liberation at the end of WWII<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30343634555725902597429-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"775\" class=\"wp-image-775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30343634555725902597429-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30343634555725902597429-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30343634555725902597429-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30343634555725902597429-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30343634555725902597429.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30355843355408829703450-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"777\" class=\"wp-image-777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30355843355408829703450-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30355843355408829703450-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30355843355408829703450-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30355843355408829703450.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30374765962408459346886-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"776\" class=\"wp-image-776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30374765962408459346886-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30374765962408459346886-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30374765962408459346886-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30374765962408459346886.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30396366059652989022102-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"778\" class=\"wp-image-778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30396366059652989022102-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30396366059652989022102-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30396366059652989022102-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30396366059652989022102-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30396366059652989022102.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Final stop today was to see Bratislava&#8217;s other UFO, which is on a housing estate a few km from the centre.  It took a couple of trolleybuses to get there. Not sure it was worth the effort, but interesting to see more than the centre:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3048439594936522883692-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"779\" class=\"wp-image-779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3048439594936522883692-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3048439594936522883692-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3048439594936522883692-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3048439594936522883692-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3048439594936522883692.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30473657264782865207148-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"781\" class=\"wp-image-781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30473657264782865207148-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30473657264782865207148-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30473657264782865207148-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30473657264782865207148-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30473657264782865207148.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30451606416519168437913-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"780\" class=\"wp-image-780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30451606416519168437913-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30451606416519168437913-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30451606416519168437913-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30451606416519168437913-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_30451606416519168437913.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So museum time tomorrow..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A relatively short day today &#8211; ~60km. 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