The hostel was really cool. They had a bar, kitchen, and living room area and the floors were seperated into apartments with 3 dorms each. We were in a room for 6 but there were only the two of us and one other person. The funny part was, the hostel was turning away people the entire time saying they were booked full.
The area we stayed in was only a short walk from the old town, so after we got settled in we headed there to find something to do. At first we found a 3 floor club, which didn't seem too exciting. We just stayed on the main floor and hung out for a little bit before leaving. We walked around for a while not finding anything and figured we might start heading back. On the way back we found a "Rock" Bar. We went in and there was a cover band playing. It was actually a lot of fun. They seemed like the kind of band that would play hard rock, but they covered mostly American pop songs, one of which was by Kelly Clarkson...
After the show ended we started heading back to the hostel again. We were almost inside when we ran into a group of British guys who were also staying at the hostel. They asked us if we knew any good places and we said we couldnt find much. They were disappointed that we were about to call it a night, and convinced us to go with them to another place.
We ended up on a boat bar/club place for a little while. We weren't there for much longer than an hour. It was not really my kind of place, but it was still kinda fun. There was just too much blind strobe light in your eyes while Justin Timberlake songs blast on the speakers.
Afterwards we finally headed back to the hostel for the night. The next day we took another walk through the old town area. The city was pretty quaint, but by day the only people on the streets were basically tourists. After meandering about for a while we headed up to the main castle.
Once at Bratislava Castle, or Bratislavský hrad, we proceeded to be lazy. It was really enjoyable actually. First, we took in the sites from up on the hill. It was a great vantage point. The castle has been mostly rebuilt, but was still cool. From there we could see the main part of the city, across the Danube to the more residential side of the city, and beyond the city into the hills.
The residential side is very strange. Looking at it from a distance it is easy to tell that it is populated by hundreds of nearly identical residential towers. A pretty interesting thing to look at, but very strange all in all.
We spent most of the day relaxing in the sun by the castle before heading back to the train station to move on to Budapest. I enjoyed the time we spent there, but we got the feeling that there really isn't much to do in the city besides clubbing at night.
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