EuroTour day 24 – to Prague by train

I rode to the Bratislava train station to take a morning train to Prague. I am glad that there were not too many cars on the road because riding a bike on busy Bratislava streets would not be easy. There are bike lanes but they are not well marked in places and sometimes they just end without any direction where to go next.

The main train station looked somewhat similar to the Soviet era train stations in Russia that I remember from my childhood.

Bratislava main train station

Based on the looks of the train station I had pretty low expectation for the actual train, but it turned out to be really nice. It was clean, had plenty of space for bikes, free wi-fi and everything you would expect from a modern train. It was way better than the Amtrak from Seattle to Portland or the Deutsche Bahn train I took last year from Amsterdam to Berlin.

Very nice train
Some local station on the way to Prague
Train arrived in Prague

EuroTour day 23 – to Bratislava

After the Vienna sightseeing ride I headed East to Bratislava, which was supposed to be only 30 miles away. But in the middle of the route the road was blocked due to some construction. I had to take a detour which involved a bike ferry across Donau river, climbing a 20% grade hill, and riding on a busy road with no shoulder. Also I rode through a thunderstorm at the end of the ride.

I am in Slovakia now. I do not have much time here as I am leaving on a train to Prague tomorrow morning. I walked to a supermarket which is 1 km away. That was all the sightseeing I’ve done in Bratislava.