Friday was our excursion to Bratislava, Slovakia. We got up and got on the train headed for Bratislava. After a little more than an hour, we were there! We got out into the blistering cold and walked up to the Bratislava Castle. The first thing I noticed was what it is like to be in a country where I know none of the language again, and it reminded me why I am learning German. Slovak is a very interesting language. It is closely related to Russian and it does sound a lot like it, so it was enjoyable for me to listen to. Anyway, we got up to the castle and it wasn’t a huge, amazing thing, but the view of Bratislava from it was spectacular since it was high up. We admired that for as long as we could and then took our freezing selves to lunch. We had excellent Goulash which warmed us right up. Then, we explored the Jewish museum, which was a little eerie again since it was commemorating a people who just do not exist anymore. There are basically no Jews left in that city. It is weird to see household items used just eighty years ago and now none of those people are there anymore. It’s very sad. We then went for Torte again, and of course it was excellent. Since all of us were freezing by this point, we voted to get on the train and head back to Vienna for dinner, where we went to a Japanese place. It was unlike most Japanese food I have had in the past though. I and everyone else thoroughly enjoyed it as expected.