Bratislava ( Capital city of Slovakia ) ( first posted on thebarefootfoodie.org on 29 OCt 2015 )

Bratislava ( Capital city of Slovakia )

OCTOBER 29, 2015BAREFOOT TRAVELS, EUROPE

Quirky and Quaint, Quintessentially Bratislava

Half a day at Bratislava, and it was time well spent. We lingered about in the Old Town and there was plenty there to keep us engaged.

Not to be missed are the cheeky sculptures which are guaranteed to bring a smile to the most jaded, the Blue Church, and the Old Town.

The pictures speak for themselves. Altogether charming and beguiling.

Statue outside a restaurant on Ventuska Street — Meet Andy Warhol outside a restaurant on Ventuska Street

Cumil the peeper — Cumil the Peeper on the corner of Panska and Rybarska Brana streets. Looking up skirts? Naughty, naughty!

Beautiful Ignaz on Rybarska Brana street. — Sculpture of Schoener Naci also known as Beatutiful Ignaz on Rybarska Brana street.

L1010210-2 — Watch out for Cumil, he’s watching out for you

L1010224-16 — So last century and before

L1010232-23 — The Blue Church ( literally )

L1010234-25 - Copy — Another fella to watch out for – the paparazzi photographer on the corner of Laurinska and Radnicna streets

L1010240-30 — Statue of Napoleon posing behind one of the benches on the Hlavne Namestie, Main Square in Old Town

Statue_of_Hans_Christian_Andersen_in_Bratislava,_Slovakia_01 — Hans Christian Andersen

L1010239-29 — Another name on the celebrity roll in Bratislava

Two girls and a postbox ( still functioning ) — Two girls and a postbox
( still functioning )

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