In the late summer of 2021 the hockey team Leksands IF was playing games in the CHL against teams from Bratislava and Trinec and I went down to visit these. Took the opportunity to stay a couple of days in Vienna while “down there”.
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Heading to Vienna
Göran called me a couple of months ago asking if I was going to Bratislava for the CHL games. I said I hadn’t thought about it but his call got me thinking, that this could be fun. Said and done, I booked flights, and hotels and started to look for hockey tickets. Today was the…
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Tourist in Vienna
First of all, I realized that I never mentioned that I’ll spend two nights in Vienna before going to Bratislava. I thought that since the best flights took me to Vienna and then transfer to Bratislava, why not stay a couple of nights here first. Woke up a bit earlier than I would have liked…
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Let’s go to Bratislava
Woke up and figured I’ll pack up, check out and get breakfast at the train station instead of the hotel (hadn’t booked it anyway). Said and done, got on a scooter, and took off towards Vienna Hauptbahnhof. Bought my ticket and found a cafe where I could buy a couple of delicious baguettes. Got on…
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Three guys in Bratislava
We got up and met in the restaurant for breakfast at nine. It was better than expected. The age of the LIF fans was a bit above ours (we would like to think at least), I guess the others were sleeping it off after some celebrations yesterday. We left the hotel to do an escape…
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Hockey in Trinec
An even earlier breakfast today. Took a Bolt taxi to the airport (like 15 minutes) with a driver that spoke no English at all. In these situations, the “app-taxis” is quite good. All addresses and payment is made up beforehand and delivered to the driver in a manner he or she can understand. Got our…
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Parting ways
Today we didn’t have to get up so early, the plan was to leave the hotel at 11 for the train station. I woke up at around 8:30 anyway so I took a Long shower and then met Johan for breakfast. Martin joined half an hour later. Checkout, then walk to the station. Didn’t find…
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Going home
Tried to sleep in but woke up at half-past eight anyway. Went downstairs to get some breakfast, then pack up my stuff and prepare a daypack since I had a few hours before heading to the airport. Checked out, left my bags in the luggage room, and then headed out. Found a park where I…