We had a city tour and I learned a bunch of interesting stuff from our tour guide. For example, look at this little naked dude. It was randomly located on one of the building to remember the coronation of a king. Legend says that one day a dude was taking a bath, and he started to hear the music that accompany the coronation. He didn't want to missed the chance to see the king, so he just ran to the closest window that faces the street fully naked. Unfortunately, a sculptor saw him and uses him as the inspiration. It was so random that it is preserved throughout the centuries.
Then, there's also this fountain that represent Slovakian's love to alcohol. Wine used to run out of the lion's mouth. But of course when you provide free wine to the citizens, they would all be drunkards and do lots of stupid things. So the government decided to stop the wine all together. Now, this fountain only produces water.
In the middle of the town, there's also a large fountain where the water came out of a fish held by little boys. However, it wasn't initially designed that way. The water used to come out of the little boy's peewee, and back then the ladies have to act all shy and proper. Every time they pass the street, ladies must cover their eyes. Which causes a major distraction, since the fountain is basically in the center of the city. Therefore it was reconstructed to make everyone's life easier.
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And just right in front of the fountain, take a look at this building. You probably didn't notice it right away, but if you look closely to the left side of the lowest window, there is a little black thing. This is actually a canon ball that's left behind by the owner of the building to remember Napoleon's era. However, just like any human would do, many Slovakian start to see this as an opportunity to get money from the government. They started to put in a fake cannon ball on their wall. So, I don't know whether this one is real or fake.
Another thing that caught my attention is Cumil "the watcher" which is Bratislava's version of John Harvard statue. Slovakia has a really cute sense of humor, just when I thought that this guy was someone important, the tour guide told me that this guy is just peeping on women's skirt. Hahahaha, so clever and quirky.
The difference between Cumil and John Harvard is that people would touch the top of his head for good luck instead of his shoes. Cumil, almost lost his head twice from careless driver. So he end up getting his own "man at work" traffic sign ahahah.
After walking around for one hour in a light shower, me and some of my friends decided to just go straight to the restaurant where we were supposed to have our group lunch. The rain was starting to pour a little bit harder before we reached Flagship. The restaurant doesn't look fancy at all from the outside, but the interior design was fabulous.
We were getting three course meal and we couldn't choose what we want. First, we got a Slovakian sauerkraut soup with some beef. It seems like it was made with a bunch of chili oil, but you could barely taste the spice, probably because the sourness from the sauerkraut was somewhat overwhelming.
Second, we got this Slovakian version of mac & cheese. However, I think they uses gnocchi and goat cheese instead of macaroni and cheddar cheese. I guess if you are a fan of sour and bold cheese, you would love the dish. I wasn't a big fan, but I do like the pork skin at the top though.
Lastly, we had a Slovakian crepes, which is filled with some other cheese which finally kinda sweet. It also have some raisins inside. Even though it wasn't the best crepe I ever had, I still like it.
and this crepe ended my adventure in Bratislava. I learned from Slovakia that you are as big as your heart will let you be! No matter how the world sees you, you can always make a difference and have fun by being yourself.
On the side note, please look forward for my post on Budapest!! I have start writing on it since my first day in Hungary, but I want to wait 'til I leave the country to complete the post.
Until the next adventure you all, Vagabond girl is out~
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