Bratislava and Vienna

Yesterday we cruised from budapest to bratislava. In bratislava we did a walking tour. They had a gentle walkers group, which meant instead of walking for 1.5 hours we went on a toy train ride. It was a fantastic way for the grandrentals to see the sites.

Our toy train in Bratislava

A lovely lady helped grandad walk back to the boat while I pushed grandma in the wheel chair. Getting Grandma on and off the boat in Bratislava was triple the fun. There were three boats tied next to each other side by side, we were the last and furthest away from the jetty which meant we had to go through two other boats. Luckily there was always nice people around to help me get grandma and her wheelchair through all th gangways and ramps.

The three boats I had to navigate Grandma's wheelchair across.

Grandad and I went to a palace today. It is the huge summer palace in Vienna. Grandma decided to stay on board as she was quite exhausted. Grandad must have been exhausted too because he found walking a challenge. Thanks to the suggestion of another passenger i pushed him around in one of the palace's wheel chairs (my wheel chair pushing skills are improving with all the practicing I am getting!). As we got onto the bus on the way to the palace, grandad saw the empty bus driver's seat and tried to climb in it and drive the bus. Luckily I was able to convince him to take a seat where the passengers sit!

My Aussie family and friends will be jealous of me for two reason. The first is for the past two mornings I have eaten this extinct yellow fruit called a banana! It was delicious on my corn flakes!!! The second reason is the beautiful weather. It has been lovely sunny weather, at about 29 degrees. Yesterday I even got slightly burnt, I now have the shape of a bandaid tattooed onto my leg... Lol!

I'm not a fan of the taste of the water, even the bottled water tastes funny. So while we were in Bratislava I braved a billa supermarket to buy cordial. After staring at the drinks section for way to long, I picked up a bottle of what I hoped was lemon cordial. Taking back to my cabin I quickly found out it was not lemon cordial, but the lemon juice that you might use to put on pancakes... Yuck! In Vienna I had another try and this time was more successful- it is not cottees but it does the job!

One option for dessert after lunch is always ice cream. Here is a bit of the exchange between myself and Grandma:
Maria: Would you like some ice cream Grandma?
Grandma: Pardon?
Maria (shouting this time): Would you like some ice cream Grandma?
Grandma: Yes please
Maria: Strawberry or banana?
Grandma: Vanilla
Maria (shouting even louder): They only have strawberry or banana
Grandma: But I only like vanilla ice cream
Maria: But you had walnut ice cream yesterday....

I am finding the closer we get to Germany the more Grandad mentions the Germans, it is like he has an inbuilt sensor. We could be in for some fun over the next couple of days as we travel through Austria to Germany.