[Bratislava-pm] [Off Topic] Bratislava Hints

[Jonathan Worthington]

Emmanuel Rodriguez wrote:
> I'm also an immigrant in Slovakia, Bratislava! I have to admit that my 
> integration into the society wasn't so difficult since my wife is from 
> Bratislava.
I guess that makes it somewhat easier. I'm looking to move there very 
soon, though, so not really enough time to convince someone to marry 
me... ;-)

> I know that a good reference and starting point for new comers is the 
> Slovak Spectator (http://www.spectator.sk/). It's a news paper in 
> English for foreigners.
Interesting, thanks!

> The town of Bratislava is quite small when compared with huge towns 
> such London, Paris or even Montréal (where I come from). Thus, in my 
> opinion distances are quite small here. As far as I know there are no 
> real dangerous sections in the city. You should be able to find an 
> accommodation everywhere in the city, the trick is to find something 
> close to the center as a lot of shops are near and two big shopping 
> centers are close by.
It appears that what you get right in the heart of the old city is 
fairly pricey, but you can be just outside and get something equivalent 
for less. But yes, I do want to be close to the center for the reasons 
you mention.

> Public transport is good and accessible fine, although you might have 
> to give up on the Spanish way of life and go to bed earlier as trams 
> stop their routes after 23h00. But this shouldn't too much of a 
> problem as generally our pubs close around that hour too, at least the 
> pub we visit.
Actually, one of the bars I frequent here doesn't tend to open much 
later than that anyway. :-)

> But everything is not so perfect here, for instance we still haven't 
> found a place for our Perl Mongers meeting. Although, since Vienna is 
> so close (less than an hour by train) we often go to squat to their 
> monthly meetings ;-)
I'll certainly join in on the Vienna squatting! But hopefully there can 
be some place for us in Bratislava too. Well, I guess there's always the 
meet in a pub option.

> Are you're looking for a job here?
I work as a contract programmer, and can work remotely on everything. At 
the moment, I'm pretty snowed under with work, so I won't be looking for 
anything for a while.

Thanks!

Jonathan