LET'S VISIT BRATISLAVA #3

Old Town has several statues that tourists love for those Kodak moments. There is a certain Disney-esque quality to them, but they are fun for everybody. Look at this small bronze, literally on the street floor that has become the most popular one in Bratislava. It symbolized the ideal of Communism of "Every man at work" but because so many of them had nothing to do, this sewer worker has his head up out of the manhole and is watching the people go by. I discovered that the Slovaks have a wonderful sense of humor.

See now the bronze of a Napoleonic soldier as another example. There's a neat one of a photographer leaning around a corner to snap a photo, aiming right at the doorway of a bar called Paparazzi.

Lewis Carroll, with characters from Alice in Wonderland, can be found on the main road.

The Gazer, a dapper old man with a hat in his hat. It is based on a real person who died about 40 years ago, but was famous throughout the city. Walking all day along on the streets, he greeted the ladies in the traditional Viennese manner, kissing their hands, wearing white gloves and a hat all the times. He was considered a bit crazy but very nice.   The Pharmacy Museum! Don't ask me why there's a lobster. I didn't go in there.

This is really cool; a compass on the ground with the directions and distances of a bunch of some of the world's largest cities.