Walking on ice in Bratislava

I spent last weekend in Bratislava, which was at that time after several days of continuous snow and temperatures below zero. Being Spaniard, and thus not very much used to snowy weather, I was a bit afraid about what I could find there and, believe me, I was not disappointed.

Bratislava was during the weekend almost fully under ice and snow, with the exception, of course, of main roads and streets. In parks and other parts of the city, snow was everywhere, well beyond my ankle. To make things even better, due to cold temperatures, the top layer of the snow had frozen and turned into ice. That was the case also for many pathways. The riskiest part was when leaving a bus, because literally one had to jump from the bus to ice... Nevertheless, it seems that Slovaks are used to it, since they were walking normally on ice and I did not see anybody falling down. Needless to say, I was walking slower than old ladies.

It also surprised me the amount of ice on some small streets and parking places. For example, in some parking places, the car had to climb like 10 centimetres to the parking position, so it was higher than the level of the road, standing on ice and snow (see the picture above, which was taken close to our house). Despite these adverse conditions for driving, it seems, though, that winter tyres are enough not to lose control of the car.

In the end, I must admit, it was not that bad. After two days I was more confident about the idea of walking on ice and I must proudly tell you that I did not fall down, je, je, je. Now it seems that temperatures are going up and snow is melting down. I would like to see how the Danube is accepting this...