Traveling to where Eastern Europe meets West. (Bratislava, Slovakia)

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This is Bratislava, Slovakia, the arguably most underrated in city Europe. We travelled here from Turkey to explore Slovakia, a former communist country (as part of Czechoslovakia) with influences from both east and west and a rich history from a beautiful corner of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to former frontline in Cold War. Located only 80 kilometres from Vienna, Austria, Bratislava feels both central and eastern European at the same time and its hard to believe this city was separated completely from its bigger neighbour for over 50 years. Traveling here in 2023, with Slovakia part of the EU and Schengen borderless travel zone feels a world away from that period of time. Welcome to Bratislava, Slovakia
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@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Have you ever visited Slovakia? 😊 Welcome back to Europe! ❤️

@wwesvk9958 11 месяцев назад

Live there so never 🤣

@johneldard6673 11 месяцев назад

We have. Lovely place. Julia you are looking really good.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much John! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

@wwesvk9958 Haha, of course 😉

@susannatiirola 11 месяцев назад

Yes, I have been there.

@Mishina375 10 месяцев назад

as a born Bratislavian I felt very tense to see them visiting a hostel in the roughest part of the city ...

@navpreetsingh5769 6 месяцев назад

I'm coming next Month mishina will you help me explore the city

@Mishina375 6 месяцев назад

@@navpreetsingh5769 I don't live there anymore, I've moved to London 5 years ago

@navpreetsingh5769 6 месяцев назад

@@Mishina375 okay can you share any social media I'd ?

@andrewwvlogs 18 дней назад

As a South African I giggle when a European says anything about their country being rough or dangerous lol

@marekrocks 10 месяцев назад

Been living here 15 years now. Canadian expat...they call Bratislava the "Little Big City" and the geographical corner is amazing 40 minutes youre in Vienna, 2 hours by train to Budapest, or 4 hours by train to Prague...doesent get any better!!

@forever_shiroobi 11 месяцев назад

Great video, Im currently in Bratislava and the city is amazing, one of the best locations Ive been, is very peaceful and lovely. Enjoy the travel friends!

@keyup2626 11 месяцев назад

I’ve always wondered what Slovakia looked like, it looks like a beautiful place to visit.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

So glad we could share it with you 🥰❤️

@keyup2626 11 месяцев назад

@@MattandJulia I loved the video, it’s somewhere I’ve always wondered what it was like. Hope you are both doing well. Keep up the amazing job you’re doing.

@ZemplinTemplar 11 месяцев назад

Also watch André the Traveler's videos (he's British, but lives in Czechia and travels Europe). He's done some great visits to various places around Slovakia. :-) Ryan Sokash of the "Kult America" channel (who lives in Poland) also did a "10 interesting about Slovakia" video about two or three years ago. If you need anything beyond that, let me know and I can recommend you some interesting videos on natural and historical landmarks, and interesting cultural, scientific and economic topics about the country. I suppose one type of video I'd recommend is people doing daytime or overnight train travel in Slovakia and reviewing the experience. :-)

@The_Count_Uglukh 10 месяцев назад

nope its ass of EU dont go there you can only get robbed :)

@redneckraconteur 11 месяцев назад

I visited Bratislava last October. LOVE that city!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Incredibly friendly atmosphere and people 🥰

@marks4925 11 месяцев назад

Introduced to Julia during the Great British Baking Show as a contestant and have been following her and her husband during their travels around Europe. Enjoy hearing a Russian Born and raised cook and her English huband give their comments on the foods they eat and their points of view on the culture and countries as they travel. Enjoyable. Thank You.

@minime7375 11 месяцев назад

Julia was on that show?😳 Can you offer details like in what year and such, I’d love to try to find it and watch it too. Ty

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Really glad you are with us on this journey 🥰❤️

@jenw2924 11 месяцев назад

@@minime7375if you're in the US, it's on Netflix, series 5. Julia was great and where I learned about her as well 😊

@michaelscottcutler3627 11 месяцев назад

The food looked SPLENDID !!! The streets are so clean, too.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Oh yeah, it was so delicious 🤤 wish we could share it 🤗

@alejandroheld9527 11 месяцев назад

oh Bratislava! Last year when I was in Vienna I was thinking of visiting it for the day but it couldn't be. It's good to see it through your eyes. Julia's face when drinking that liquor!! someone has to make a meme with that!! Haha Bye from Buenos Aires

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Haha, thanks 😄 I think you will really enjoy the city, when you get the chance to visit it 😊 sending lots of love ❤️

@andreamiller6200 11 месяцев назад

I was on line when this dropped and all of a sudden I am nearly halfway around the world from Tucson to you in Bratislava - I had not known I would be traveling today and without even packing a bag! Love your camerawork and commentary. And what a yummy meal - I have lately been pescatarian but the beef rolls with vegetable sauce and jam plus the goat cheese potatoes with bacon looks so deeply satisfying. I hope you are enjoying cabin life and am excited to see what you will show next!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Aaah, what a warm and kind message! You put a big smile on our faces ☺️ thank you so much for coming along with us 😘 really happy to hear that you enjoyed our video!

@nixmor5333 11 месяцев назад

Wow beautiful European city. I love the old world charm and pristine outlook. Loved this video.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

So glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

@ZemplinTemplar 11 месяцев назад

Bratislava (and a lot of the other cities) has a lot of old world charm. In Bratislava specifically, if you want everything from medieval Gothic architecture upward, to Art Nouveau and Functionalist architecture from the early 20th century, you'll find it there. ;-) Don't miss the smaller museums or more off-the-beaten path landmarks, some are very impressive and help give a better understanding to Bratislava's complex history. Pity some of the old parts of Bratislava were demolished by those stupid commies after the 1950s, but thankfully, most of the old parts of the city survived. In recent years, there's some planned efforts to cover a road that senselessly cut the Old Town in half back in the 1960s with a reinforced roof, hiding it in a tunnel, and adding a park and pedestrian zone on top of the roof, to create a renewed direct connection between the split-apart parts of the Old Town. I hope those plans succeed. Bratislava does look better nowadays then when it was rather neglected in the late 1980s. It's hardly a perfect capital city, but it's been changing for the better since the return of democracy and reviving the city's self-respect via its long and rich historical heritage has been one of the ways Bratislava has been revitalized.

@Xiiiiky2H 10 месяцев назад

@@ZemplinTemplar ja ti dam demokraciu najskor lopatu do ruky a potom odstrel !

@pistahufnagel7183 10 месяцев назад

@@ZemplinTemplar Tiez pevne dufam, ze Vallov projekt "plato" bude postaveny, podla mna to nenormalne zvysi atraktivitu mesta.. Stopy po komancoch tazko zahladis, ale toto by bolo popitchi )

@larrybxl5406 11 месяцев назад

never been to Slovakia, its now on my list of places to visit

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it, it’s an incredible country! 🥰❤️

@Rodaportal 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely mesmerizing journey through Bratislava, Slovakia! 🌍 The blend of history and culture is palpable in every corner, showcasing a city that's a true gem in Europe. 🏰 It's remarkable how Bratislava embraces both its past and present, nestled just a stone's throw away from Vienna. 🇸🇰🇦🇹 The visuals of clean streets and delightful cuisine had me dreaming of my future visit. 🥟🌆 Kudos to Julia and Matt for painting such a vibrant picture of this underrated European city! 🎨 Looking forward to more enriching travels and delicious discoveries! 🌟👏

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

@johnburke5384 11 месяцев назад

A lovely video (as always)....and what a beautiful place ! Looking forward to the next episode...Xx

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Can’t wait to share the next one John, a special one for us 🥰

@louispaine5307 11 месяцев назад

Great Video. Glad the hostel wasn’t so awful after all 😂. I went to Bratislava in 2019 and I literally walked to Kittsee which is a village populated by Slovaks but is in Austria. Considering the history it’s fascinating that you can just walk across.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Sounds so interesting! So glad you enjoyed the vid 🥰❤️

@ZemplinTemplar 11 месяцев назад

Nice ! 🙂 You're right about the less fortunate history... Far too often, past regimes in the 20th century put up barbed wire next to the Danube or Morava, to bar people any crossing of the border that had previously been crossed without issues for centuries. We cut down all of the barbed wire in 1989 and beyond, and when I visited Vienna for the first time in 2005 - without even a passport, barely a year and a half after Slovakia joined the EU - I knew we've put that ugly chapter in central European history behind us. Let's never allow barbed wire on borders and closed borders returning. The decades of humiliation in the 20th century were more than enough. Many good people were murdered in the latter half of the 20th century for trying to cross the border through the Morava. Today, those victims have an official memorial near Bratislava, close to the banks of the Morava river. I recommend visiting that memorial to anyone who's interested what it was like when Czechoslovakia's (and with it, Slovakia's) freedom was taken away by totalitarians. A simple memorial, but a powerful experience of visiting it, one that makes you really think that we should foster democracy and freedom instead of taking them for granted.

@slowyheavy 11 месяцев назад

Yes - 1988 - if you tried to just cross the border, they'd shoot at you. 1990 - you can easily cross the border to Austria anytime, feeling almost bizarre. But once in Austria, suddenly you become a very poor person, if you compared your Slovak earnings to Western prices. 2002 - Slovaks buy houses and are the primary source of growth in the area, formerly at the end of the (free) world. And you can even take Bratislava public transit bus to Austria (Hainburg I think)

@jackblack6336 10 месяцев назад

@@slowyheavy History is very bizarre. My grandfather told me how Czechoslovakia, after the Second World War, humanitarian aided Austria with food so that the Austrians could survive the consequences of Hitler's paradise on earth. I will just remind you that many Austrians took part in the punitive expeditions of the SS divisions in Slovakia. 111 Slovak villages and their inhabitants were burned down.

@jackblack6336 10 месяцев назад

@@ZemplinTemplar Your words are wise. But. The fences are coming back. To the EU border with Belarus and Russia.

@TheoriginalANGEK439 11 месяцев назад

Wow, the parts of Europe I wouldn’t think of visiting. Cheers guy’s ! Thanks for sharing your experience’s. 👍🩷👍🩵👍🩷👍🩵👍🩷👍🩵👍🩷👍🩵👍🩷👍🩵👍🩷👍🩵👍🩷👍🩵👍🩷👍🩵

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

So glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

@michaelvojkovic671 11 месяцев назад

Love that city Bratislava is so beautiful and charming

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

❤️❤️❤️

@greencontroller9692 11 месяцев назад

Welcome to my country. Don't forget to visit High Tatras. It's a MUST

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Coming up in the next video 😉❤️

@greencontroller9692 11 месяцев назад

That's awesome. Looking forward. @@MattandJulia

@greencontroller9692 11 месяцев назад

Also, what makes the Sviečková's sauce so special is the actually carrot. Chopped carrot. You can actually feel it in the background, it's soft but it's there. @@MattandJulia Glad you liked it.

@mminoo85 11 месяцев назад

Wow I was really surprised that you visit our country. I am watching your videos almost every week. I hope you spent a nice time. Greetings from Northern Slovakia :)

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

We had the absolute most incredible time! More videos to come 🥰 Lots of love! ❤️

@cqbarnieify 11 месяцев назад

It’s always lovely to go with you on vacation. Thank you!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for joining us! ❤️🙏🏼

@costasworldofmusicmemories5792 11 месяцев назад

East meets West. Such a misunderstood part of the world. Harriet and I have been. You guys have enough knowledge to understand what its history is all about. Great job in explaining it. You guys are legends. We haven't missed a video since you started. Sending you much love 🥰 from a Hot and Steamy Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your amazing support guys! Really appreciate every comment you’ve given us it really helps! 😍 Lots of love to you ❤️

@johnvsymons 11 месяцев назад

Hi, guys. Luckily, I had just finished lunch when I began to watch this video. Sometimes, when I haven't eaten and begin your program I end up ravenous by the time it is finished😋 🤣. I blame the two of you for your incredibly descriptive explanations of what you are eating and what the ingredients/spices & herbs are in them. I love Prague but unfortunately haven't been to Bratislava yet. Can't wait to see your "cabin life". Take care and have a great week. 🫂❤️

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Haha, very wise decision to eat first John 😀 If you love Prague you will absolutely love Bratislava, smaller but cozier at the same time 🥰❤️

@radicalnomad1 11 месяцев назад

I'm going to Slovakia next year 😊

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Have an amazing time! 🤗❤️

@maryannmomsen9547 8 месяцев назад

My family comes from Bratislava. I am Slovak totally both sides of family. I love your films. Great job❤

@donovandavidsonAlton 11 месяцев назад

We are visiting Bratislava Next week and Vienna for a week so it was nice to see what we can look forward to and maybe see Thanks UK

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Have the most incredible time!!! 🥰😍❤️

@matahari8929 11 месяцев назад

I´m from Bratislava, thank you to visit us. Love you both

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Lots of love, your city is beautiful ❤️🙏🏼

@jules3243 11 месяцев назад

The final stage is when you have to turn down the radio to see better at night.

@carmencitaduran8133 2 месяца назад

Nice country and beautiful castles and very clean qnd nice people. I HOPINGone day I will fo there.God bless Slovakia and the oeople in Slovakia

@SwordsDraw Месяц назад

Vienna and Bratislava are super well connected! You can take a bike trip from vienna to Bratislava which tajes around 5 hours, spend the afternoon there and then drive back by boat. There is a city liner that connects Vienna and Bratislava on the danube. I fucking love this!

@adrianapapp3851 10 месяцев назад

I'm so happy that you visited my beautiful city where I was born, hello from Ontario Canada. I love your travel videos!

@katzcrow640 11 месяцев назад

Julia an Matt Thank you for another Great Adventure. LOVE how you Share the History with the Beauty of each Country. Jus Love your Channel 🌿❤️👍❤️🌿 You two are the BEST..

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! That means the world!! 🥰❤️

@dvortex668 5 месяцев назад

Ďakujeme za návštevu! I'm Slovakian and It's nice to see You guys like our capital city. Next time come to Trenčín.

@donnajohnson9834 11 месяцев назад

Visited 2015- always fun to walk the streets again. Hope you post about visit to Tatras. Few people know how mountainous and beautiful Slovakia is. My family roots are in central Slovakia, Nizhny(low) Tatra mountains.

@pistahufnagel7183 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for enjoying your stay in our little country, you are welcome again next time 😘 Ďakujeme, že sa Vám páčilo v našej malej krajine, ste vítaní aj nabudúce 👍

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Dakujeme vam! ❤️

@NigelOrmsvik 11 месяцев назад

Lovely video, lovely location, and the food looked amazing. Had a good laugh at your expression when you downed the drink Julia 🤣😂 many thanks ❤️❤️

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

So glad you enjoyed it Nigel! 🥰❤️

@wtm1 11 месяцев назад

Awesome couple, thank you for sharing, enjoying your channel.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for coming along with us, means the world to us 🤗❤️

@anonymoususer4356 11 месяцев назад

Another great video, Thank you!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! ❤️

@sedmidivka 10 месяцев назад

that hostel killed me 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 how did you even find that 😂🤣😂🤣 I've never heard of that one and I'm from here

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Hahahaha, the classic Booking.com “sort from lowest price first” 😂😂😂

@sedmidivka 10 месяцев назад

@@MattandJulia perfection :D you've got the authentic communistic accommodation, so you know, it works out :) this is how it was 35 years back (and apparently it still is today in that hostel (and others :D))

@esterherschkovich5002 11 месяцев назад

Was in Bratislava and Budapest this year beautiful...also as my ancestors came from there and Czechia...very interesting.The National Museum in Bratislava was very interesting but I found quite upsetting the history.Bratislava small but interesting town.😊

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Oh wow, whereabouts in particular? Really glad we could share it with you again 🥰❤️

@carycoombe3380 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for the lesson on Bratislava and tasty cuisine.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

So glad you enjoyed it Cary! 🥰❤️

@douglasreeves9938 11 месяцев назад

LOL!! At 14:19 I thought Julia's face was going to clear and she would say "Smooth..." Thanks for your vids. Be safe.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Hahaha, very far from smooth 😂❤️

@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241 11 месяцев назад

At the beginning of your video in the restaurant, I’ve been there several times. They have the best goulash on earth.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Oh wow! Need to return for the goulash 😍❤️

@waynetaylor5227 11 месяцев назад

the guy coming out of the manhole...good one

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

An interesting piece of art indeed 🙃

@rhonies9229 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful. I loved Vienna and all of Austria. During my traveling years I was unable to travel to the eastern blocked countries. Excited to see all that you discover.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

We also love Austria! Can’t wait to share everything 🤗❤️

@BrucePain-_- 11 месяцев назад

its not a place where east and west meet. Its just called Central Europe as it is literally in the center of the Europe

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

I mean, if we’re getting technical, where there is a centre point, there is always something either side of it, therefore making the centre the point each of those sides (east and west) meet 😀❤️

@cristinastefan7009 10 месяцев назад

Was there this summer for a few days. Loved it.

@arthurblundell6128 11 месяцев назад

Went to Bratislava in1963 ! It seemed very grey in the iron curtain days -- thanks guys -- the airport looked nothing like that !!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

We saw the old airport next to the new one 😍❤️

@arthurblundell6128 11 месяцев назад

@@MattandJulia bit like an NHS waiting room as I remember but it was January

@Phobos_Nyx 10 месяцев назад

Did you really think we would still have the same ugly airport after 60 years? We ain't west but we are not some dump where time stood still 😂

@jarotheenjoyer 11 месяцев назад

Welcome to Bratislava. I love living here, it's extremely comfy.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! It really is! 😍

@Daniellinne 5 месяцев назад

Hey, I really liked your video, and I havent noticed anyone else answering your question about what goes into the svickova sauce. So here it is: carrot, parsley, celery (the root part), mustard, cranberries, some herbs and its baked with the meat. :)

@MattandJulia 5 месяцев назад

You are the sweetest person in the world! Thank you so much for this, so kind of you to say 😘 I’m so happy I went scrolling through the comments! 🤗❤️

@stebene63 10 месяцев назад

oh very nice presented my city...

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Thank you ❤️🙏🏼

@lbednaz 11 месяцев назад

I completely understand about the lag between filming and posting. You do an excellent job editing! But I wonder if you could just add into description box when your videos were filmed approximately. I am always curious what season/time of year it is. TY for sharing your adventures with us!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely, we will try 🥰 this was June ❤️

@paulvillagra6431 11 месяцев назад

What a beautiful city and great tasting local cuisine. Thanks for sharing.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼

@samosomorak3085 10 месяцев назад

Enjoy Bratislava. It’s good you came in summer, in winter it can get very depressing

@janamelisova3982 9 месяцев назад

Ahoj.ste skvelý..áno ako Československo sme boli ekonomicky viac hore..a páčilo sa mi ,že ste skúsili naše jedlá..držím vám palce a želám všetko dobré ❤❤

@althejazzman 11 месяцев назад

I nearly always watch your videos before going to bed, as they instil a sense of peace, beauty and context of my own problems relative to the rest of the world.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! That really means the world!!❤️🙏🏼

@zavinacik 11 месяцев назад

Really surprising ! I would never say you ever visit our country. If I met you here in Slovakia, I would probably not believed that it is you! I really like the way you described our popular Slovak drink KOFOLA - something between Russian " kvas " and coca cola .-.-)) Yes it can be . For your information - comparing COKE and KOFOLA - kofola contains less sugar than coke, but more coffein than coke. Enjoy your stay in our country.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your lovely message! Really appreciate it 🙏🏼❤️🥰

@mynameispaul0530 11 месяцев назад

Nice work. Very unique-looking area.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it ❤️🙏🏼

@patrikmorar1201 10 месяцев назад

Thank you from Bratislava ! Finally some YT travelers who has quite good knowledge about the country they visit :)

@ashleyupshall7641 11 месяцев назад

Nice vid. Bratislava is really nice. There are some nice bike trails just across the river from the Space needle. It’s a great location for a travel base.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼

@rommelAlvos-cg9dg 11 месяцев назад

watching your videos was very nice. from the philippines here. thank you.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you very much, really happy to hear that you enjoyed our video 🤗❤️

@bnewland1958 11 месяцев назад

Frenzied travel and calm shots of the city stroll. Thanks for the tour. Loved it.

@sheilamorrell6329 11 месяцев назад

Looking forward to this trip.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you very much, can’t wait to share xxx

@laylakhayat7853 11 месяцев назад

Wow beautiful thank you❤

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😊❤️

@Jasoos_Jasonda 10 месяцев назад

14:09 awesome reaction!

@itsclinton 11 месяцев назад

Amazing job👏👏 new follower

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel ❤️🙏🏼

@itsclinton 11 месяцев назад

@@MattandJulia Am a creator as well @its clinton and am learning from your videos🙏

@markheithaus 11 месяцев назад

Y'all are just cool. You represent and share all the best things about travel. The name of your new tour company is just perfect. It's not just about sightseeing, but about understanding and people. The travel writer Rick Steves often says that the bet souvenir is a broader perspective, and you guys share that so well. I still can't believe, after all the places I've been to, that Kazakhstan is in my heart. For a small town American, I'll never get tired of discovering how much good there is in the world.

@bobberes7155 9 месяцев назад

Yall is not a word.

@markheithaus 9 месяцев назад

@@bobberes7155 it is in the American south 😆🇺🇲

@AnickaSR 10 месяцев назад

Sviečková sauce is made of vegetables - usually carrots, parsley root, kohlrabi, celery and some seasonings. The vegetables are cooked, then mixed together with the water they were cooked in and cream is added. Quite simple actually. Just takes a lot of time to cook the beef. It's nice to see and English video about my city 🙂

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Really glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

@adelahurtukova9699 11 месяцев назад

Im from Slovakia 😌

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Lots of love ❤️🇸🇰

@Dabuliena 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for this nice video of my city. Just one comment regarding the food. Sviečková is Czech food. The dumplings - Bryndzové halušky is slovak national food. Bryndza = sheep cheese. Slovak bryndza is also registered in the EU's Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for letting us know and watching 🥰❤️

@veronika.s. 10 месяцев назад

Yay-Bratislava-my hometown.Hope you enjoy your stay in Slovakia.❤

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

❤️❤️❤️

@skrec1000 7 месяцев назад

Pretty enjoyable to see my country by your eyes 😊

@zlozlozlo Месяц назад

The proper way to try Kofola is to go to a restaurant or a pub where they have it on tap. Tastes much better than it does coming out of a bottle.

@dadisphat6426 11 месяцев назад

Glad you liked Bratislava! We enjoyed it as well. I posted a video on my channel about our communist tour.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Really glad you enjoyed it too 🥰🙏🏼

@cherylcarlson3315 11 месяцев назад

Will be rewatching this one and stopping to appreciate the street art, look at buildings, people more closely... exactly what I would do in person. Thank you

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

So glad we could share this with you 🥰❤️🙏🏼

@chuckwagon7354 11 месяцев назад

I enjoy the food segments. I'm not an adventurous eater but those dishes looked totally yummy. Julia's face after downing that shot was so funny. Was it Borovička?

@KarolSabo 11 месяцев назад

Borovička is Gin. Oder Wacholderbrantwein. Slovak national alcohol.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

So glad you enjoyed it 🥰 Yes it was. So strong! 🥃

@yolandaalonzo5869 11 месяцев назад

Big hug 🤗 ❤

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️

@cameroncayer9726 11 месяцев назад

I have been there!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful city right? 🤗

@markallen8434 11 месяцев назад

Bourgeois. Little car. Ha! Wait until you 2 are 40 years older together. Such reminiscences. My grandmother on my father's side was Czechclovakian. She looked like the old gypsy woman sitting on the tailgate of a horse drawn wagon in a Marx Brothers movie. Probably was her ...

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Haha, they will be 🥰 Oh wow, cool, do you whereabouts in Czechoslovakia she was from? ❤️

@ejo5336 11 месяцев назад

Nice city looking forward to see more of your trip in Slovakia :)

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Can’t wait to share more 🙏🏼❤️

@adoburger4927 10 месяцев назад

16:17 - fried onion with carrots, parsley, added cream and mixed :)

@dzspdref 11 месяцев назад

With all the traveling you guys do, does Julia miss her time for baking, from how a LOT of us have first met her from TGBB Show?

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

I most definitely do ☹️ I miss my own kitchen at times 🙏🏼 I have a small Russian baking course coming out soon though 🥰❤️

@loboblue5441 11 месяцев назад

As always/my favorite. I hope our worlds meet, someday. Safe travels❤

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Perhaps we can meet on a tour at some point 🥰❤️

@geoffreymartin3520 11 месяцев назад

i started watching your channel when you were in nepal. you are such a lovely couple.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Welcome to the channel ❤️

@kolikoputasiljubilastranca5246 11 месяцев назад

Ty, it's a very nice choice for visiting 👍

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Really glad you joined us! 🥰

@casicadaminuto1 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for visiting my city! It's indeed quite nice and it went through a major positive change within past 20-25 years. I remember coming here in 1999, when it was still a gloomy grey post-socialist city.

@dzangistamelonne2756 10 месяцев назад

You're Welcome to Slovakia!

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@dzangistamelonne2756 10 месяцев назад

@@MattandJulia Don't forget! Trying please please delicios food Slovakia

@pmpcpmpc4737 11 месяцев назад

In fact the river Danube on Bratislava's western edge forms the border between Austria and Slovakia. In the Cold War if you tried to tried to reach the river or got as for as to try to swim across it, you would have been shot at by the Czechoslovakian border guards.

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

As they say “How times have changed” 😧

@toonsboyvlog 11 месяцев назад

Good jobs

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Thank you ❤️

@sammyboykin5624 11 месяцев назад

I could watch Julia's reaction to that shot of liquor all day! 😂😂😂

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Haha, I can organise that 😂

@sammyboykin5624 11 месяцев назад

@@MattandJulia That face! I've never seen you make that face!

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

😂😂😂 it was intense!

@lisamillerbuchert9447 11 месяцев назад

The food looked really good

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Oh yeah, it was delicious 🤤

@laurenaf8367 10 месяцев назад

You guys are dressed alike ❤ stahhhhhp it. Too cute. Your videos are the best travel vids on RU-vid.

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Really really appreciate it 🥰❤️

@perinaja5564 10 месяцев назад

wlcome to Slovakia

@MattandJulia 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much 🥰

@SimonsAstronomy 10 месяцев назад

Our country!!!

@scottmcmurray3233 11 месяцев назад

Booking a hostel in the middle of an industrial estate in the city where the horror film The Hostel is based! Brave 😂😂😂

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂😂💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

@31m18 10 месяцев назад

Bratislava has 650k population, you can check it - This comes from a Slovak.

@miroslavmichalica6667 9 месяцев назад

The latest population of the city is already 480,000 people. Unofficially, on a weekday up to 650,000. And it's a shame that you didn't visit the UFO tower, the new Downtown with skyscrapers, shopping centers, museums, the National Theater, Devín Castle, St. Martin's Cathedral and the Blue Church, Big monument to Fallen soldiers from World War 2 Slavín, the Danube river cruise...

@AestheticAbe 11 месяцев назад

Im new to your channel and I absolutely love both of you!! I’m so jealous you get to travel like this! Thank you for letting me live vicariously through you haha. Question, is it safe at the moment to travel to visit Russia if I’m an American citizen? Or maybe Estonia?

@goednieuwskrantje-nl 9 месяцев назад

2:50 What kind of a car was that? A Skoda something?

@khurramrajpoot5273 11 месяцев назад

Nice trip

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

❤️❤️❤️

@khurramrajpoot5273 11 месяцев назад

Love u

@yvonnebirch6026 11 месяцев назад

A little spacey but cool anyway ! 👍👍💕🌷

@MattandJulia 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

@danielleinad5135 10 месяцев назад

As a slovak person I have to say, that you choosed the most forgotten, cheap an poor part of Bratislava for a Hostel :D I myself would be worried about sleeping there. But where do you have the number of population from? :D It was 441k like 30 years ago, its about 650-700k now. And we have so many Vietnamese people in here, because they arrived here during the communistic era. And hopefully the shot of alkohol was Borovicka :D