Slovakia – The Girl Who Goes

Happy New Year! 🎉 It’s hard to believe we’re only two weeks from the one-year anniversary of our big move to Alicante — I guess time flies when you’re having fun. 2024 was a fantastic year of new friends and new places (and our wedding in Catalonia as well), and I can’t wait to see what 2025 brings. Right now, we’re in Cardiff, Wales, until we head back to Spain for Spanish Christmas. But today, I want to share a bit more about our Eastern Europe Christmas Market trip from last month.

I felt like 10 days (plus one extra day for traveling home) was the perfect amount of time for the three cities we visited: Wroclaw, Poland; Prague, Czechia; and Bratislava, Slovakia. Our trip lasted from December 13-23, which was also a really good time to visit because some of the markets are closed on December 24 and/or 25. So, here’s our exact itinerary if you want to plan your own trip next year! [Read more…]

Merry Christmas Eve! After 10 days traveling around Christmas Markets in Wroclaw, Prague, and Bratislava, we’re finally home in Alicante and ready to relax for a few days before our next trip (next week!). I’ll be missing my family tomorrow, but I’m feeling pretty good about our plan to spend every other Christmas in Spain vs. the U.S., so this is a Spain year! We’ll be hanging out at our friends’ house, having brunch and watching Christmas movies.

Now, it’s time for my final Christmas market review: Bratislava, Slovakia! Slovakia was a new country for us both, so we were really excited to experience somewhere completely new. And while my sister visited Bratislava over the summer — and said it was pretty small with not too much going on — we decided to take a chance on it for our last Christmas market of the trip.

So, here’s everything you need to know about the Bratislava Christmas Market. [Read more…]

10-Day Itinerary: Eastern Europe Christmas Markets

Bratislava, Slovakia: Christmas Market Review