Saturday morning we were up early for a walk through Bratislava and up to the Bratislava Castle.
We then got the bus out to another castle, this one in ruins, in Devin, about 20 minutes out of Bratislava.
Back into town for a real Slovak meal of dumplings with sheeps cheese (i.e. macaroni cheese) and fried spinach pastry, before jumping on the train to Vienna (just over an hour). We had time to head out into town for a few drinks and dinner, and didn't let the snow stop us!
Sunday we jumped on a tram for a loop of the ring road, before making Ange's weekend by spending a few hours in the Christmas markets.
We then crossed the road for a tour of the Hofburg Imperial Palace, the seat of the Austro-Hungarian empire for around 600 years. We went through the State Apartments, the Silver collection, and the Sisi Museum, and learned all about the 16 year old Elizabeth ("Sisi") who married her cousin, Franz Joseph (yes the man after whom the Glacier is named), the Emperor of Austria.
Monday morning we were up early to climb up the tower at St Stephens Church (I say climb, but actually the only way up was a lift!).
We had time for a wander around a different part of town and some food markets. 
After some purchases for lunch, we jumped on the underground out to the SchonBrunn Palace, which was Franz Joseph's and Sisi's summer palace. They spent most of their summers there, although it looked pretty spectacular in the winter too.
From the palace we picked up our bags from the hotel and headed back to Bratislava for a quick meal before jumping on our late night flight back to London. A very cold, but very romantic weekend in the snow!
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