Hotel Kyjev is the lap of luxury in Bratislava. It is a hotel built during the communistic era in Slovakia. In less than one year, this hotel will no longer exist—they are tearing it down. And, all that most of us can say is “Good riddance!”
The walls are carpeted, and the wall in my room is falling down. The housekeepers don't change your dirty glasses. Fortunately, they do change your towels. Remote control for the television is a random occurrence, and as the front desk told me--not all rooms do. One classmate can't get CNN which is the only English speaking channel on television. The bathtubs are peeling, and there are no shower curtains. There are stains all over the carpet. The walls are paper thin, and the rooms smell funny. Each room I’ve been into has its own distinct stinky smell.
The hotel is so awful that the morning after our first night, the professor from Germany asked me what I thought of the hotel. Even though I knew that he wanted me to say that I hate it because he's a well-off man walking around in his completely upscale name brand wardrobe, I told him, “It’s okay.” Fortunately, all of the Tepper MBAs were politically correct as well. See if you can find this hotel online.
It's a relic of communistic rule, which makes it pretty cool to be staying here, and the main reason why our host school picked it for us.
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