I lived in Slovakia for about eight years, mostly in Bratislava.
I left in 2009 to live in the Philippines.
Slovakia is awash in beer and good wine.
There are numerous outlets where you take 1.5 ltr plastic
bottles to be filled with red or white wine from the barrel.
I became a wino, drinking at least one ltr. per day.
I spent a great night with my tour group, led by a Professor friend of mine, in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, right before the revolution (1988). We were at the local beer hall, and an accordianist and trumpet player were in that night playing a bunch of broadway tunes, and songs like New York, New York, just for our tables. The locals were gawking at us, as we were at them. Not that many tourists came through Pilsen at that time, as it was still a Commie country, so we were novel objects.
Pretty soon though, everyone was getting pretty lubed up on beer, and then everyone was singing, dancing with each other, and getting rowdy. It was so much fun, and at the end of the night, everyone, locals and us, were best bud’s, running out of the place, laughing and screeching, and wanting the night not to end. Quite the experience that I fondly remember to this day. I loved Prague, and the countryside around the spa towns of Marienbad and Karlsbad was beautiful. I’d go back there in a heartbeat. Great food and wine bars too.