Budapest, Hungary

Good: Budapest thermal baths, which has Turkish origins. What amazed me was the seamless process from check in to check out. Upon payment you are given a wrist strap with an electronic chip inside. You use this chip to enter the baths, get an assigned changing cubicle where u can store belongings as well, and unlock the cubicle door. It makes it feel like I’m at a theme park where I can electronically add to my tab using the wrist strap and only make payment at the end. It’s efficient, automated, uncomplicated to use after the first time. Of course, the soak in the hot spring water was the best part of it all.

Not-so-good: The 8-hour daytime train journey from Belgrade to Budapest was absolutely boring. I couldn’t fall asleep much because I had already slept during the night. To make matters worse, there was no means to charge my phone on the train. If I hadn’t taken an overnight journey just the night before, I would gladly have done this leg overnight instead.

Noteworthy food/drink: 0.50€ bacon & cheese bread and 0.50€ cappuccino non-holed longish doughnut, both from Tesco.