Bratislava, Slovakia

Good: The Blue Church with its art nouveau exterior design in cool sky-blue and white. Reminds me somewhat of a balloon castle in a kid’s theme park, all cheery and bright.

Not-so-good: Morning rush which almost resulted in missing the planned train from Budapest to Bratislava. What did happen instead was having to leave Budapest in a hurry with a pile of Hungarian currency which ended up being changed into Euros at a less-than-desirable rate at Bratislava.

Noteworthy food/drink: Zemiakovej placke, which is a potato pancake stuffed with some kind of meat stew.