We arrived at Bratislava Airport late in the evening and took a taxi to the hotel near the city centre. I was impressed with how clean the city was. The city (or the parts I saw of it) didn't give me an impression it was dirty at all. Yes, there are grafitti in places but that seems to be constant in any european city or even the world for that ...

May 11 (Sun) Up early, packed and down to Platform 8. The train to Bratislava left on schedule at 10:10. We had a very fancy compartment -- 6 seats all to ourselves. The scenery was nice and mellow -- farmland, a few little medieval towns sprinkled through out -- nice touch, God! We had a sandwich and split a beer on the train -- left us with on...