Day 230, 19 February 2013, Bratislava (Slovakia) and back to Vienna (Austria) in the evening. In order to go to Krakow (Poland). Surprisingly restful day, nevertheless. We breakfasted at our local fave restaurant then just as the tiniest flakes of snow began to flurry, we headed out sightseeing. Through the Old Town, via St Marten's Cathedral (which has a cracking gilded replica of the Hungarian crown on top of it - weighing 300 kg and standing 1 metre high -...

Day 229, 18 February 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia. Ahhhh.... it was hard getting up this morning due to most excellent sleep on squishy, cosy Ikea mattresses. We learned to love these from one of our London mates who lent us her bed from Ikea's 'Sultan' range. Have turned bed into our headquarters for the day actually. Caught up on phone calls this morning with family and friends, made it down the road for a cooked breakfast at The Downtown Backpackers most won...

Day 228, 17 February 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia. I think it was an advert for Concorde, way back when... Breakfast in London, lunch in New York (and luggage in Rome!) This is probably the closest we've come to it - Dinner in Italy, breakfast in Austria and lunch in Slovakia! The sleeper train was magnificent. Just designed for very tall, slim, Austrian types - once our luggage was in the compartment, we had to climb over it to get to the bed. Which wouldn't ...