Aboard the boat in Bratislava

Well, that was possibly the worst Indian food we’ve ever had. I was so excited that our boat hotel (=Botel, apparently) contained an Indian restaurant! Apart from that its great. We had a nice dusk, slightly rainy walk around Bratislava’s extremely compact centre. We might go back tomorrow to see the castle.

The last part of the bike ride was a lot more grueling than expected. Perhaps it was the lack of a good lunch, or just the sheer length. Bratislava appeared very early, but took such a long time after that to reach. The border was quite a non-event, perhaps even a historical artefact...

The city really is beautiful. One could just say quaint, or cute, but it’s more than that. Tomorrow we will plod on, but stopping in a small village in order to break up the 135km journey to Komarno. Sleep is required.