This October I visited the capital of Slovak Republic. With roughly 450,000 inhabitants, Bratislava is in size comparable to Edinburgh.

However, the day I was there, fog hung low and on the 75-minute boat ride from Vienna to Bratislava we didn’t see much of the famous Danube. Fortunately the fog lifted...

Cheap flights--they'll be the death of me. I suppose I have to thank Ryanair. They really know how to reel in the students. Our spring break was coming to an end, and we needed a way back to Sevilla from Vienna. Most flights were so expensive it wasn't even worth thinking about it. Taking trains would...