PIESTANY

Piestany is a Slovak town in an area known for its thermal spas, about an hour's drive from Bratislava. The outskirts of town are the typical ugly communist-built apartment blocks, but the small town centre was really pretty. Another sunny day, the temperatures are low teens but it feels so much warmer with bright sun and no wind. The thermal spas claim to cure everything, Oscar thought he might lose 15 years and I thought I might get my legs stretched to the length of the average Slovak women, but alas, most of the centres were not taking bookings the day we visited.

"Thermal spas..who cares? look what I found at a Piestany cafe."