10 Comments For the next 2, 3, 4 nights, we chill with nothing but glorious weather, fantastic views and great company. Life feels great in Romania! We […]
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5 Comments Up and off to another wonderful city, Sibiu…sorry again for all the photos (click to enlarge). Half way through our journey and we stop for […]
Another Stunning Romanian City, Sibiu
Woke to a rat, tat, tat. Craig was up and about, spinning the washing and making up a washing line from tree to tree. By […]
The Birth Place of Vlad the Impaler, Sighisoara
4 Comments Up bright and early, so we could take the dogs for a long walk through the gorge. Once off the dirt path we turned in […]
Rickety Wooden Bridges & BBQ, Sighisoara
1 Comment In the middle of the night a mosquito found its way in to Vin and took a shine to Craig. This morning we woke to […]
Stunning Romanian Cities and a Bumpy Ride, Turda Gorge
Romania Monasteries Among the most picturesque treasures of Romania are the Painted Monastery Romania. Their painted exterior walls are decorated with elaborate frescoes featuring portraits […]
The Painted Monastery of Oradea, Romania
6 Comments The riverbank is endless wall of tangled bushes and vines from which birds swoop, sway and dive to catch the morning bugs. Its a lovely […]
Fast Forward Through Hungary To a Romanian Monastery
4 Comments Breakfast engulfed in low cloud but by the time Mac n Tosh finished licking the yogurt pots the cloud had disappeared to reveal the mighty […]
Gypsy Villages & Hop Over to Hungary
4 Comments Our downhill journey from high Tatras to Levoca was very pleasant indeed. We passed through oodles of lovely countryside with rolling hills that reminded us […]
Medieval Villages & Boost in the Buttock, Spis
5 Comments Craig opened the blinds to blue skies and an amazing view of the Tatras mountain range. Its not that the range is impressively high but […]
Tatras Mountain Picnic Hike
11 Comments We ummm’d and arrrr’d about going to Wieliczka salt mines until we saw Simy and John. They were very disappointed with their visit and said […]
Shooting Stars, A Welcome to Slovakia
13 Comments The mood in Vin was still quite quiet but no surprise really as yesterday, was a heavy and emotional day. We both wanted to visit […]
Heatwave & Kebabs in Krakow
14 Comments The UNESCO museum entrance opens at 8am and is free to enter, however, you do need to obtain a entry ticket. This can be downloaded […]
A Symbol of Terror, Genocide and The Holocaust – Auschwitz
6 Comments We woke to more glorious sunshine, so we spent the morning doing weekly chores plus a limescale treat. A lot of the water in Europe […]
Big Clean and Tootle to Oswiecim
2 Comments Up bright and early and what a beautiful day with the sun shining, the birds tweeting and the jack hammers bashing away. Behind the corrugated […]
The Black Madonna, the Queen of Poland, Jasna Gora
3 Comments Lack of internet has messed with my mojo and I feel lost without it. No interaction, it’s like talking to myself, to which I get […]
A City of Contrast, Culture and Colour, Lodz
6 Comments Yesterday, we sat by the lakeside deliberating our route to the South. Trying to work out timescales, where to head for the remainder of the […]
A Day of Deliberation & Polish Puncture
2 Comments Bang, bang, bang. What the heck! We jumped out of bed, the dogs started howling and bang bang, bang. What in the hells name is […]
Gunshot & Unexpected Organ Concert by a Lime Tree
1 Comment After 3 days with our feet up enjoying the sunshine and our own little Polish patch we were fully refreshed and ready to roll. We […]
In Search of Tom Cruise at Wolf’s Lair
15 Comments In the middle of the night, a coughing drunk woke us as he constantly fell off his bike. Poor thing, he tried to work out […]
In to Poland but Ooops No Polish Dosh
3 Comments After a morning in and around Vilnius which included stopping at a local store for today’s treat. A selection of tiny fairy cakes..one for Mac, […]
The Heads of Communism in the Secluded Grutas Park
12 Comments Today, is the Remembrance Day for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism. This day 25 years ago, the Baltic Countries said no to Soviet rule and […]
The Genocide Victims Museum on Remembrance Day
5 Comments The next two days we cycled and walked all around Vilnius and what a beautiful city. All the charm of a large village but all […]
A Picnic in the Beautiful Baltic City, Vilnius
4 Comments Over the last few days we’ve had little or no wifi, so I’ve got behind on a few posts. I took the morning to bring […]