The rain was pouring down this morning as we drove out of Krakow. It wasnt long before we hit the countryside and began our climb up through the foothills of the Tatras mountain range. This part of the country is home to ski resorts, spas and, if the many signs…
It was hard to find an appropriate title for today’s post, but I guess A Mixed Day is about right. Anyone with an interest in history, or just an interest in humanity, could not come to Krakow without making the trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum. I know I don’t…
It was lovely to have a sleep in this morning! We were booked on a tour to the Weiliczka Salt Mine and weren’t due to be collected until 9.50am. You may never have heard of it but it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Poland, is registered…
We’d originally planned to rise before dawn for some arty shots of the lights on a deserted Charles Bridge. However those plans went out the window when we realised that would mean getting up before 5 am! So we contented ourselves with a 6.15 am visit to the bridge. The…
Fortunately the bed in Prague is a post Communist era one, so we slept more comfortably last night. The room stayed warm despite the considerable drop in temperature overnight, but we put on our warm jackets again before setting out to see the sights across in the Old Town. …
We had planned to give ourselves a sleep in this morning but the bed in our hotel must have dated from the pre-Iron Curtain era and didn’t encourage the worker to lie in bed and rest! So we rose like good little communists and went to have breakfast before getting…
An early start for us this morning as we had ordered a taxi for 8.15 to take us to the Hertz office at the Marriott Hotel. This meant we had to have the suitcases outside the door by 7.15! At least we could keep the room til departure so after…
The sun was still shining on us this morning as we cruised into the final destination for our cruise, Budapest. Not bad vews from our breakfast table in the lounge. We docked a little west of Gellert hill on the Buda side of town. Budapest is really a combination…
We had to break out the t-shirts today in Bratislava! Such a nice change especially for Gae, Greg, Jo and Steve who had started their holidays in bitter cold and snow. The boat was docked right in the Old Town of this little capital of Slovakia, a new country for…
What a wonderful surprise Vienna has been for us! This is our first visit, but unusually for me, I had done almost no research about the city prior to the trip. I had a few highlights in mind, such as the Schonbrunn Palace but really knew very little about the…
Vivid blue skies and sunshine greeted us when we pulled up our blinds this morning in Melk, Austria. Melk is only a small town but it has one stupendous claim to fame, the fabulous Melk Abbey. The first activity for the day was a short bus ride up the hill…
When we woke this morning the boat was just pulling in to the perfect docking location in Passau, right at the tip of the peninsula where the old town is located. The peninsula lies between the confluence of the Danube and the Inn rivers and a few metres back opposite…
