The border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia is absolute chaos so it took us a little bit of time to navigate our way through the multiple lanes of traffic but we eventually made it across. Slovenia is one of those countries requiring a vignette to drive on motorways but as it was quite expensive we … Continue reading Three stunning days in Slovenia
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Beautiful sea, beautiful towns, beautiful mountains and beautiful drives in beautiful Croatia
After our tour of Dubrovnik we carried on north up the coast and into Bosnia and Herzegovina. We spent 28 minutes covering the 22 kilometers of coastline, learnt the interesting fact that Bosnia & Herzegovina is the country with the second shortest coastline in the world after Monaco, and then crossed the border back into Croatia. … Continue reading Beautiful sea, beautiful towns, beautiful mountains and beautiful drives in beautiful Croatia
Continuing our jaunt up the Adriatic Coast – Lovćen, Kotor and Dubrovnik
We had planned to hike in nearby Lovćen National Park the day after our trip to Cetinje but knew that there weren’t any campsites in the area so intended to head back down to the coast to camp and then drive back up the following morning. With a foresight that is unusual for us we … Continue reading Continuing our jaunt up the Adriatic Coast – Lovćen, Kotor and Dubrovnik
“Maybe party?” – Our first few days in Montenegro
Our visit to Montenegro got off to a roaring start when we pulled in to campsite Rabrenović in the mountain village of Polja. The place itself was enormous, meticulously maintained and had it not been raining we are sure that the views were also spectacular. The very best thing about the campsite was the owner, … Continue reading “Maybe party?” – Our first few days in Montenegro
A run of bad luck in Serbia
With the notable exception of Romania, all of our border-crossings had passed off without a hitch until we reached the Hungarian/Serbian border where we were forced to abandon our British queuing etiquette and jostle along slowly with everyone else for two hours. This would turn out to be the opening act to a run of … Continue reading A run of bad luck in Serbia
Castles and gorges in Slovakia, a slight hiccup at the Romanian border and an impromptu overnight stay in Hungary
Due to the miserable weather in Zakopane, we carried on south through to the Slovakian side of Tatras Mountains where, predictably, it was still fairly miserable but the scenery that we could see was really dramatic and what would have been a damp and unpleasant hike was in fact a lovely drive. As we progressed … Continue reading Castles and gorges in Slovakia, a slight hiccup at the Romanian border and an impromptu overnight stay in Hungary
Auschwitz-Birkenau
It felt inappropriate to include our visit to Auschwitz as a section of another post which would likely contain light-hearted topics and frivolousness, so we decided to write about it separately. We have included some practicalities about visiting at the very end, the main body of the post is about our experience. This will not … Continue reading Auschwitz-Birkenau
Our fleeting impressions of Poland
Almost the very first thing that we saw when we arrived in Poland was this: So, we were off to an awesome start and we continued to enjoy our brief foray in to the country. It was late afternoon when we crossed the border and after our earlier walk we were really just looking for … Continue reading Our fleeting impressions of Poland
Three days in the Czech Republic
Disclaimer: We have not included all of the diacritical marks in place names because our computer recognises some of them but will not allow us, for example, to put an umlaut over a consonant. We've tried our best to add them from Google but may have missed some. On the plus side, this has given … Continue reading Three days in the Czech Republic
The start of our European tour
Once we had made our decision to explore Europe, we needed to find a campervan, our preferred mode of travel. This turned out to be a fairly challenging undertaking at the last minute in summer but James was persistent and finally tracked one down. This large hurdle crossed, it was pretty straight forward organising ourselves. … Continue reading The start of our European tour
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