Well, we have reached the final destination for this tour – back in Budapest for the last couple of days. It will give us the opportunity to see a bit more of the place. We are staying at the Budapest Marriott Hotel – very convenient as the car drop off […]
Hmmm, get your tongue around that one ! We are in the beautiful high mountains of Slovakia at the Grand Hotel Kempinski, High Tatras. The place we are staying is pretty plushy ! But more on that later. It rained through the night and for most of today so the […]
A Visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial What we did today is very hard to describe. For me, and my interest in history, it was something that I wanted to do and I thank Adrienne for her planning of it and being a part of it, though I know some of […]
We started today with a tour to the Wieliczka Salt Mines. In fact we started with a bit of a sleep in after our long day and drive yesterday as we had received an email last night from the tour company saying they wouldn’t be picking us up until 9.50am […]
Although a dedicated photographer would have planned to be on Charles Bridge at dawn, when dawn is 5 am and you are on holidays, dedication sometimes sleeps in ! ? So our visit started at 6.30am instead. We justified our tardiness with the fact that it was cloudy and there […]
