I know we said we loved Budapest – but on departure from Szentendre, one missed turn on the satnav saw us plough head long into Central Budapest, traffic and all. I loved having one last look at the beautiful buildings – though the commentary from the driver was slightly different to that on the tourist …
Month: June 2014
beautiful bubbling budapest
We have just spent a lovely five nights in and around Budapest and have officially declared it our favourite city to date, with Hungary rating very highly as a country overall too! Of course – Budapest is stunningly beautiful with endless architectural delights, thermal baths galore and the delightful Danube, but it also has a …
culture and candy floss….
Leaving the lovely Czech Republic behind, we headed back to Austria for a couple of days, and in the cheesiest of entries, we drove into Vienna with Ultravox blaring ‘ahhh….Vienna’ on the stereo. Made us giggle at least. After popping into a camping store to buy some new levelling chocks (our current chocks cracked under …
going dutch in the czech republic
We are not quite sure how it happened, but we managed to spend almost all our two weeks in the Czech Republic in the company of Dutch folk. We had a workaway arranged on a Dutch run campsite in South Bohemia (where we had decided to focus all our visit), but we hadn’t appreciated that …
the hills are alive….
And so are we. We were on a literal high with ten wonderful days up in the Alps – Swiss Alps, Austrian Alps and the German Bavarian Alps. All gorgeous! Let’s start with Heidi’s homeland – Switzerland….the land of milk and honey chocolate….. Given that Switzerland is world famous for producing such high quality chocolate …
flying through france
Leaving Spain, we flew (in a chitty chitty bang bang way) through France en-route to Switzerland and the Alps. We will be back in France for a little longer in September so this was merely a transit trip. Despite the pace, we managed a few good times, starting with a lovely afternoon / evening in …
The Winding Road 