KRAKOW From Budapest to Krakow we took a 7-hour train ride. We had seats across from 2 young men, one Australian and one from Finlandia, who both loved to talk! The train had a club/dining car and was perfectly comfortable - until it stopped all of 20 km from Budapest and sat on the tracks …
BUDAPEST We were sad to leave beautiful Lake Bled, but also excited to keep moving on! Once more we boarded a beautiful, big, extremely clean and comfy European tour bus for our 7-hour trip to another stop on our tour of Eastern Europe - this time Hungary. Our ride to Budapest Joyce will now step …
LAKE BLED Once upon a time in a land far, far away there lived a beautiful princess in a castle perched on a mountain top overlooking a crystal-clear, turquoise blue lake. The Princess, against her father's wishes, fell in love with a handsome boy from the village down below. They would sneak away and laugh …
A LITTLE HISTORY - THANKS TO WIKIPEDIA. I was going to copy and paste a bit of the history of this fascinating country which was formerly a part of Communist Yugoslavia, but it's a long and interesting history, and you really need to read it for yourself - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia DUBROVNIK We bused from Naples to …
SORRENTO & THE AMALFI COAST A first - from Rome to Naples we took the fast train which took just one hour! It was great, I just couldn't take pictures out the window as everything was whooshing by too fast! We changed at the Naples station to the 'subway' or local train to Sorrento. First, …
ROMA After our gracious Airbnb host, Paolo, came to the flat, and grabbed our suitcases, we once again boarded a very nice bus for the short trip from Siena to Rome. Rome - what can I say? Over-crowded with tourists? That probably is the understatement of this blog! Just getting a taxi from the bus …
SIENA Under the Tuscan Sun! We bused from Florence to the lovely Tuscan town of Siena and fell in love! We were so happy to be out of a big city and in an area of Italy with green, rolling hills, castles and ancient cities perched on hilltops with acres of vineyards to fill the …
Firenze/Florence Ah, Italy! When you think of Italy, and Firenze in particular, you think of Michelangelo, the Ponte Vecchio, the David, the Pitti Palace, and Pizza! We had all of those on our mind when we flew from Faro, Portugal to Firenze on Iberia Airlines. Iberia is Spain's official airlines and we have agreed - …
The Algarve To quote Lonely Planet - 'Soaring cliffs, sea caves, golden beaches, scalloped bays and sandy islands draw over four million visitors to the Algarve each year. Portugal's southwestern border is surrounded on two sides by the Atlantic. It's a paradise for surfers, especially along the refreshingly undeveloped west coast.' Several years ago I …
My Home on the Roam 