Category Archives: Europe

We had a leisurely morning on October 6 looking around Interlaken. There were a number of shops that sold very elaborate cuckoo clocks and we debated whether we would like to get one one to bring home. In the end, … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we had a leisurely morning and a walk around the harbour on Lake Geneva before walking the 300 metres, or so, around to the station to catch our 12:55 Golden Pass Panorama train to Interlaken. We started by following … Continue reading →

We arrived in Lucerne, Switzerland, yesterday afternoon after a long trip from Venice. We had almost two hours in which to change trains in Milan on the way and it was quite difficult in a crowded station which was undergoing … Continue reading →

We have spent the last two days in Venice and I am sitting on a train to Milan, waiting to pull out from Leonardo de Vinci Station on the grand canal. It has been very humid for the last couple … Continue reading →

We left Slovenia on Tuesday after visiting the Karst caves at Postojne. We reached the main chamber on a little train that travelled about 2 kms into the mountain through a series of halls filled with stalactites, stalagmites and grand … Continue reading →

After crossing the border from Croatia into Slovenia, the environment was noticeably different. Slovenia is noticeably more affluent (probably because it is in the EU and didn’t have a six year long war that sucked up a lot of money). … Continue reading →

We had a long day of travel from Dubrovnick to northern Croatia. A we travelled north, the scenery changed from the harsh Dalmation coastline with its rugged limestone mountain ranges and stunted trees to one which was more temperate with … Continue reading →

On Saturday, we took one of the options available tours and did a day tour to Montenegro, one It is one of the old Yugoslav states and it added another country to my list. It was only a short distance … Continue reading →

I realise that it is now a few days since my last posting and that’s because for the last six days, I have been battling a severe dose of gastro which has knocked me round solidly. It started after we … Continue reading →

‘Budapesht’, to use the correct Hungarian pronunciation, is the combination of two old towns – Buda and Pest. Buda is on the hilly northern side of the river and Pest is a flat city on the southern side.   Cathy … Continue reading →