3 dogs, 2 humans, 1 van, touring around Europe sniffing out adventures
After a leisurely morning with the pups, we ventured into the Buda part of Budapest. There is a collection of stunning architectural sights, my favourite of which was the Fisherman’s Bastion which is just magnificent. It’s an area you just want to potter around slowly and soak up all that’s around you – the architecture, …
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Typically when we visit a new city we head straight for the centre and soak up the atmosphere. In Budapest we took a different approach and took the Zugliget Chairlift to Normafa Park for a fun steep ride up the hillside and a lovely view over the city. Once back at the van, I got …
Wow the Banská Štiavnica Calvary is stunning! We really hadn’t got a true grasp of what a wonderful position it had. As morning walks go it was a true gem. Mark and I then walked into the main town in search of coffee, but actually found a wonderful tea house, with around 50 different teas …
Almost 6 months into our trip and I’m still making daft mistakes. I had planned to climb Krivan mountain this morning. Peeked out the window at 6am and it was still dark and didn’t want to wake anyone so waited, but was conscious it was a 4hr hike, so thought I’d double check the route…its …
You might want to grab a coffee, today’s is a long one. This mornings plans went out the window early on, as I slept through my alarms and woke in a strange and restless mood. Typically Sundays are our reset days where we do little and just relax but I felt today some time to …
Last night we parked up at Ochtinska Aragonite Cave which is right out in the middle of nowhere and thus gifted us a clear starry sky. Having seen many caves, Mark needed a little persuasion to visit this one, but it is one of only three aragonite caves in the world open to the public. …
We took the pups for their morning walk around Levoca, and it’s true many of the buildings have embraced both colour and patterns. Though we saw even more brightly coloured houses, in electric blues, lime greens and pinks dotted in little villages on our drive to Paradise National Park. One thing that made me giggle …
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Autumn has most definitely arrived, and how beautiful it is! This morning we drove into Slovakia towards stunning mountain ranges and had a lovely long walk in the Upper Tatras at Tatranska Lomnicka. As I was happily kicking my way through the leaves, I realised this is Ernests first Autumn. No wonder he is snuffling …
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I love it that my body puts me to sleep when I’m ill. I slept through my alarms, had a monster 10 hours and woke feeling great. The plan was to walk the pups on the park and then head south into the Tatra National Park. Well the first stumbling block was that the places …
Up bright an early to make the most of our last day in Krakow. I had a lovely 2mile jog around the park then did my exercises and picked up Mark and the pups for a further walk. We have been planning for winter, and our route keeps changing as we find out more about …
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