200-202 The surreal world of Dali

Given I used to manage an art gallery I thought I knew a lot of Dali’s artwork but on visiting the Dali Theatre Museum in Figueres, I realised just how varied and prolific he was. It’s an absolute feast for the eyes with my favourites being his ink characters and watercolour war paintings, whereas my …

178 – Castles and Caves

Today we saw what feats of creation both man and nature can achieve. Our morning walk was around the grounds of Marimare Castle, which has a spectacular cliff edge setting with views of Slovenia to the left and views of Italy to the right. After a false start getting stuck in a tight, steep one …

154 – Autumnal Mountains, Castles and Geysers

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 …

Day 7 – Three countries in one day!

Journey: Bouillon (Belgium) – Sedan (France) – Luxembourg City (70 miles) Is it obvious we never made a plan? Luxembourg was never mentioned and yet once we realised how close we were it seemed a shame not to go 😂 It means today the pups and us have walked in three different countries! Surprisingly we have …

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