Started the day with a pretty cruisy bus ride up to the top of Vrsic Pass. Located in the Julian Alps, it’s the highest pass in Slovenia. Elevation 1611 metres. In 1915/16 the Austrian army engaged 10,000 Russian prisoners of war to build the road from Kranjska Gora over Vrsic Mountain Pass to Trenta. In March 2016 more than 100 prisoners and some Austrian guards … Continue reading Day 4 – Slovenia Cycle Tour – Vrsic Pass to Bovec
As a tour guide you must cater to the lowest common denominator. Turns out I am not the lowest common denominator. No matter how bad yesterday was and how anxious I was about today’s ride, I did ok. At the morning briefing Tomi, our group leader, warned us how tough the day would be and that we had options to hop in the van and … Continue reading Day 3 Slovenia Cycle Tour and Kranjska Gora
Today was horrendous. For me. We started the day off with a big hotel breakfast and a loading of our suitcases into the support van. The group then headed out on a 15 minute walk to the bus station where we boarded the local bus. Destination Bled, a scenic resort town on Lake Bled. From there, we debriefed, tested our bikes and headed out. Our … Continue reading Day 2 Slovenia Cycle Tour and Bled
Ljubljana, capital and largest city of Slovenia, is located along a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region. Slovenia is of course right there next to Italy. In case you were wondering. The city’s symbol is a dragon. It was thought that the dragon was adopted from Saint George, the patron of the Ljubljana Castle chapel which was built in the … Continue reading Day 1 Slovenia Cycle Tour and Ljubljana
The Turks and their coffee ☕️ 🤪 Black, strong and thick enough to stand the whole cutlery set up in. Not at all a match for a single shot soy drinking yuppie like moi. Fortunately MoD, who can smell a chocolate shop at 200 metres, spotted Max Brenners. A little bit of Melbourne – even though it’s an Israeli brand we Aussies have claimed it. … Continue reading And off we go…….
They drive on the left and walk on the right…..mostly. Interesting. And just a tad frustrating. Of course it’s our diverse global communities which should be celebrated. Anyway……Hop on hop off. I firmly believe if you only have a few days in an interesting city a Hop On Hop Off bus is the way to go. You get your bearings, you see the sights, you … Continue reading Londoners……
Well it all seemed ok to begin with. I was concerned because daylight savings starts here in Budapest this morning but we got our wake up call at 3.45am, along with all four of our alarms going off at the same time. There was no chance we would sleep in or be an hour late. Thank you Tim Apple. The taxi to the airport took … Continue reading Ryan Air ……. and London
We took a walk down to the Museum of Ethnography. We had seen it on our bus trip and it fascinated us. On the way, in the crowd, MoD reached out and grabbed some guy. Turns out it was Rob – and of course Sally. I would have walked straight past. It’s a lot busier this Easter Saturday than it has been, people everywhere, mainly … Continue reading Goodbye Budapest! Our last day in this amazing city 😢
Was a busy day in Budapeessshhht today. But first it was time to leave our boat and say our goodbyes. We were all a little sad to end this part of our journey but not sad to at least try and get back to more normal eating patterns. And we will, now that we have to pay for our own food. 😜 No more six … Continue reading Chimney Cake and other things
We have seen a lot of old on this trip and it’s true to say there may have been some talk of ABC from the people on the boat. Another Bloody Castle. Not so with Budapest. We sailed in at 10am to a collective gasp. The place is stunning. Population about 1.8million, capital of Hungary and the largest city on the Danube River. We didn’t … Continue reading Budapest, pronounced BudaPesht
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