Exploring Hrad Krumlov and the Šumava National Park Evening blog fans! Hope you had a wonder Wednesday; we had another marvellous day here in Český Krumlov, enjoying the gorgeous autumn weather and exploring a bit more of the town and its surrounds. We also learnt today that the town’s name […]
Vítejte v České! That is: welcome to Czechia (i.e. the Czech Republic)! Another day, another country… and what a wonderful country it is so far! The origins of modern-day Czechia can be traced back to the 9th century, when the Kingdom of Bohemia, a small kingdom […]
Vitajte na Slovenskom! That is: welcome to Slovakia! The Eastern European leg of our adventure has well and truly begun with today being our first day in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. We caught the local train with our tour group this morning out of Vienna. […]
What a summer schloss! As with most European royal families, the Haspburgs of Austria had a summer palace as well as winter one. We saw their winter palace (Hofburg) on Friday and, seeing as it was warm and sunny, we thought we would take the opportunity today to […]
Pictures, palaces, parks & the Naschmarkts After yesterday’s overload of history and culture (that’s kultcha for the Aussies at home), we wanted to see a couple of different types of things today. So we headed out to one of Vienna’s premier art museums, the Belvedere Palace, for the morning […]
Wandering Soles 