The hilly side of town Buda is the older part of Budapest; it’s on the Western side of the Danube and is quite hilly (Pest, by comparison, is newer, flatter and on the Eastern bank of the Danube). Buda is also where we spent our day sightseeing. […]
Ready for our Hungarian adventure We’re in Budapest! Capital of the ancient and mighty Hungarian empire and once one of Europe’s greatest cultural capitals, Budapest is today a bustling metropolis of more than 3 million people. The two halves of the city, Buda and Pest, straddle the Danube […]
Welcome back to Slovakia! We’re back in Slovakia, though it’s just for the day. Our tour takes us through the mountainous Northern part of Slovakia on our way through to Budapest (Hungary), with tonight’s home-away-from-home being the alpine town of Tatranska Lomnica. It took us about […]
A kracking day in Krakow… We had a great day today exploring Krakow’s Old Town and Wawel Castle, the city’s hill-top seat of power. The city is so picturesque that it was a pleasure wandering its cobbled streets today, soaking up some history. We’ve actually […]
327m down in Wieliczka We continued our exploration of Poland today with a trip to Wieliczka, a small town on the outskirts of modern-day Krakow in the very Southern corner of the country. Wieliczka is one of Poland’s most popular tourist sights because this is where the Wieliczka Salt […]
Wandering Soles 