Heading back towards civilisation… Our time in Japan’s far North came to an end today, and wouldn’t you know it, we actually had FULL SUNSHINE and blue skies for the first time in a week! The benefit of having such brilliant weather is that we got to see […]
Giving Bucharest a second chance… As you may have deduced, Bucharest did not make a great first impression on us yesterday. We had a mornng in town today and decided to spend our last few hours in Romania looking for Bucharest’s hidden treasures with a local guide. Through […]
Bucharest: A strong contender for “Ugliest City in Europe” We left the beautiful city of Brasov behind morning and caught the train to Bucharest, Romania’s capital city. We’ve only been here half a day and already we rate this as one of the ugliest and scariest cities we […]
Exploring Eger… We left the big city traffic and chaos of Budapest behind today and headed East, bound for one of Hungary’s prettiest best preserved Baroque town: Eger. Eger is a relatively small town (population about 55,000) in the Northern Uplands (Hungary’s version of highlands […]
Hiking through the Krkonoše National Park We spent most of our day today hiking through the Czech wilderness. It was awesome! A little chilly, but spectacular. After a few days in Prague it was good to leave the big city behind this morning and head out […]
Wandering Soles 