Category: My blog
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Day 43 – Slovakia and Austria
Our desire for spicy food wasn’t met last night. After reading the terrible reviews for the curry house we were going to, we decided to give it a miss. The Thai restaurant that was our alternative was full so we ended up back in Bratislava’s old town. Underwhelming in the day, it had turned into…
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Day 42 – Slovakia. Bratislava
Woke up to pouring rain and low cloud so it was a good day to move on. Easy journey to Bratislava. Our “apartment” (it’s just a room really) is very centrally located and we found it without any trouble. Driving into the parking area was another matter, with me pulling and pushing the metal door…
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Day 41 – Slovakia
In the night, someone removed my legs and replaced them with lead ones. This did not help my progress one bit today as, for the early part of today’s hike, it felt as though a very heavy child was sat on my back. I also discovered that I had not been told the complete truth…
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Day 40 – Slovakia
I have a few inaccuracies to clear up from yesterday’s blog post: The peak we climbed called Rysy is 2500m high, not 2900m and we did not catch the train back. (Mores the bloomin’ pity) Right, on with today. Early start and out the door by 8.15am. Probably a record for us. And we made…
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Day 39 – Romania/Hungary/Slovakia
Woke up to rain this morning. Apparently there had been a big thunderstorm earlier. I had slept through it, probably because I’d been kept up by partygoers coming back at 3 in the morning, banging on hotel doors because the person they were sharing with had fallen asleep and locked them out. This is one…
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Day 38 – still Romania
Our next major stop is Slovakia where we hope to do some walking. I certainly need to, my stomach is beginning to show the signs of way too much food and alcohol. Today was a long travel day. Romania has few motorways and most of the roads are like the UK’s were 40 years ago…
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Day 38 – Romania
Today we visited peles castle in Sinaia. It was built in the 1800’s before the days of communism. It is in a beautiful situation, surrounded by the carpathian mountains. Many of the rooms were very sombre with dark wood and heavy furniture but some had fabulous chandeliers and mirrors, similar to the Linderhoff castle we…
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Day 37 Brasov, Romania
We had a very jolly time last night – drank some beer and wine (delicious here by the way), ate typical Romanian food and then back to the city square for Irish coffees. I was fine and slept like a log but Steve was feeling a tiny bit fragile this morning. Best thing for a…
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Day 36 – Bulgaria/Romania
Our route today took us from Veliko Tarnarvo ,through Russe, across the Danube and into Romania. The drive through Bulgaria was easy and civilised. Definitely a country I would return to. All our problems were in Romania, starting with crossing the border. We were stuck in roadworks on the bridge crossing the Danube for an…
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Day 35 – Turkey and Bulgaria
Felt very groggy today after a bit of a restless night. I really don’t enjoy the Turkish way of sleeping under a scratchy blanket rather than a sheet. It was clean though, better than a grotty towel aka an experience had in Thailand. The roads were much quieter today and we made very good time…
Middle-aged flash packers 