Middle-aged flash packers

We’re on the home stretch now. We stopped in Gummersbach overnight as it was just over half way between Dresden and Calais. Pleasant little place with a lake. The hotel we stayed in suggested a Croatian restaurant down the road which turned out to be a complete meat fest. A slightly strange and melancholy meal.…

The weather was a bit of a surprise when we arrived here yesterday. I had to wear jeans and a fleece and I was still cold! Prepared for similar conditions today, I sweltered in jeans, what is happening to the world? Despite the strange weather, Dresden gets a big thumbs up from me. It’s had…

The Sky Bar at the Hotel Horizont proved to be a real treat. High up on the 18th floor, it had a comfortable, retro yet communist feel of the 1980’s, before the Velvet Revolution. I could picture communist bigwigs relaxing on the huge leather seats, drinking their choice of destilat. We also relaxed on the…

It’s our 35th wedding anniversary today and we laid in bed until 11am, sipping champagne and giving each other expensive gifts. Yeah right. I got the very bent card I had packed before we came and hurriedly wrote it out. Obviously Steve hadn’t gone to such trouble but did appreciate the sentiment on the front…

Google said our drive to PPS was going to be around 2.5 hours so we decided to stop off at Hubra Skala where there are some interesting rock formations. It was a warm day and combined with the holiday weekend , HS was somewhat busy. Nice to see families out and about though. The rocks…

Box ticked. Done. We won’t be back. Sorry if that sounds harsh but Prague did not float my boat. The crowds made Cesky Krumlov look deserted. People seemed to be in some sort of zombie trance, anything seemed worthy of staring at even if it was someone blowing bubbles. The architecture is interesting but it’s…

Firstly I must apologise for calling our lovely host in Cesky Krumlov Steven. His name is Petr. No idea where I got that from. In order to make amends, I am posting pictures of his beautiful breakfasts that he delivers to his guests. Today we headed off to Dobrichovice, a very small town about 40minutes…

It’s rare that somewhere is prettier in reality than in carefully taken tourist photos, but Cesky Krumlov is one of those places. After an easy 4.5 hour drive from KG we arrived at Penzion Svojse, dumped our stuff and headed out to explore CK. I’ve always wanted to visit Bohemia. I imagined its history to…

Last night we ate out in Kranjska Gora. I ordered stuffed calamari. I imagined a delicate filling of breadcrumbs, herbs, maybe a minced prawn. Nope. Spam and cheese. I ate most of it as I was hungry but it was very odd and I wouldn’t recommend it. Today we decided to drive to Mojstrana and…

I’ve decided that Slovenians have some sort of genetic aberration that has made them half mountain goat. They seem attracted to steep slopes and even those that look as though they’ve overindulged on the goulash fly up the hills with ease. Parents carry their babies and children with them. It’s quite amazing. We decided to…