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Day 44 -Austria
Today we were up at 6.15am ready to do the seven summits walk. This walk is described on the Saalbach website as only suitable for “experienced mountaineers”. Yikes! Terrified already. For reasons only known to Saalbachers, the cable car opens at 7.30am for ten minutes, then closes again until 8.30am. We had to catch the…
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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…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
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- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
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- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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