Hopefully my cat will be pleased to see me😊 Would you believe that it's lovely and sunny this morning! Why couldn't that have been yesterday 😕 Three hour drive and then three hours round Vienna and then drive to hotel in Vocklebruck 🤷🏻♀️for penultimate hotel before home to my own bed. Back with more bridge …
Day 16 of 19 – tour of Budapest
The forecast for today said rain and at the moment (7am) it looks like, to coin a phrase, pea soup (my phrase anyway, must be a northern saying). So I don't think there'll be any nice blue sky photos😪. Aside from a whistle stop stop in Vienna this is our last sightseeing day and it's …
Day 15 of 19 – travel to Budapest
So today is taken up with travel mainly. We go one hour ahead in Hungary so will then only be one hour ahead of the UK. This was a nice hotel but a little too far out from the city centre so couldn't explore which was a shame. This one is for you Mandy! I …
Day 14 of 19 – travel to Sighisoara then to Cluj Napoca
Good morning. May not be too many photos today! Two hour journey to Sighisoara then a quick look around and then another two hours, by way of Tirgu Mures (whatever that is! ) to Cluj Napoca (capital of Transylvania and as legend has it, birthplace of Vlad the Impaler) for our overnight stay before we …
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Day 13 of 19 – City tour of Brasov
So today we'll see the black church and the narrowest Street at four foot wide and other things I'm sure. Then we have free time. This area is the habitat of the brown bear, linx and boar. It's a ski resort too, apparently. We can go up the tampa mountain. It's an hour to walk …
Day 12 of 19 – Dracula here I come
So now I've replaced the library photos with my own🤦🏻♀️🤣 Okay so first off is Peles Castle (pronounced by our guide with a silent h on the end Pelesh) Probably not what you associate with a traditional castle. Pretty from the outside and grandiose from the inside. Apparently it has 140 rooms including 30 bathrooms! …
Day 11 of 19 flying solo in Bucharest
I forgot to say that yesterday was Michaela's 21st birthday. So I'm not the youngest on this trip🙄🤣 I'll be back later with lots of photos! Or not. International emergency number is 112 remember! 😆 I made it! PHOTO ALERT. LOTS OF THEM. I think that's probably Bucharest all done and dusted with! In order …
Day 10 of 19 – walking tour of Veliko Tarnovo then Arbanasi and then on to Romania
The view today at breakfast I'll be back later with more photos! So I guessed right in as much as we walked last night most of where we walked today with the exception of going to the entrance of the fortress. Most of the little back streets were really quaint and would have been lovely …
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Day 9 of 19 – Plovdiv then on to Veliko Tarnovo
I thought I only had a short journey to Plovdiv however once we've been around there we head off to Veliko Tarnovo which is a 4.5 hour journey😪 So last night's dinner went like a military operation yet still quite amusing. So the four travellers that don't have cheese have been identified! Liz pointed out …
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Day 8 of 19 – City tour of Sofia
So last night Johnny had a melt down in the restaurant and I think it was all the vegetarians faults😆 It didn't start well because we were told dinner was from from 7 pm till 10 pm and to go down anytime and not a preset time like previous hotels. Apparently the chef hadn't even …
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