2017 A break from Blighty Archives - Page 2 of 5

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Salt, the white gold, provided Poland with one third of its income in the time […]

The history of Kraków can be read as a potted history of Poland. It has […]

Our first day back in Poland became a pilgrimage, without our intending it to be. […]

The Swahili word ‘safari’ means to make a journey and to be out of touch. […]

The Orava region is named for the river which winds north east from the foothills […]

We crossed the border over water, using the bridge over the Duna at Esztergom. The […]

Esztergom is Hungary’s most sacred city being the place of King Istvan’s coronation on Christmas […]

Rising like Jedha in a mirage across the dusty fields alongside the M6, a giant […]

Hungary has 22 different wine regions and two of them, Tokaj and Sopron, are World […]

The Romans established Pannonia in which their southern base was the city of Sopianae, today’s […]