Squeezed into a narrow cove, reminiscent of Cornwall’s seaside villages, Cudillero’s seafaring houses tumble into […]
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Covid-19: remembering our first trip
Housebound and country bound in the Covid crisis, we look back at our first trip away in 2011.
A week in Montenegro
Hanging over the side of the ship we saw calm azure water drifting like aqueous gel and full of shoals of fish. We heard the call to prayer and glimpsed dainty minarets amongst the rooflines of small fishing villages. It was a mesmerising first glimpse of East Europe.
Budapest
In the economic depression of 2011 in Hungary, we spent three days in Budapest which we hoped would be a highlight but instead proved one of the few lowlights of our trip.
Szentendre & Eger
Rural farmland, river villages and sampling Bulls Blood in the Valley of Beautiful Women at Eger.
Mountain Drive to the High Tatras
We aimed to leave Hungary at a quiet border crossing in the north which we anticipated would be police and checkpoint-free.
The High Tatras
Life on the road teaches you many things. On this adventure, we learnt the harsh lesson of how you can never rely on a cable car when the weather turns at altitude!