Category: travel
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That’s a wrap (of the Rick Steves Eastern Europe tour, anyway)!
We ended our two-week Eastern Europe tour in Slovenia, a country about which I knew next to nothing. It is absolutely charming! It’s quite small (the size of New Hampshire) and sits snuggled between Italy, Austria and Croatia. We got a tour of the capitol of Ljubljana from a local guide who told us that
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Another day, another country
We left Hungary and drove to Croatia, stopping at the border for passport inspection. It turns out Croatia, while sort of part of the EU, is not a full member and is not part of the Schengen Zone so its borders with neighboring EU countries like Hungary (which is higher up the EU food chain) are
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Three days in Hungary
We spent a long day in the bus getting from Poland to Hungary. Our bus breakdown set us back a few hours so we didn’t reach Eger, Hungary until around 10pm so after grabbing a quick bite at a very nice restaurant which we were all too tired to really appreciate everyone headed to their
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“For the dead and the living we will bear witness”
We left Krakow and started our journey to Hungary. We were supposed to hit the road bright and early but (dun dun DUN) our bus had a mechanical problem (a belt failed) which delayed us a good 90 minutes. This in turn messed up our reservations at Auschwitz-Birkenau so the whole day was a bit
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If it’s Monday or Tuesday it must be Krakow
Editor’s note: Yes, I know I’m behind with my posts. I blame Budapest. The hotel wifi we have here gives “spotty” a new name… We drove in the bus from Prague to Krakow by way of a charming town in Czechia called Stramberk and had time for lunch and a climb to see the Castle
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Exploring Prague
We spent a lot of our final day in Prague in the Prague Castle complex. They aren’t kidding when they say it’s the largest castle complex in Europe. It took about four hours to see most of the buildings and St. Vitus Cathedral – a spectacular neo-Gothic building (parts go back to the 14th century
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