2017 Europe – On the road again

October 3, 2017

Learning from travel

After 12 weeks exploring Europe and Great Britain, I have learnt a few things. Here are some of them in no particular order.

2017 Europe/Ruminations/Two of us

October 2, 2017

Orly

So it ends. To paraphrase the song, “You take the highway and we’ll take the slow road” because there was no need to rush today. Orly airport is about 300 km from Puxe, about 3 hours by autoroute with tolls or a little longer by the country roads. Our first flight, BA337 to London where we join Qantas QF2, leaves...

2017 Europe/Two of us

October 1, 2017

Puxe

In planning our 3 day return from Prague to Paris I wanted to make the driving distances close to equal with the third day possibly a little shorter to allow some flexibility. I avoided overnight stays in large cities to simplify parking and allow us to see some more interesting locations in the countryside. Like Dürrwangen, Puxe was not somewhere...

2017 Europe/Two of us

September 30, 2017

Dürrwangen

Now we are on the homeward trail. Prague to Paris could be possible in a single 11 to 12 hour day of hard driving but on this trip I tried to limit driving to 4 hours per day wherever possible. That came down to roughly 4 hours today, 4 tomorrow, and a short final push on Monday. Hotel-Gasthof zum Hirschen in...

2017 Europe/Two of us

September 29, 2017

Prague

One reason we are travelling independently rather than on a group tour is that we are not good conventional tourists and prefer to do our own thing. We arrived in Prague early enough yesterday to be able to visit several of the well known locations and had decided that we did not want to visit the castle or churches. Our...

2017 Europe/Two of us

September 28, 2017

Czech Republic

We did not cross any international borders today but we moved from Česky Krumlov to Prague within the Czech Republic. Two nights here will bring us to the end of our sightseeing destinations. Beyond that we have a couple of nights at convenient waypoints toward Paris and home.

2017 Europe/Two of us

September 27, 2017

Stift Melk

We visited Stift Melk briefly with Joel in 2008 as we drove from Salzburg to Vienna where I was going to a conference. It was a chance encounter when we saw signs and an interesting building and late enough in the day that we did not have time for more than a quick look. I planned our driving on this...

2017 Europe/Two of us

September 26, 2017

Belvedere

Today started in a bustling Hungarian metropolis and ended in a quiet Austrian village. Along the way we had a few surprises.

2017 Europe/Two of us

September 25, 2017

Budapest

It would be more accurate to title this post Pest, because we never actually made it across the river to Buda. We managed to experience something of the Hungarian capital today but there is much more that we could have seen and done.

2017 Europe/Two of us

September 24, 2017

Slovakia

We spent today in three countries. We left Poland, passed through Slovakia, and ended in Hungary. I confess that when I was planning this trip I knew very little about Slovakia. The only city name I recognised was Bratislava and it was in the west of the country, near Vienna. We wanted to go to Budapest which is further east...

2017 Europe/Two of us

Category: 2017 Europe

Learning from travel

Orly

Puxe

Dürrwangen

Prague

Czech Republic

Stift Melk

Belvedere

Budapest

Slovakia