** Travel Treasures **
We crossed the boarder and already we're feeling Italian. Our hotel was directly opposite the train station, which was incredibly handy... That's the train station = right there. It was such a beautiful day, we dropped our bags and headed for the old town. Well look at that... all roads do lead to Roma! Warning:... Continue Reading →
Thanks for this Wikipedia: According to some medieval chronicles, the name Buda came from the brother of Attila, King of the Huns, and Buda was a popular person's name in use at the time. Another story is that Atilla killed his brother, Buda and threw his body in the Danube... Other sources (including our tour... Continue Reading →
Today was Bratislava and this was our view on arrival. We were about 500 metres or so from the old town and joined our 'gentle' walking tour. At this stage of the trip everyone is tired and the people with mobility difficulties seem to be walking slower and slower, so today was hard going. Also... Continue Reading →
Today's view on waking... Modern Vienna. But on the other side of the ship was old Vienna and where we are headed today for a little bus ride around the ring road, which is where all the important buildings are located and then a small walking tour... Vienna is all about the beautiful architecture, the... Continue Reading →
Today's first stop was Melk and visit to the Abbey. Me Jenny and I have visited the Abbey before and decided to sit this one out for a slow quiet morning. But we could see it from where the ship was docked... Then we cruised through the Wachau Valley - one of the prettiest sections... Continue Reading →
Me Jen and I had been looking very much forward to visiting Česky Krumlov. On our last visit, because of the flooding on the Danube, we had to bypass a couple of stops and Česky was one of them. Česky Krumlov... or just Krum as the locals call it is a 2 hour bus journey... Continue Reading →
Our morning looked a little foggy... and we passed some interesting looking things along the way to Regensburg. We started off the day (11.30am) with a special Bavarian lunch - complete with huge beers as big as Jenny's head. She could hardly hold it up with her little arms. They had a buffet of all... Continue Reading →
No this is not a typo - this seems to be how German speakers pronounce Nuremberg, so I'm going with it. This was my view on waking this morning... a little less picturesque than past days, but if I'm honest, my memory of Nuremberg from 14 years ago was not favourable, so I wasn't expecting... Continue Reading →
As you know we turned off the Rhine and onto the Main River at Mainz, then just before our next stop of Bamberg, we turned onto the Main-Danube canal. The connection between the Main and the Danube, effectively connecting the Rhine and Danube. There was a bit of time onboard as we went through many... Continue Reading →
This was my view today... We actually turned off the Rhine River yesterday at the town of Mainz (pronounced Minez) and now we are on the Main River (pronounced Mine). Our stop today is Würzberg. And getting there was juts beautiful. I mean.... look! It was like being in a real life Turner painting. That's... Continue Reading →
I flung back my curtain to this scene this morning... The choice for the day was between two big walking tours back to back and a bus ride in the middle or staying on the boat. We decided to stay onboard. Then we sailed into Miltenberg where all the tours were starting from... Then we... Continue Reading →
There was a fair bit of cruising today as we didn't get to our firsts stop until the middle of the afternoon. This is what we passed by... Can someone tell me, are these nests? Bird's nests? What sort of bird builds a nest like this? There were hundreds. EDIT: My very knowledgable friend from... Continue Reading →
This title is a quote from "Back to the Future", when Marty's dad, George McFly is practicing what he is going to say to Marty's mum, Lorraine at the Under the Sea dance. This title is fitting because today we are boarding the Emerald Destiny for our journey from Amsterdam along the Rhine and Danube... Continue Reading →
Last weekend we met one half of my London Gang and this weekend we meet up the other half... These lovely ladies travelled out to Tunbridge Wells from London and Liverpool for the weekend. Here is a bit of history about the lovely spa town of TW In the main part of town is a... Continue Reading →
We woke to a beautiful morning, albeit a little chilly. And then started our journey to follow the south coast. This couple had clearly endured a long wet summer and were soaking up all the sunshine today. We stopped by Shoreham Fort for a little look. Then a short stop in the town of Lewes... Continue Reading →
After speaking with my mate, Kev about our family tree, he was very keen to help us look for headstones. As he lives in Salisbury and as luck would have it, 2 blocks from one of their main cemeteries. He took their dog, Spot for a wander through the graveyard and found.. Henry George and... Continue Reading →
Today's adventure took us down the road a bit to Tilshead, Amesbury, Shrewton, Winterbourne Stoke, Elston, Orcheston - a good number of villages in the Wiltshire area that are mentioned in our family tree as far as our ancestors being born, living or dying there. They are also some of the cutest villages we've been... Continue Reading →
Since we were sort of in the area, we thought we might spend a few hours revisiting Bath. Jen and I did a bus tour years ago that took in Cornwall, Devon, The Cotswolds, Bristol and Bath, but we thought it couldn't hurt to have a refresher. Me Jen had an extensive list of all... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was a rest day for Me Jenny whilst I headed over to the lovely village of Marlborough to catch up with some of the best people I know. I met this group of lovelies in an 'old bloke's pub' called Sully's in South London almost 20 years ago. Most have moved out of London... Continue Reading →
Day 1: After the mammoth flight into Heathrow, of which I slept approximately 15 of the 13 hours in the air, we grabbed our hire car and headed, in peak school drop off traffic, toward Southall (not far from Heathrow) and our first graveyard. I had done many hours of online research, so I was... Continue Reading →