After a great weekend in Krakov with Natalie and Dom, we headed south and into Slovakia. The border region between Poland and Slovakia is the home of the High Tatras, an alpine mountain range. When planning our grand adventure, this was one of the places we wanted to visit to do some walking. It was every bit as good as […]
Month: September 2022
Dom’s home town
After our wonderful walking and cycling experiences in Saxony, we needed to transit through southern Poland to get to our next walking destination in Slovakia. Natalie’s partner Dom was born in Kraków, and still has family there. He and Natalie have visited his home town a few times, and they were keen to meet us there for a weekend and […]
Back to nature in spa country
As you would know by now, much of the planning for our trip has been to land in places that offer classic walking trails. Saxon Swiss National Park in Eastern Germany was one of our main walking destinations. In this Post we take you with us on one of the all-time great walks we have done, to a local tourist […]
A few days in The Netherlands
Hot on the heels of our last post about Belgium is this story about our next stop in The Netherlands. Although only there for a few days, and really originally meant to break up our transition from France to our first main walking destination in Germany, The Netherlands turned out to be a little gem for us. We took in […]
Chocolates, Waffles, Canals and one last Battlefield
Our first stop after leaving France was in Belgium, famous for many things, including its world-renowned chocolates and Belgian waffles. Based in a small city just outside Brussels, and near the site of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, we managed to use the great train system here do day trips to three cities, Brussels, Antwerp and Bruges. We also […]