The Lake District National Park is one of England’s iconic walking destinations, and one of our must-see places. Located in the northwest of England, near the Scottish border, its high hills rise above countless lakes. An absolute mecca for walkers. We stayed in a little seaside village on the western edge of the park, in probably the best apartment of […]
Month: May 2023
A Weekend in West Yorkshire
We had an opportunity to pick up another house sitting gig on our way north, this time looking after a pair of house-rabbits. They were pretty easy to look after, and it gave us a chance to look at a couple of cities that were at the centre of England’s industrial revolution. As with our visit to Liverpool a few […]
Beatlemania in Liverpool
Neither of us had been to Liverpool, and we had earmarked it a somewhere to see while travelling to some walking spots in the north of England. Really all we knew of it was that The Beatles had begun their musical journey there in the late 1950s. What a pleasant surprise we had. We loved this city, and really didn’t […]
A Day out in the Country, to Historic Cambridge
We began the next stage of our journey with a flight from Budapest to London, where we had a couple of days with Natalie and Dom. We fitted in a couple of activities while there, notably a day trip to the university city of Cambridge. The story in this post tells of our day trip there, and also about a […]
Budapest, One of the World’s Great Cities
The final stop on our second time in the Schengen Zone was Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and one of the world’s truly great cities. With its rich history, classical and modern cultural elements, amazing architecture, and the Danube River flowing through it, Budapest proved to be another highlight of our trip so far. We were joined again by Natalie […]
A Hungarian Tourist Mecca, and Jan’s Family History
Lake Balaton, in the west of Hungary, is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. Within an hour’s drive of Budapest, the lake attracts day-trippers and people after a short break. They come for the scenery, the water sports, the cycling, and to swim in the thermal baths at Heviz. We had another reason to come as well. Jan’s […]
A Rainy Interlude in Zagreb
After experiencing the sights in Ljubljana while dodging the showers, our luck with the weather didn’t change when we got to Zagreb. But again, that didn’t stop us from getting out and about Croatia’s capital. With three nights, and two full days to explore, there were enough breaks in the rain to see all that the city offers. It seems […]