Monthly Archives: October 2012

Full circle

Posted on October 30, 2012 by AdrianC

On arrival at Harwich, the slowly retreating night revealed a very cold, damp and misty morning. The roads contained far heavier traffic than we’d seen for ages, and everybody seemed to be in a hurry. We had a plan and … Continue reading →

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Final steps

Posted on October 29, 2012 by AdrianC

After (finally) leaving České Budějovice, we had no real alternative but a full-fat hack up through Germany. The route out of Czech took us past a stretch of the Vltava river, dammed by a hydroelectric plant, and thick with campsites… … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - Belgium, By Country - Germany, Food stuff, Travel stuff | 8 Comments

Spannering in the rain

Posted on October 23, 2012 by AdrianC

Wandering around Český Krumlov, I couldn’t help but cogitate over the noises from the van’s engine bay. Checking them out isn’t as easy as it could be – the price to pay for the huge benefits in interior-space-vs-exterior-length that our … Continue reading →

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Going back to Český Krumlov

Posted on October 22, 2012 by EllieGee

I first visited Český Krumlov on a chilly spring weekend in the early 90s with a friend who was teaching in Prague at the time. We fell for its fairytale atmosphere, zany painted tower, the uneven windy cobbled lanes, crumbly … Continue reading →

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Bouncing Czech – lots of beer and lots of fish

Posted on October 21, 2012 by EllieGee

After our visit to the Tatra Museum in Kopřivnice, we headed west to Olomouc, still in the Moravia region. A city of around 100,000 people, we had heard that it was less discovered than some of the popular South Bohemian … Continue reading →

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A pilgrimage to nowhere

Posted on October 18, 2012 by AdrianC

Ever since we first came across them, years ago, we’ve both had a serious hankering for a Tatra. One of the oldest car manufacturers in the world, having built their first car in the late 19th century, this Czech company … Continue reading →

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Red sandals

Posted on October 17, 2012 by EllieGee

Once there was carefree laughter red sandals worn on a summer day your hopes and dreams for the future in your heart Your daughter by your side You carefully painted your names on your suitcases and packed your best things … Continue reading →

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Beyond imagining

Posted on October 17, 2012 by EllieGee

There is a town in south western Poland, about 70km from Kraków, called Oświęcim. When the Nazis invaded in 1939, they found a barracks complex there that would become very useful to them, with its good rail links from the … Continue reading →

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Kraking on

Posted on October 16, 2012 by AdrianC

Our only real time spent in Poland was to be in Kraków – easily the country’s major tourist destination, being the only main town to survive WW2 with no serious damage and the original architecture more-or-less intact. If any were … Continue reading →

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Cross-country run

Posted on October 16, 2012 by AdrianC

We’re finding writing this post slightly embarrassing. I’ll just come out and say it now – we spent less than 24hrs in a country. I know, shameful. When we left Budapest, we headed north towards the wine region around Eger, … Continue reading →

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