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Slovakia – a country of castles and tasty wine

We departed Bratislava early Sunday morning, with the usual feeling of apprehension that we get when starting off in a new country.  Waking up thinking “we have no idea where we will sleep tonight”can be equally exciting and nerve-wrecking, but it does give us the freedom to decide our day as it develops, which we […]

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And here is the nudes…

The 30km between Vienna and Bratislava is, in fact, about 50km in a straight line and as the bike path goes 84km! So, it turned out to be a full cycling day….we must remember to look at our route in more detail going forward! Usually it is getting into a city that is difficult on a […]

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Our plan for southeastern Europe

We did some planning on the ferry from Sweden to Poland and I have just had a look to see how closely we have been to that plan – and it goes something like this: The plan was to spend 17 days cycling in Poland and have a few days off – actually did 20 days […]

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Oh Vienna…..

We exited the campsite after our super glamping experience and literally turned right onto the Danube path and we on our way to Vienna, humming The Blue Danube as we cycled.  It’s hard not to! Quite excited at the thought of another capital city as well as a few days off, and as Nigel said […]

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“Gruss Gott” Oesterreich

Suddenly the road quality was great and there was a familiarity about the place, ah yes, we must have crossed into Austria! With that move we also feel that we have lost a certain amount of our adventurousness and made a bit of a backwards step from the unknowns of Poland and the Czech Republic. […]

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Our round-up of the Czech Republic

Here is our round up of Czech Republic observations.  Now we have only been here 12 days in total, so we can’t say that it is particularly well-informed. However, we have been through the central part of the Republic and not to the capital, so perhaps this is a better slice of what could be […]

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