Category: Travel

Everyone Nigel spoke to insisted that you need to go on a tour if you are only going to spend two days in Cappadocia, so we ignored them and got … Continue readingCappadocia

In order to escape the boredom of Salonika we headed out to Lit’horo to take a walk up Mount Olympus. What we didn’t know was that the train station for … Continue readingMount Olympus (or just a glimpse of immortality)

Our train from Niš finally pulled into Thessaloniki (AKA Salonika, Salonica) about 2 hours late, although the journey was made more bearable by the company of the Greek guy we … Continue readingThessaloniki

This place was a revelation, having been to Serbia last year we know already knew about their hospitality, and again it didn’t disappoint. There is so much to see there, … Continue readingNiš

The journey from Zagreb to Niš warrants an entry on its own; first off we found the train to Belgrade, jumped on and found a nice seat in a not … Continue readingTraveling Zagreb to Niš

Zagreb was really quiet when I got there; the hostel was empty apart from a couple of painters and the staff. Croatia is pretty rich compared to the other Balkan … Continue readingZagreb

Verona is a quite amazing place, just heaped in Roman ruins including an amphitheater; the time we spent there Nigel just wandered around with his jaw hanging around his knees. … Continue readingVerona

Traveling without a reservation isn’t recommended, so I had a 2 hour wait in Worgl to pick up the train to Verona. Worgl is much bigger than Kaprun but there … Continue readingSaturday 4th April

So after the possibly the longest trip from London to Amsterdam in history, We had a couple of nice relaxing days in Amsterdam, We visited the Van Gogh museum took … Continue readingAmsterdam