Finally to relax
5月20日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Day one, get house closed down, packed and to the airport…..now relax.
We have 2.5 hours to wait. We sailed thru checking our bags and security and now getting a bite to eat.
Sad to leave Calgaryもっと詳しく
What , I’m Hungry?
5月21日, カナダ ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Here we are just taking off and all I am thinking of is food. It is 810pm.
First things, I was served a lovely bowl of nuts and a glass of wine! I am in heaven.
Dinner arrives with a salad and bun! Itもっと詳しく
A night out
5月21日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We all got on a bus back to LHR and then switched to an Underground for a ride into London. We have tickets to “The Play that Goes Wrong” and we are hungry too so we eat at pleasant Italianもっと詳しく
A train adventure
5月22日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
In a similar way to last night’s excursion, we made our way to London and connected to a National Railway Service to Arundel. We get to see some countryside on the two hour journey, and there isもっと詳しく
Arundel
5月22日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
It is a pleasant walk from the train station to Arundel. Wildflowers are in bloom and the four of us are all getting along pretty well. It is agreed that things could be worse.
The town itself is aもっと詳しく
The Castle
5月22日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Nice crib if you can afford it.
Inside the castle
5月22日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Inside the castle
The Castle Garden
5月22日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
This is an award winning garden and it is spectacular!
Budapest
5月23日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We got up early to get a 9:20 flight to Budapest. We checked in yesterday and took the only two seats left on BA864. Dianne and I were not seated together, but it is only a couple of hours… sheもっと詳しく
Drive around Budapest
5月24日, ハンガリー ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
A morning bus ride to take in some of the highlights of Budapest. This is one of my favourite cities.
We drove by the opera house, Heroes Square and then up to the Citadella for an amazing view.もっと詳しく
Say goodbye to Hungary
5月24日, ハンガリー ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Dianne and I walked across the Danube river from Pest to Budapest and back on a different bridge just before we motored away on the river boat. As I said before, this is one of my favorite cities andもっと詳しく
Vukovar Croatia
5月25日, クロアチア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Vukovar is a city that has been rebuilt since the homeland war, as referred to by the local people. It was destroyed in 1991 over a period of 87 days. Our guide Romina, was 5 years old at the time.もっと詳しく
Ilok, Croatia
5月25日, クロアチア ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We are only about 30 kms from Vukovar, but Ilok was pretty much unscathed during the home war because they surrendered quickly. The afternoon has been advertised as a wine tasting event, but you haveもっと詳しく
Novi Sad, Serbia
5月26日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Today, we were up with the yoga regulars for our morning stretch, then breakfast, and the start of our City tour.
A short bus ride with drive by sights and a walk around guided by a girl from Noviもっと詳しく
Afternoon hike
5月26日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The afternoon activity is a hike to the fortress you see in the first picture. It is a hot day, (32 degrees) and our guide likes to stop often to give us the history of the area.
This was the slowもっと詳しく
Belgrade
5月27日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Belgrade fortress is situated where the Danube and Sava rivers converge.
Saint Sava
5月27日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Saint Sava is one of the largest orthodox churches in the world. I would suggest it is also one of the newest as the interior of the cathedral was finished in the last five years.
Some monks fromもっと詳しく
Belgrade exploring
5月27日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
We took the afternoon to enjoy a walk into town. It was a mere 120 steps to get up to the town from the port….The streets don’t seem as busy as other European cities we’ve seen. I guess everyoneもっと詳しく
Back to the Middle Ages
5月28日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
First thing this morning we were off to visit the Fortress of Golubač. It is one of the best preserved fortresses in Europe. It is built on the rock face Iron Gorge of the Danube river. It has steepもっと詳しく
Digging for Mysteries
5月28日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Secondly today we went to a Mesolithic Archeological site of Lepenski Vir. Lepenski Vir is a prehistoric settlement, the oldest known one in Europe. According to Wikipedia the latest radiocarbonもっと詳しく
Sailing along the Danube
5月28日, セルビア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We are now on our way to Bulgaria. Leaving the shores of Donji- Milanovac we are in the part of the Danube called the “Iron Gate”
It is the Danube Gorge with Serbia on one side and Romania on theもっと詳しく
Going thru the lock
5月28日, ルーマニア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
The Danube has a dam that is about 30 meters high. The water level below the dam is about 25 meters lower so we go through a series of two locks to continue. The looks are big enough to accommodateもっと詳しく
We woke up in Bulgaria
5月29日, ブルガリア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Belogradchik
Remarkable rock formations on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains. One of our fellow travellers has squeaky shoes. He has tormented us now for three days and seems oblivious to theもっと詳しく
旅行者Have fun, safe travels
旅行者Look forward to hearing about your travels. Have so much fun!
旅行者Safe travels and soooo jelly.