Room with a view
29 september 2024, Hongarije ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Finally arrived very tired after a day of stressful train travel to the station. An Uber to the hostel, checked in, up to the room only to find Goldilocks had been in before us. Back downstairs andMeer informatie
Eclectic!
29 september 2024, Hongarije ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Once the site of the Jewish Ghetto, the historic Jewish Quarter became dilapidated in the decades following World War II, after the deportation of 10,000s Jews.
Szimpla began as a small experiment,Meer informatie
Bougie Budapest
29 september 2024, Hongarije ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Walked through the Pest side of Budapest. Huge buildings, quite grand, made our way to the Ruin bars beautiful and bohemian. Found a guy playing fabulous classical guitar 😍. Had some drinks andMeer informatie
Last morning in Budapest
30 september 2024, Hongarije ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
A warm and sunny day. Breakfast in the hotel and then a long walk all the way along the riverside north to see the Shoes by the Danube a sculpture installation from 2005 created to memorialize theMeer informatie
Kelenfoeld station
30 september 2024, Hongarije ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Crossing our fingers that the train will be on time!
It was but we got on the wrong carriage, only the last one goes to Zagreb! Managed to change in time and currently sitting at a remote station inMeer informatie
Train from Budapest to Zagreb.
30 september 2024, Hongarije ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The journey was on a very old train... a while in, we discovered we were in the wrong carriage as only the back one was going to Zagreb. Swapped seats smartish to slightly more updated carriage. Had aMeer informatie
Exploring Zagreb
1 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
A lovely day exploring Zagreb, sunny and warm. A very pretty place. Smallest city we've been to so far. Lots of places to eat and drink. Some great buildings. Very old feel. Feels like it's justMeer informatie
A healthy lunch!
1 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Found a tiny tiny cafe with very healthy food. My body thanked me. But it did have the world's smallest toilet!
Time for a drink
1 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Found a nice bar with outdoor seating and stayed a while to catch the beautiful sunshine. Great service from a lovely waiter. Met an English retired couple who were on week 5 of training round Europe!
Take me up the funicular!
1 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The shortest and fastest funicular in the world that takes you 60m from lower to upper town.
Michelin restaurant
1 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Fantastic food and incredibly strong local wine: 15%! Wonderful service and great food, a very decadent evening.
Its the rozzas!
1 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Our Uber got pulled over for crossing a red light!
Eventually got back to the hotel after a slightly stressful journey to cans of mojito and a Netflix movie.
Purple Monkey you say?
2 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Awesome lunch at this place. Really good food. Just us in there but delivery riders popping in every 2 minutes to pick up take outs, bonkers.uch drama ensued when a transit blocked the road outsideMeer informatie
Getting the train to Ljubljana
2 oktober 2024, Kroatië ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The easiest train to get so far with traditional cabin seating like being on the Hogwarts Express!
Loverly Ljubljana
2 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
It's chucking it down but good to be relaxing in our very posh hostel room before heading out for a wander.
After dinner drinks
2 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
After dinner we walked in the rain to a local bar/restaurant. Amazing huge wine menu. A lovely Rioja Reserva and Loz on a local gin.
Lunch on a rainy day
3 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
A wander round the city looking for somewhere to eat in the rain. It took an hour. Ended up in a traditional looking place with Sian Lloyd on the next table. She was rude and entitled, how very sad.Meer informatie
Ice creams and cbd
3 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
We bought ice creams after lunch to try and distract us from the torrential rain... His under a portico to eat it and the man from the booze shop came out and offered us a sip of blueberry liquor...Meer informatie
Ljubljana castle
3 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
A lot of steps up to the castle which has been newly restored. Lovely use of shape and materials. There's even a jazz club here... random...
Puppetey museum
3 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
This was at the castle, a tiny museum with some beautiful puppets... quite why Loz's doppelganger was in formaldehyde I'm not sure...
We saw puppets with penises and puppets with bullocks, it wasMeer informatie
A walk to the art gallery
4 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
A walk through a dry Ljubljana to the art gallery on the other side of town. Some interesting buildings and sculptures. The river is high and running fast. They seem to have Aldi but by a differentMeer informatie
A cultured place
4 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Walked back from the other end of town after a coffee and water and found a really vibrant cultural hub, a creative space for the community here and beyond with leaders running workshops and workMeer informatie
Weird sculpture
4 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Saw this odd sculpture that runs the length of an alleyway in the drain... lots of twisted faces that gradually melt as you reach the end.. No idea what it's about!
An evening stroll
4 oktober 2024, Slovenië ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
A stroll through Ljubljana for a very mediocre dinner. People don't smile much here from the off, some will warm, others don't. The place is quite buzzing tonight as it's a bit wet but not hammeringMeer informatie
Train food
6 oktober 2024, Frankrijk ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Hmmmm expensive food and drink on the train. Falafel wrap was quite nice but Loz's hot ham and cheese roll looked like someone had sneezed into it 🤢