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September - December 2019
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    Zielona Gora - finally

    October 11, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Anne reporting:

    Yes..we are on the road. We have decided to take the autobarn to make the trip a little quicker although it is still going to take us 4 1/2 hours. Maurice was brilliant, they have very good etiquette on the autobarn and it all flows well if you all follow the same rules. We did have a couple of traffic jams with road works and there must have been 100 semi’s bumper to bumper. An amazing sight to see. We arrived at our destination around 2 - beautiful new apartment in the old town square and just magnificent weather. We had a late lunch and Maurice couldn’t wait to practice his thank you in Polish....it was hopeless.

    The traffic on the way, in some places due to traffic was abysmal. There are thousands (literally thousands) of semitrailers (along with some trucks) on the road. Unfortunately for them, they are restricted to 100 kph and the slow lane. When traffic is forced to slow down they just get stuck one behind another and stopped. At one stage we must have crawled past a couple of hundred just idling away.

    We had a lovely walk around the square. We went down a small lane way that on one side had some great art of movie stars and then, on the opposite side, for some reason - Jesus. We found a local Aldi and did some grocery shopping and they have a middle aisle. Maurice bought what he thought was some sort of juice drink. Unfortunately it turned out to be a oats based fermented soup that you heat up to eat. Maurice’s turn to dry-retch 🤭.    Read more

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    Zielona Gora to Warsaw

    October 12, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Anne reporting:

    We are on the road again - a beautiful day. We are going via the auto strata again, otherwise it is a long day to get to our destination. We stopped at the friendliest service station on our way out of Zielona Gora - a man came over and fuelled our car and told Maurice to just go in and pay. When Maurice walked through the door a big burly man came out of his office and shook his hand...didn’t say anything...and then went back into his office. Poor old Maurice didn’t know what was going on ....I just laughed.. The countryside on the way to Warsaw is beautiful and sprinkled with little towns along the way. It is very flat, reminds me of when we drove to Adelaide . Arrived in Warsaw around 2pm ... Maurice has done very well with his accommodation ...14th floor this time. I had a lie down for the rest of the day as still getting over the bug and Maurice went and did a little bit of exploring. And yes...he found a supermarket 👍Read more

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    Lazy day in Warsaw

    October 13, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Anne reporting:

    MA quiet start to the day. Maurice has woken a little weary today...I think no sleep from when I was sick has caught up on him. So what does one do on quiet days ...yep...laundry😂😂. We are very clean travellers. We ended up going out for a walk in the afternoon and had a good wander around. Some magnificent buildings to be seen. The temperature is the warmest we have had for awhile..tops of 22. We cooked up steak and 3 veg tonight..just what the bodies needed to mend... a good bit of Aussie food.

    Not a photo taken today ☹️    Read more

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    Last day in Warsaw

    October 14, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    And reporting:

    We got our walking steps in today with a walk to the old town of Warsaw. A lot of history there and a few tourists as well. As I said before, the buildings here are amazing and would definitely recommend a hop on hop off bus next time to see them all. Every corner seemed to have another great building. A good day out seeing the sights and now preparing for the next journeyRead more

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    Warsaw to Wroclaw

    October 15, 2019 in Poland ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Anne reporting (Maurice continues to be a lazy bastard).

    And we are off again. Our trip to Wroclaw should take about 3 1/2 hours via the motorway. Maurice is going to have trouble getting back to travelling the 100km speed limit when we get home. We stopped at a little village along the way to stretch the legs and have a little lunch. Gnocchi and chicken with a side of slaw ( I know 😮 but it actually worked) and yes I gave the Italian another shot. Hopefully no hiccups. We got to Wroclaw around 2.30 and located the motel (best western) but it took us about 4 goes to get onto the street. It’s a bit like driving in Victoria - trams everywhere and if you want to turn left you need to get into the tram line...it took us a couple of go’s to finally work it all out and then closed our eyes and hoped for the best 😎😎. Booked in and we were off exploring. We are a 2 minute walk to the old town and double WOW - what a hidden gem Wroclaw is. The buildings and square.....just magnificent. We climbed a church tower and got some amazing views of the city. We have attached a photo of the folk story behind the bridge - only wished we had that hanging up in our house when we had teenagers. We had dinner in the square - shared a pizza and gelato (I know - lots of trust in the Italians). We went for a walk along the river just as the lights were turning on and came across a church. They were in the middle of mass but we stayed a couple of minutes to take in the surroundings. The entire roof was painted - a little like a Michelangelo, just beautiful. As I said, a magical place and definitely one to put on your to visit list.Read more

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    Wroclaw to Prague

    October 16, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    For those that missed me - Maurice is back.

    Really comfortable room with breakfast included!! Stayed off the motorways and took the backroads to Prague - a really winter-time looking day with trees losing their leaves (looks like yellow snow) leaving a beautiful carpet of yellow on the forest floor. Staying off highways makes for a great drive, apart from having to slow down quite a bit. Staying on the backroads means lots of little villages and quite slow travel. 90 kph, 70 kph then 50 kph - repeat over and over again (not sure how many speeding tickets I might have ☹️). Got to Prague late afternoon (staying at the same apartments, in the city centre, I did 3 years ago when I toured by motorbike). European city centres are easier to navigate by motorbike, than by car, as you can hop up on the footpath if it all goes wrong - try that in a car and the pedestrians are much less understanding!!! Add in one-way streets, traffic signs you can’t understand, narrow lanes and then throw in trams, well it’s interesting to say the least. We got there finally (still no dents on the 🚙) and I had a lie down!!!!. Had a walk around - tomorrow we’ll explore (but leave the car at home 🤔).Read more

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    Prague - day 1

    October 17, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Naturally, we had breakfast.

    Headed off the the “old town” and nearly sprained an ankle on the cobble stone streets. Some of the best sights are in the old town parts of the cities with churches and cathedrals being museums and windows into the past - some really are quite glorious. They make a type of barrel donut called a trdelink - there’re sold as a traditional sweet but apparent that’s just a tourist gimmick. Who cares, I love them so I had about 4 !!!!!!. Anne cooked steak and salad for dinner - 2 inch thick crown rib-eye steak. I know we have the best meat back in Australia, but this was a fantastic piece of beef and at a cheaper price than back home (about $25 per kg it worked out at).

    Carl is flying into Rome on 14th Nov, for three weeks, so we spent a bit of time planning an itinerary so we can meet him there - we’re looking forward to doing some travel with him before he flys out of Paris back to Sydney on 6th Dec. We’re going to fly out on the same day but we’re going to go Tokyo for 4 nights on the way back to Brisbane.

    Tomorrow we’re on a 6 hour tour of the city - more walking!!!    Read more

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    Prague day 2

    October 18, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Today we’re off on a bus/boat/walking tour of Prague (that includes lunch at a medieval style restaurant). The tour goes for about 6 hours. The guide was friendly and knowledgeable and the other people,on the tour, were pretty good too - I’m sure they thought the same of us. You might have thought I’d forgotten to tell you we had breakfast after we got up this morning - but I’m telling you now 😛. It was a great tour exploring much of the old city (the palace, Jewish Ghetto etc). One of the Cathedrals had to be rebuilt and some of the funds were raised through commercial sponsorships - first time we’d seen stained-glass windows advertising an insurance company🤔

    There was quite a mix of people on the tour, us, a couple of Poms, some Israelis and others. About 1/2 the group were either Jewish or Muslim - this is important to note. We had pre-ordered our lunch so it would be ready soon after arriving at the restaurant. I had the pork roast which was nice, but I had a couple of things on my plate that I was unsure of what it was. Anne decided to help me out with this and not thinking about the structure of the group she asked the entire group, a couple of times (including the couple from Israel who were sitting across from us) “anyone else have the pork?”- this was met with silence and lots of head shaking. It took a couple of seconds (which felt like minutes) before Anne realised what she had said. Thankfully no one was insulted and afterwards We had a (guilty) laugh at her gaff.

    The boat trip was about an hour and gave a pretty good view from the river.

    A lot of the buildings have a basement that used to be the ground floor. Flooding meant they had to go higher and adding floors was the most effective way of doing it.

    A really good and interesting day.    Read more

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    Prague day 3

    October 19, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Repeat after me “Happy birthday to Maurice, you look fantastic”. It’s my birthday!!!!

    Late start and out for breakfast - croissant with egg and cheese and a second one with butter and jam - birthday breakfast. Anne a more tempered breakfast (just one croissant 🥐).

    A walk around the more modern part of Prague (including a river island). In the evening we went back to Wenceslas Square - the people really do come out at night to eat drink and be merry. They do like a 🍺 in Prague (young men, old women - even kids I think). Back to the apartment so Anne can pack for us to leave for Brno in the morning - only fair as I have to be alert to drive....    Read more

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    Prague to Brno

    October 20, 2019 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    In the car and off to Brno staying off motorways and autobahns. There’s finally a bit of a chill in the air. Slightly foggy but all ok. Sunday morning is a good time to drive out of the city centre with traffic a bit lighter - the other drivers however do let you know when you try to go down a one way street the wrong way - how kind of them.

    We stopped at a cute little town called Caslow for a hot drink. The cafe was really a dessert shop so we had a rich heavy cake to go with the hot drink. The Czechs like cake almost as much as they like 🍺, and they like beer a lot. Then it dawned on me, 3 years ago I stopped at the same town and same cafe on my motorbike trip - I think I had the same chocolate cake!!!!! I told Anne I would take her back to some of the places I had visited!!!

    Got to Brno about 2pm and had the obligatory walk around (and went inside the obligatory magnificent church) before checking in. Not much for dinner as I was still trying to digest the 2kg of chocolate cake from this morning.

    We did a review of the hotel and from memory gave them a pretty good score. Our score was a lot better than one left by a previous guest (have a read below). I’m not sure what happen to them, but apparently it ended up with a broken “ass” and even Iga agreed!!!!!!!    Read more

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