It was hard saying goodbye to Kieran. He was generous with his time and we enjoyed doing things with him meeting his friends and seeing...

We’ve had a great time being with Kieran, doing lots of things and meeting some of his friends A quiet day on Saturday with some shopping...

Back to England. Not much to tell about the trip but we liked the airport - and we’ve never seen a big airport so deserted- you could...

Today we decided to take a boat trip for a change in pace (and paces). Off we went to book our tickets on the paddle steamer, approaching...

Monday we decided to try the bus. We started off by just staying on to see some different areas as this one goes out into some of the...

The architecture is interesting. So many buildings were bombed in 1945. A few escaped but so many were destroyed. The rebuilding was a...

Not many pictures for today. Today we were travelling from Prague to Dresden. On our first trip to Prague with Phillip’s sister Elaine...

We’ve been to Prague a couple of times before. Both times we had thought to take a tour to Cesky Krumlov but it didn’t eventuate. So we...

A (relatively) quiet couple of days. The train trip from Budapest to Prague was almost 7 hours. A chance to let our weary bones catch up....

Today we ventured out on public transport to the Memento Park - a place to which lots of Soviet era statues have been put on display to...

Just had an entertaining Hungarian tapas dinner at Hells Kitchen. Very personable staff, a waiter keen to learn about Australian wines,...

A less energetic day today. More bussing, less walking. My phone has told me I’ve changed my average. Caught the green bus (which was...

Saturday No dramas getting here on the train. The trip didn’t seem to take very long - I fell asleep! Arrived mid afternoon and taxi’s to...

No photo but today, for the first time in all our years of travelling I had a brush with a pick pocket! Nothing taken and not traumatic-...

Travel day from Vienna to Bratislava. Expected train time 1 hour plus taxi to hotel. Used our 48 hour ticket to get 2 trams to the...

My phone is very clever. It’s telling me that me step count is higher than normal. As if my legs don’t know that already! This morning...

Kieran returned to London and we’ve gone on to Vienna. At the airport we saw our first robot waiter (not a new phenomenon but the first...

Another busy day. Yesterday Alison’s step count was over 11500 - a bit up from her normal 2-3000! In the morning caught a tram to a...

A busy couple of days in Krakow. Day 1 Kieran and Phillip went to Auschwitz Alison spent the time wandering around the old town, had a...

Kieran has very kindly been showing us around his area of Surrey. In Addlestone there’s a tree that s 1000 years old! Royal Canoe Club,...