I am taking a day trip to Kutna Hora from Prague. I’ve read in my Lonely Planet Book about a small chapel Sedlec Ossuary, the inside of which is decorated with the bones of no less than 40,000 people and I am morbidly fascinated! I need to catch a train from the Main Station around … Read More
I’m on the train and finally on my way to Prague! The carriages are made up of eight seat compartments and I don’t understand the seat allocation information on the doors……..are the seats free or not? I walk down the aisle looking in each crowded compartment until I come across one that is empty except … Read More
I am at the railway station at Bad Schandau, Germany saying goodbye to Denise, Jan and Wolfgang. I’ve already said goodbye to Gabbie at home. This will be my first solo trip on a foreign train and I am nervous. I should be excited too, but as we take happy photos together to mark the … Read More
I’m on the road again! Deciding to ease gently into my two month Eastern European tour I once again headed to Munich to be with Jan and Denise for a few days. Arriving on a hot and sunny afternoon I met up with them at the Augustenier Beirgarten where they were enjoying a late afternoon … Read More
I love München and visit often! It has all the positive trappings of a big city; plenty of shops, markets, galleries, entertainment, year round cultural activities and festivals; the most famous being the Oktoberfest and the Christmas markets, as well as an abundance of good restaurants and of course it’s famous Biergärten (“beer gardens”). Not … Read More
On my first night in Belize all those weeks ago I had been captivated by the story of Monkey River Town; a small village situated on the Caribbean Sea near Placencia at the mouth of the Monkey River and one of the last purely Creole villages in Belize. My new American friends told me how … Read More
