We spent a week on the stunning, sparkling, Ligurian coast in June, based in Rapallo. We drove from Milano to Rapallo and we got our first taste of the ‘Crazy Ligurians’ we had heard about (feisty, hate tourists-yet-rely-on-them!) as they sped past us at 150 km/hr+ on the 2hour drive down to the coast. Our next taste of life in this hilly seaside town came soon after when we tried […]
We travelled through the southern Bohemian region of the Czech Republic in early August and visited three charming towns: Tabor, České Budějovice and Český Krumlov. Despite it being peak tourist season, we were able to stroll through the kinky cobblestone streets of each town, amongst colourful, ornate buildings, decorative churches and majestic palaces in relative peace. Czechia felt very different to its old neighbour/ conjoined state Slovakia and we were […]
Poland is a country, culture and language unto its own! We only saw the smallest sliver of Poland with a week in the city of Krakow then three days in the Southern Podalise region but we loved how different and well, intensely ‘Polish’ it was (see Polish Curiosities section for quirky Polish things). Krakow is a mesmerising mix of beautiful buildings, ornate churches, royal castles and crumbling soviet era […]