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 […]

We were we blown away by the endless array of massively magnificent buildings, dinosaur sized monuments and oh-so-hip crumbling ruin bars in Budapest.

We took a trip to Slovenia from Italy in July and discovered the most hospitable people and gorgeously green countryside packed with peaks, lakes, hikes and waterfalls. We loved Slovenia, the food was delicious and the countryside majestic.   Here are a few curious things about Slovenia, plus a brief descriptions of the places we explored: Ljubiana We stopped in Llubijana for one night to explore this pretty town before […]