Eastern Europe as a destination for travel is a natural step up from Western Europe, where you’ll find less crowds and equally interesting sights and places to visit. From crystal clear glacial rivers in Slovenia, to former communist communities where you’ll see relics from modern history. You’ll find vast flatlands and high mountains.
Eastern Europe offers some of the easiest road trip and overland travel with limited border complexities and wide, but not complete use of the Euro.
Adršpach-Teplice Rocks National Nature Reserve While we were in the Czech Republic in August 2010, during our summer holidays we stayed in Teplice Nad Metuji, part of a National Park around the Adrspach area which is a very nice place to visit and go hiking. Teplice nad Metuji Town Teplice nad Metuji is a charming […]
In February we took 6 days out, to visit our friends Kamil and Helena, who were taking a holiday from their Overland trip driving from Hove to Australia. The reason for their break was because the car was being shipped from Japan to Australia. Need less to say it was freezing. We spent the first
DAY 5/6: WEDNESDAY 3/4 AUGUST 2011 Camping Costs: Camp Kamne €50.16 incl. electric – 2 nights Today was a long drive again. We set off a little later than we should have and encountered lots of windy mountain passes. We went into Italy with a drastic scenery change, out and back into Austria and then
Church of Bones – In Short The Sedlec Ossuary, nicknamed the “Bone Church”, is a small Roman Catholic chapel located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, Czech Republic. Its macabre fame comes from the artistic arrangement of approximately 40,000 human skeletons throughout the chapel. Originally a 14th-century cemetery, it became a popular
DAY 14/15: 20/21 AUGUST Camping costs: 560 Crowns – 2 nights = €23.00 After an initial hiccup of taking the wrong exit and having to do a big loop, we finally made our way to the Czech. Unfortunately for us the road was VERY slow going. Not a motorway, still a major road, but FULL
DAY 13: 19 AUGUST Hotel cost: €80 double roomUp at the normal time, packed up and made tracks for Martin. Not too much of a journey today thankfully. We reached Martin at about 2pm and parked up to look for a hotel/B&B. We managed to find a B&B, but it happened to be a 4*
DAY 11/12: 17/18 AUGUST Camping costs: €22 – 2 nights for 3 adults, 1 child, 2 tents & 2 cars We decided to stop at the pension we had wanted to stay at for a drink before setting off again. What a pity it had been full, it looked like a lovely place to stay.
DAY 10: 16 AUGUST Pension: €10.00 pppn €5.00 for a child Up bright and early, packed up and ready to leave at our best time yet! Off into Slovakia! Tokaj (pronounced Tokay), is a lovely little town with lovely wine. We bought 3 bottles and a grape juice or non alcoholic wine. The bottles were
DAY 9: 15 AUGUST Not a long journey today distance wise, but a long journey due to road conditions and traffic. A very muggy day today. Cassie and Dan both sat in the car topless. We managed to successfully navigate our way through Budapest, but only after getting lost trying to find the M3 exit.
DAY 7/8: 13/14 AUGUST, Camping costs: 13,264.70 Fontir = €47.20 (281 Fontir = €1) – 2 nights The journey this morning took us up a mountain pass, over and down again. Half way up the pass, Cas’ tummy couldn’t take the windy road and she emptied her breakfast all over the back seat. We had