Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
April 24, 2018
York is a happy city and we love it. With its incredible architecture, lively pubs and cafes, restaurants that cater to any budget and diet, street performers on every corner, vibrant markets, museums, art and entertainment, beautiful parks and gardens and the river meandering through the city, there is something for everyone. Continue reading “Don’t miss out on York”
April 20, 2018
After saying goodbye to our wonderful hosts in Keswick on a dry and promising morning, we hopped on a bus that took us through some lovely scenery and small villages and dropped us off in the centre of Carlisle. Continue reading “Settle – Carlisle line and Giggleswick”
Happy New Year everyone. We’ve been somewhat under the weather for sometime and busy with booking and planning our next trip. We’ll soon write about it, but before that we’ll try to finish a few storylines that we started last year. Especially “50 years later” that follows Alex’s childhood memories visiting England for the first time since he emigrated to Canada.
Before moving back to our travel organising and preparation, here’s one last post related to the holiday season that just vanished into the new year. Continue reading “Holiday season past and present”
We celebrate on Christmas Eve. The reason why and how this evolved is for another post. And we celebrate with family and friends. Continue reading “2018 Christmas dinner”
During festivities and parties, I’ve used this pseudo-guacamole as a base for a few appetizers with ingredients that go well with the horseradish flavour. Continue reading “Appetizers with horseradish “Guacamole””
Many people think that cooking should employ recipes where exact measurements and timing make the ingredients to a tasty dish. Continue reading “The recipes that aren’t”
It could have been my imagination and sensitivity as a child, but there was always some sort of competition between my grannies. Continue reading “Capitalism, socialism, my grannies, and… a Cow!”
While waiting in a filthy bus station in Bucharest Alex said – I want to be in Favorit (this is our go-to hotel in Sofia). Continue reading “Sunset in Ruse and the dark side of politics”
We should have taken the train. The day after we arrived in Bucharest, we walked to the major international bus station, Filaret. Continue reading “Back to Bulgaria by bus after all”
Bucharest was our last stop in Romania. And it was the only city we weren’t impressed with. Based on history, this was somewhat expected, yet the contrast shocked us. Continue reading “Bucharest”
We like food and we like to indulge once in a while. We like exploring local cuisines and trying new things. Continue reading “Food in Romania”
The train to Bucharest was rather full. Families with kids and huge suitcases, families without kids and with huge suitcases, and younger people with duffel bags, were boarding the train. They were all vacationers, going to the Black Sea. Continue reading “Braşov to Bucharest”
Sebastian picked us up at 9 the next morning and we headed for Sinaia first, since it was the farthest destination. Continue reading “Sinaia, Bran, Râşnov”
We walked from the train station all the way to the old town and our hotel. It was a longish walk; first through some residential areas with apartment buildings obviously from communist times; then some nicer low-rise buildings and newly built houses mixed with old ones – some renovated, some not; many administrative buildings too. Continue reading “Braşov”
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