Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Wednesday 16th October 2024 (day 33). Heading further west today, brings us to the small town of Coburg, Germany, and in particular Coburg Castle, which was the birthplace and childhood home of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Veste Coburg According to one of the information boards, Veste Coburg is a textbook example of castle …
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Tuesday 15th October 2024 (day 32) On the recommendation of two other motor-homers we met on the Prague park-up, we made a slight change to our plans and headed more or less due west, to the spa town of Karlovy Vary. One of the large hotels in the town. View downstream over the river. The …
Sunday 13th October 2024 (day 30) Today, we rode the tourist trams, which follow two different, but overlapping routes around the city centre. You can hop-on and off at any stop en-route, but more of this later. Yesterday's destination, Prague Castle, from across the river. For me, the city centre is mostly about its architecture …
Saturday 12th October 2024 (day 29) Today, we went to Prague Castle, where we visited The Old Royal Palace, St Vitus Cathedral, St. George's Basilica and Golden Lane. We traveled by tram, which run very regularly. A tram outside the castle Prague Castle, with St Vitus Cathedral, towering above. The castle is huge. Entrance is …
Friday 11th October 2024 (day 28) Just a short-ish post blog-today. We plan to spend a few days here in Prague and our first impressions are positive. Our journey from Slapy was however, a bit of an ordeal, with driving rain and spray to deal with for most of the way. The road system is …
Thursday 10th October 2024 (day 27) On our way out of Gaming, we passed what appears to be a heritage, narrow gauge railway with some carriages and trucks at the end of some sidings beyond the station. They appear to be in need of some TLC, but many had clearly been extensively restored. Before and …
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Wednesday 9th October 2024 (day 26) Our journey continued north today, through a landscape full of interest. Our destination was a little more ambitious than previous days and this morning we had said goodbye to Jeeves, Michelle and their dog Layla. Our journey with them has been full of joy and it was a sad …
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Tuesday 8th October 2024 (day 25) Leaving Ferlach, we again headed north, at times passing through some very beautiful scenery and one interesting sight in particular. The Journey to Wolfsberg: As usual, we chose to avoid the main motorways (you miss so much). Along the way, at a place called Griffen, we were impressed by …
Monday 7th October 2024 (day 24) Leaving Slovenia: Moving on from Bled, we headed east and the border with Austria. On the way whilst still in Slovenia, we enjoyed some really nice Alpine scenery, enhanced by autumn colours that were just beginning to show. It is amazing how the mountains completely dwarf the settlements in …
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Sunday 6th October 2024 (day 23) Crossing the border from Italy to Slovenia, we are staying the night at a motorhome aire at Bled, a small resort town with a beautiful lake and an 11th century castle. Along the way, we passed some spectacular scenery: We were unable to take the motorhome up to the …
"See-u-Later" 