Smartno Slovenia
A beautiful little wine village in the hills between Lake Bled and Piran on the coast. We had read about this area of…
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Slovenian Car Train
Sometimes the quickest way to get from Point A to Point B is to drive your car onto a flatbed train and get…
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Lake Bohinj Slovenia
We knew that Lake Bohinj in Triglav National Park was on our hot list, as we had read that it was a much…
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Hiking Vintgar Gorge
Filled with small waterfalls, rapids, and erosion potholes, the Vintgar Gorge is a 1600m long spectacle of nature. With gloomy skies, we loaded…
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Lake Bled Slovenia
Lake Bled is the Tahoe of Europe. Slovenia, and Lake Bled in particular were never on our Go-See-Do list until I heard people…
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Break in the Clouds
Rain, rain, rain all day – but a quick break in the weather gave me a chance to get up and do a…
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Salzburg Austria
Salzburg is the first stop on our extended Austria-Slovenia holiday. Best known as where Mozart was born, you can visit his geburtshaus (birthplace)…
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Prague by Night
As with most of Europe’s Great Cities, Prague is simply amazing at night! Multicolor lighting and grandiose architecture create an eye-pleasing display that…
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Litomysl Czech Republic
There’s Litomysl Czechia, and Litomysl Minnesota. You can probably guess where the residents of the second one came from… Having been to Litomysl…
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Lansperk Castle Ruins
On the map, but not much to see. But when there are clearly marked castle ruins then I think it’s worthwhile to make…
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Usti nad Orlici Lookout Tower
A quick drive up a nearby mountain on our way back from Litomysl to Usti nad Orlici provides beautiful views out over the…
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Dolni Dubrouc Family Visit
Taking a trip to the old country to visit Colette’s Bohemian roots. It’s great to have an interpreter in the family to break…
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Three Cheers
When you’re in Czechia, you must drink the Czech beer!
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Mount Snezka Czech High Point
While we technically could have taken the cable car to the top and checked the Czechia high point off the list, why not…
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Prague Czech Republic
It’s a big album because well – there’s a lot to see in Prague! One of Europe’s Great Cities, there is grand architecture,…
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The Beer Spa
If I had known that there were Beer Spas, we would have moved to Prague years ago!
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Sigmaringen Castle
Wow wow wow! Now this is a German castle! Not quite as impressive as the famous Neuschwanstein castle that the Disney castle was…
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Hohenzollern Castle
Yet another of Germany’s must-do castles. Since this was on our drive down to Konstanz with several other castles along the route, we…
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Why We’re Here
I know that some of you are feeling all grumbledumps because I suck at calling and keeping in touch *cough* J *cough* –…
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Lake Sunset
Watching the ball drop over Lake Constance from our hotel on the Switzerland side. Mother Nature continues to amaze…
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Bodensee North Shore
For the final day of our Lake Constance/Bodensee trip, we hopped on the ferry from Konstanz to Meersburg. Meersburg is a cool little…
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