Whenever I heard the word Sarajevo, I’m immediately take back to the Balkan conflict of the 1990’s. At that time Sarajevo suffered a siege of the city of 3.5 years. There was a tunnel dug from the airport which allowed supplies to be fed through to inhabitants. On the bus to Sarajevo, I found myself… Read More »
I had heard a while ago about Montenegro but I was uninformed about the place so that when I got here the beauty of the place was a shock to me. As the bus descended the mountains of Bosnia the bus passengers all got their phones out to take photos of the coast. It’s the… Read More »
Leaving Vienna, the train took me through the sort of landscape that you imagine for Austria – green valleys with flower meadows and picture book houses. All the roads and houses are ordered, tidy, well-maintained and beautiful with the backdrop of high mountains. The train was clean and efficient making a big change from the… Read More »
I suppose the fact that I have never been Northern Ireland eve though it’s so close is the same as Tess never having been to Luxembourg. We were so close so we had this crazy idea that we would drive there from our homestay accommodation to get some breakfast. We were given a recommendation for… Read More »
The rpice of hotel rooms in Cochem was scary and I couldn’t imagone how we could afford to stay anywjere near for less than £100 – much more than I am generally prepared to pay. But Tess had a good idea. She had heard about a house which sheltered pilgrims walking on well-trodden routes through… Read More »
Quite possibly the most choclate-boxy village in Germany, Monreal is set in a small valley at the end of a winding road. We drove there from Bonn o the start of our two day road trip down the Rhine and Mosel rivers. Above the village are two castles, Lowenburg and Phillipsburg. We climbed the short… Read More »
I had promised my friend Tessa that I would call on her one day i Bonn and it has taken several years but I eventually found some time in between contracts. Flying seemed quite expensive and so was the train so in the end I got a flight to Eindhoven in Netherlands and got a… Read More »