Istanbul, Turkey
Where East meets West & where Europe meets Asia. Straddling continents & oozing history, one of the major centre points of the world for thousands of years.
Turkish Airlines || Flying High
It was good to have a full-service flight experience today. I haven’t had one in a while. An airbridge to the plane, complimentary newspapers (all Turkish, on a flight from Dublin), smiling hostesses, a hot meal complete with menu & real cutlery you could probably...
Prague, Czech Republic (2014)
Prague The Mystical Medieval Central European Gem Of Cobbled Streets & Stunningly Wonderful Architecture “… Prague… is overrun. It’s beset. And it’s only March, granted only for a few more hours. I can only imagine what it’s like here these days at...
Vienna, Austria
I was aiming to be on the 8 a.m. bus out of Vienna, Austria, to Prague but at 6.a.m this morning when my alarm went off I opted for the 1 p.m. bus instead, convincing myself as I turned over that I could do with the lie-in. The day I spent wayfaring around the streets...
Bratislava, Slovakia
One of Europe’s newest capitals yet an ancient and important city to the Austro-Hungarian empire, Slovakia’s Bratislava is a curious place. A city of blended cultures & one offering up a strange mix of old & new, it’s a city where you can peer at 20th...
Budapest, Hungary
It felt like a long day of train travel today. It was a pleasant rail experience but for some reason the almost 7 hour trip from Zagreb, Croatia to Budapest seemed to take twice as long. ______________________________________________________ Date || March 25, 2014...
Monaco || Five To-dos
Five things to do in tiny city-state of Monaco, arguably the most glamorous, most star-studded & richest place on earth.
Zagreb, Croatia
Bloody rain. I’m fairly tolerant of the stuff but twice in as many days now it has, & if you’ll pardon the oh-so obvious pun, put a dampener on me gallivanting around gorgeous Central European capital cities. Yesterday Ljubljana, Slovenia & today...
Ljubljana, Slovenia
What a difference a day makes. I’m sure glad I saw what I saw of Pula on the Croatian Istria Peninsula yesterday when bathed in sunshine because it was a miserable day today in this little corner of Europe. ______________________________________________________ Date...