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Trip: Europe

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Photos: Day Hike from Azuga to Busteni

ROMANIA | Sunday, 18 Jul 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Hiking in the Bucegi Mountains near Busteni

ROMANIA | Friday, 16 Jul 2021 | Views [125]

We were up early to head back to the station and jump back on the train to Bucharest where we switched trains to take us to Busteni. We came to this area in the winter to go skiing and on that trip we stayed in Sinaia and Azuga. This time we were there ... Read more >


Photos: Hiking in the Bucegi Mountains around Busteni

ROMANIA | Friday, 16 Jul 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Stopping off in Severin

ROMANIA | Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021 | Views [104]

After a few days, unpacking, washing and relaxing in Timisoara it was time to hit the road again, or in this case the rails. We planned to head to the mountains near Busteni to do some hikes, but it is quite a journey to get there so decided on a stopover ... Read more >


Photos: Stopping off in Severin

ROMANIA | Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Greek Island Hopping Part 4: Sailing back to Santorini

GREECE | Saturday, 10 Jul 2021 | Views [86]

We needed to get back to Santorini from Naxos in order to get our plane back to Timisoara so we thought we wouldn’t risk ferry delays and stay our last couple of nights back on Santorini. This would also mean we would be a short taxi ride away ... Read more >


Photos: Sailing back to Santorini

GREECE | Saturday, 10 Jul 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Greek Island Hopping Part 3: Navigating our Way around Naxos

GREECE | Thursday, 8 Jul 2021 | Views [98]

The ferry ride to Naxos was another very calm and serene trip with stunning sea views so we arrived at the main port in Naxos feeling pretty chilled. However, after the relative quiet of Folegandros the hustle and bustle at the port was quite a shock.... Read more >


Photos: Navigating our Way around Naxos

GREECE | Thursday, 8 Jul 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Greek Island Hopping Part 2: Fantastic Folegandros

GREECE | Saturday, 3 Jul 2021 | Views [181]

We were excited to start the first hop of our island hopping trip, our destination from Santorini was the smaller and hopefully less touristy island of Folegandros. We had booked our tickets via the ‘Ferry Hopper’ app and they seemed like ... Read more >


Photos: Fantastic Folegandros

GREECE | Saturday, 3 Jul 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Stunning Santorini

GREECE | Monday, 28 Jun 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Greek Island Hopping Part 1 : Stunning Santorini

GREECE | Monday, 28 Jun 2021 | Views [92]

Emma’s long summer holiday was fast approaching and once again covid put a spanner in our travel plans. We had hoped to spend time at our house in South Africa but cases were rising rapidly there and the government brought in stricter lockdown ... Read more >


Corvin Castle and Deva

ROMANIA | Thursday, 24 Jun 2021 | Views [234]

Another long holiday weekend in Romania and it coincided with Emma’s birthday so we had to make the most of that. We decided to head to Hunedoara and visit Corvin Castle and the citadel at Deva. As it was Emma’s birthday we booked a couple ... Read more >


Photos: Corvin Castle and Deva

ROMANIA | Wednesday, 23 Jun 2021 | Photo Gallery


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A Short Break from Timisoara in Paulis

ROMANIA | Wednesday, 2 Jun 2021 | Views [175]

On the calendar there was highlighted a random holiday on a Tuesday, Children’s day I believe ( I’m still waiting for the day they celebrate Uncles), but what use is a holiday on a Tuesday? However, once in a while something good happens ... Read more >


Photos: A Short Break from Timisoara in Paulis

ROMANIA | Wednesday, 2 Jun 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Steam Trains and Wooden Churches in Maramures

ROMANIA | Monday, 3 May 2021 | Views [157]

The next morning we had time to look around Gura Humor, even if we hadn’t had time, we could have looked round as it only took a few minutes There was absolutely nothing to see in the town so we headed to the bus station to get the bus to Vesus ... Read more >


Photos: Steam Trains and Wooden Churches in Maramures

ROMANIA | Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 | Photo Gallery


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Suceava and the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina

ROMANIA | Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021 | Views [214]

Our next destination after Iasi was to visit the painted monasteries of Bucovina. These UNESCO world heritage sites are not so easy to visit by public transport so we decided to splash out for a tour, and the best place to organise this was Suceava. ... Read more >


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