It's been another busy couple of weeks, including a trip to Adelaide to attend the Writers' Festival (as an audience member) which I will write about later. When I returned from that I only had to re-pack my (unworn) clean clothes for a weekend up in the Hunter Valley of NSW. That's best known as … Continue reading Misguided Misfits in Miskolc and Other Places
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Misguided Misfits in Miskolc
The day started out brilliantly. We eased ourselves into it, taking our time over breakfast and packing up from our two bedroomed apartment at the Vila Grand in Nova Lesna. We lazed around in the sunny outdoor area, until finally making a move just after lunch. We were killing time until the 4.30pm train to … Continue reading Misguided Misfits in Miskolc
A Tatra Mountain Loop: Štrbské Pleso & Štrba
Yesterday's adventure got us to a height of 2190 metres, and you can see from the photos on that post that the mountains around us were rocky and craggy at that height. Today we headed in the opposite direction on the electric railway, aiming for a place called Strbske Pleso. We wanted to take the … Continue reading A Tatra Mountain Loop: Štrbské Pleso & Štrba
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 