Our trip today This will mark the end of our fantastic voyage from Zurich (Switzerland) through Almere (the Netherlands), then northbound through Germany, Denmark and Sweden, all the way to Honningsvåg and the Real North Cape (also the commercial one), and then meandering down south through Norway, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and finally, the return dest which is Wien Austria. But before I get ahead of myself, let me tell you about this last day of our roadtrip.Read more...
Our trip today A short night’s sleep. We got in at 2am yesterday after our caprioles with Brno and hotels, and midnight charging. What we found when we got back to our hotel room yesterday night (err, this morning) is that the room ended up being a double after all. This is an ironic touch to the hectic day, because the first hotel (the one with a walk-in) actually had a double room available with a king-sized bed, but we skipped because spooning ain’t our thing.Read more...
Our trip today Our plan for the day was to visit beautiful Praha, the capital of the Czech Republic, and then make our way down south to Brno, its second largest city. As we woke up and saw the daylight of Lovosice, our day started easy-going. Breakfast and coffee were good in our lodging, the Hotel Lev with spa and swimming pool and sauna, none of which we’ve made use of.Read more...
Our trip today Yesterday’s post will show a map of us at midnight in the middle of Kattegat, the water between Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The ship relentlessly kept its course and navigated us into the Kiel harbor this morning. The boarding pass said that we had a breakfast table at 07:00, whoops, so let’s set the alarm at 06:55 and wing it. Breakfast buffet was pretty elaborate, but we don’t eat much.Read more...