Latvia and the latest Welsh bobsled team.
We were up and ready for breakfast just past 7 before finding out it didn’t start till half past on a Saturday! We sat, waited then rushed in and quickly […]
Latvia and the festival of light.
Today was Latvian independence/freedom/creation of the state day, and what better way to celebrate than with free sparkling wine at breakfast! The Wellton hotel outdoes itself on brekkie terms. Mum […]
Latvia and and the day of opulence.
In order to fulfill your dreams, you always need help. So when my Mum asked me where I’d like to go for my graduation present, as my sisters had been […]
Final day in Romania and the dictator’s palace.
After last nights exploits we weren’t up and about till midday, and we needed to stop off and get breakfast in a cute cafe with van gogh paintings on the […]
Bucharest and how it all went downhill after Palinca…
Up and ready early, continental breakfast devoured and a happy birthday song for Peter we hit the road for the last day of driving. We were headed for Sinaia, named […]
Transylvania and the 11 mile Carpathian hike
Today we got up and had breakfast in the hotel, stocked up with a couple bottles of water and checked our route to the Carpathians. It was a 40 minute […]
Transylvania and the tale of two castles…
Today was the day Peter had been looking forward to. Today we were visiting Bran Castle, although it has numerous ties with Dracula and Bram Stoker, it actually has none. […]
Brasov and the death defying feats.
Breakfast at the hotel was….interesting, several types of sheep cheese, boar and deer salami, home made honeys and the tasty elderflower soda. It was actually really good, our host served […]
Castle Corvin and the birthplace of Vlad.
We woke early after a night of imagining a vampire coming through the huge curtains that went across the balcony. After a tasty and useful breakfast (They had bottled water […]
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