Posted in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Europe, France, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Wales on Jul 7th, 2012
All in all, this was a very successful trip. While the pace was a bit hurried (I think we could have easily used an extra day in every hotel location, save St.Gallen), we did very well in terms of improving our country count, managed to visit mostly new places, and never felt as though we […]
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Posted in Germany, Poland, Rental Car on Jul 2nd, 2012
We departed Krakow a little after 8am and (aside from rest stops and a brief detour into Wroclaw, Poland) drove the ~600km straight through arriving at our hotel around 2pm. A four-to-six lane highway (starting as the A4 in Krakow) runs directly to Berlin, making the drive very easy. However, while the countryside is attractive […]
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Posted in Poland on Jun 30th, 2012
In order to make the most of our day and beat the expected heat (near 90 degrees), we started our explorations shortly after 8am. En route to our first stop, Libby picked up the most delightful iced coffee… like a Starbucks Frappuccino but better. We then traversed the historic core of the city in order […]
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Posted in Czech Republic, Poland, Rental Car on Jun 29th, 2012
Today we drove from Vienna (departing around 8:30am) to Krakow (arriving around 4:30pm). The route took us across the eastern side (Moravia) of the Czech Republic. Originally, we’d intended to stop in Moravsky Krumlov the long-standing home of Alfons Mucha’s Slavic Epic series of paintings. However, they’ve been moved to Prague, which is probably a […]
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