Tag: Europe 2024
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Wednesday 24 April 2024Highlights: The mountains of Bosnia, Exploring the history of Sarajevo Today we left Belgrade at 8.30 am for a long travelling day to Sarajevo and visiting a new country Bosnia and Herzegovina with a complex and bloody history with their neighbour in Serbia.
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Tuesday 23 April 2024Highlights: Yugo Car Tour, Semlin Concentration Camp, Genex Tower, Learning about Josip Broz Tito leader Yugoslavia, Nikola Tesla Museum Today we had booked two optional activities, a Yugo Tour (6,000 Dinars / 50 Euros) and a tour of the Nikola Tesla Museum (500 Dinar). These activities would take most of the day…
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Monday 22 April 2024Highlights: Exploring Novi Sad, Exploring Belgrade, The bombed NATO buildings, Statue of Gavrilo Princip (starter of WW1), Belgrade Fortress We had a late departure from Novi Sad today at 1 pm which meant time to explore the city a little more. Probably the biggest highlight was Eparhy of Backa, which is a…
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Sunday 21 April 20224Highlights: Exploring the Petrovaradin Fortress, discovering Novi Sad. Today we left the relative comfort of Eastern Europe and moved further east into the Balkans. G Adventure had upgraded the transportation today from public bus to private minivan which was very welcomed.
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Saturday 20 April 2024Highlights: Visiting the Cave Church on Gellert Hill, meeting new tour members Today was the end of the Best of Eastern Europe Tour and the start of the Croatia and the Balkans tour. While I booked this as one tour this does mean a new Chief Experience Officer (CEO), some tour members…
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Thursday 19 April 2024Highlights: Visiting the Nem Adom Fel Cafe, St Stephen’s Basilica, the controversial Memorial for the victims of the German Occupation, the Soviet Heroic Memorial, surprising USA Presidents statues, the stunning Hungarian Parliament building, the massive Great Synagogue, and the cult Ruin Bar visit. Today we left Vienna behind travelling first by a…
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Wednesday 17 April 2024Highlights: Exploring the stunning Schönbrunn Palace, a night of ballet at the State Opera House watching Die Kameliendame. Today I wanted to explore the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. This summer palace was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers who purchased it in 1569 first making it into a game reserve…
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Tuesday 16 April 2024Highlights: St Stephen’s Cathedral, Franciscan Church, Augustinian Church, Hofbug Palace, Vienna’s many buildings, laneways and sculptures We woke to very fresh and cold weather which definitely wakes you up. Today I used warmer clothes to help with the colder weather. Just on 9 am we set off for Austria and Vienna. It…
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Monday 15 April 2024Highlights: Exploring Český Krumlov and Český Krumlov Castle After an enjoyable time in Prague we were scheduled to leave our hotel at 9 am for Český Krumlov for a 2.5 hour private van transport however bad weather delayed our driver. This was a sign that bad weather was moving in as the…
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Sunday 14 April 2024Highlights: Trying a local special sweet – trdelnik, Climbing Petrin Hill Tower and observing beautiful Prague One of the less attractive aspects of travel is laundry. So today after breakfast we set off to a laundromat which took 30 minutes to walk, around 1.5 hours for wash and drying cycles and 30…
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