It’s still more than two months to go, but with a trip of this magnitude, I want to do my homework in time. What draws me most about Japan are two things: Ramen-style noodles and[…]
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Author: Pat
Glad to leave: Prague
The worst tourist dump ever. The whole old town of Prague seems to exist solely for the purpose of providing a selfie background for intoxicated foreigners. We had found ourselves in the middle of that[…]
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Hiking Slovakia #2
With amazing forested hills just outside the door, there was no way we wouldn’t go for another hike today. This time we benefited from frequent local trains that run up-and-down the eastern side of the[…]
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Hiking Slovakia #1
Just outside the gates of Bratislava starts the mountain range of the Little Carpathians, providing plenty of opportunities for hiking (and sports). Yesterday public transport took us some 20 minutes from our place right to[…]
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Bratislava
Austrian Airlines has a connection Tegel to Vienna every two hours. Vienna itself doesn’t tempt me, but from the airport it’s less than an hour by bus to Bratislava. Very convenient. We arrived in the[…]
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Tripping
April 15, 2010. More than nine years ago, I wrote the first post in this blog. Nine years! I would not have imagined that back then. This very post is the 600th post to be[…]
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