So after the wonderful walking tour of Veliko Tarnovo, we rolled the dice and went on the free walking tour of Plovdiv. It started off fine, our guide seemed knowledgable and he wasn’t really the problem. The problem was this…
Plodding to Plovdiv
So Claire keeps reminding me that I forgot to mention the 5000 yr old Thracian gold artefacts we saw in the museum yesterday. This visit to the museum links into the vases I broke the other and had to pay…
Free walking tour VT style
Today we joined the free walking tour of Veliko Tarnovo. These tend to be hit or miss to be honest, but fortunately for us today was a hit and a good walking tour, that took us through some familiar streets…
Intro to Veliko Tarnovo
Just a quick update today. We caught the bus to Veliko Tarnovo, an interesting old town nestled on a hill surrounded by a river that flows all around it. It is hard to explain it and it is a little…
A Rila good Monastery
Claire and I left the hostel early in search of two things: coffee and the bus to Rila Monastery. We found the bus station on the outskirts of Sofia and we also found bus station coffee, which was surprisingly good,…
Sofia
Jordan was an amazing country but due to the planning and the changes we unfortunately only had the 4 nights there. But anyone thinking of going should make an effort. It was a wonderful country full of friendly and helpful…
The long trip home
So just a wrap up of my trip.The train from Berlin to Frankfurt was a german ICE. They only do a max speed of 220km/h though, but when they pass each other its impressive. Still I’m glad i had a…
West Berlin
I’d actually rarely ventured into the old West berlin. Consulting the map, with the old wall marked on it, I found an old palace from the Hapsberg era. So I caught the train via the S42 anti clockwise ring service.…
Halt. Who goes there?
Today I visited a couple of the things people first think of when they think of Berlin and then the war. I started with an early morning stroll along the Berlin wall. Very little of this wall still exists. There…
Ich bin in Berlin
Berlin. It not going to be Europes best city because lets face it, they started the war. But it has potential to be Europes most modern and efficient city. It probably already is.The main train station is a multi level…