by mspacifica | Jun 23, 2018 | Hungary
Leaving Ms Viking in Prague I took the high speed train back to Budapest which is now like returning home for me. I stayed in a brand new Airbnb Apartment right next to Zsuzsanna’s and unpacked and popped over for a small glass of wine at my favourite breakfast café...
by mspacifica | Jun 15, 2018 | Czech Republic, Europe
We have finally left the Danube for the Vltava. Same, but different. It still has river boats, is the same colour and similar size, but Prague has a nice yellow line-up of Penguins. It also looks great at night. Certainly there are tourists here in Prague. Bus loads...
by mspacifica | Jun 10, 2018 | Czech Republic, Europe
The jewel for tourism in Czech Republic (second only to Prague) is Cesky Krumlov. It is tourist heaven. Really the only place we have been where there are wall-to-wall souvenir shops, buses of tourists: asian and indian, and the start of the US school/college kids. It...
by mspacifica | Jun 9, 2018 | Czech Republic, Europe
But not as well as this dude: St Boniface has been here for sometime, complete with bones and lace. No pronunciation advise on this town… but unlike Spanish the Z and j are pronounced. It’s a wonder we made it here at all. We are staying in a very nice big...
by mspacifica | Jun 7, 2018 | Czech Republic, Europe, Hungary
We spent the night in the northern town of Esztergom, Hungary and had dinner in the vault under the basilica. Fabulous surroundings and good food, following a walk around the town after a huge deluge in the afternoon. Esztergom is on the Danube, in fact on a bend in...
by mspacifica | Jun 2, 2018 | Europe, Hungary
Eger (Egg-air) is a little city to the East of Hungary about 2 hours on the train. We headed into town and checked into our unlovely but adequate hotel the Unicornus! The best things about the Unicornus was the helpful reception man, that ran around after Girl Viking...
by mspacifica | Jun 2, 2018 | Budapest, Europe, Hungary
Bearing in mind that it is routinely 30 degrees here in Budapest, wandering around looking at sights can be a wearying experience. And it is busy already. Hoards of tourists already roaming around and queuing for things including the famous Gelarto Rosa, which Girl...
by mspacifica | Jun 2, 2018 | Budapest, Europe, Hungary
This time we gave Pesht a miss and by the time Ms Pacifica returns from the monastery Girl Viking had arrived and let herself into the Buda apartment and proceeded to make herself familiar with the city. Introducing Girl Viking, who is a great writer, Aussie and...
by mspacifica | May 30, 2018 | Europe, Hungary
After an amazing night sleep I’m up and down to the refectory for Frühstuck! No embarrassing lingual lapses occur – it is buffet, ( that’s in French -my 4th language – last spoken at Char and Michel’s wedding, but still in there, mixed with the Spanish and...
