Poland's beautiful lakes
With several more days over 35 degrees forecast, we wanted to get close the water. We had planned to go to the Polish Lake District, Masuria, in the North East of Poland. But to split the journey, we found a Lake on the way - Lake Gluszynek, about 40 miles south of Torun. It was…
Poznan
Poznan is Poland's fifth largest city. Although pretty much on our route through Poland, we wouldn't have visited, or seen and learned so much about the city, if it hadn't been for Garry meeting a young Polish guy, Maks, in the Locarno Snooker club in Edinburgh last December. Back home in Scotland, Garry usually plays…
Campsites
This trip so far we have used campsites every night but one (we imagine that we will do more 'wild camping' in Scandinavia as we head north to more remote areas). We have been travelling a long way in a short time and really want to avoid the stress of arriving at a completely unknown…
Bohemian Paradise
This is the actual name of a protected area of natural beauty in the Czech Republic. We hadn't heard of this area before until we were told about it by a Welsh couple who we met on the campsite in Prague. The area has been designated a UNESCO geopark as there are many unusual rock…
Hot in Prague
A really hot day in Prague. We stayed in Slivenec on the outskirts of Prague in an orchard (Camp Slivenec). We went for a short bike ride around the local area but it was 33 degrees when we arrived on the Saturday, so even a short bike ride was exhausting. We decided it was best…
Crossing Germany
We set off from Luxembourg at around 7pm and planned to drive for at least 4 hours on our way to Prague. We made good progress on the fast German autobahn. When you think you are going really fast to overtake a truck, a car travelling at 180mph will suddenly appear behind you, and you…