Sweet wine. It conjures images of elderly aunts. Sherry maybe. Fortunately our love of Spain taught us to enjoy sherry long ago and we were ready to try the sweet nectar of Tokaj. Slovakian Tokaj. The Tokaj region spreads across the border and we first visited the Slovakian wine producing village of Mala Trna. MalaTrna […]
Author: Kelvin Collins
Butterflies and archangels.
Butterfly walk. I forgot to write about the butterfly walk we did from the campsite at Podlesok. It wasn’t called that, it was through the Pilska Dolina (Pilska Valley), but as we progressed we quickly became aware of the thousands of the delicate little flutterers. The valley is billed as the most quiet in the […]
Back on the road.
We’ve risked the softening effect of creature comforts. We’ve been nearly two weeks under roofs, with beds, showers, toilets and cookers. It’s time to move on, if only locally. We booked a few days in the Levoca house for Polly’s convalescence, and then a few more for our friends Paul and Heather to come and […]
Slovakia
Culture. They’re at home. They’re probably right. When the German driver doesn’t acknowledge your death defying manoeuvre that gives them easy passage. When the French waitress is utterly unmoved by your tip. When the Eastern European doesn’t smile back when you grin your very best. Or when the Greek lights up a cigarette beside you […]
Leaving Austria. Heading east.
Portugal. Portugal? Yes. Portugal. I spent last week on a job with a film production company driving and sorting stuff behind the scenes. It’s something I used to do a few times a year, but generally in and around Manchester. This time it was on the Algarve. The beaches are beautiful. The temperature was about […]
Austria – give me mountains.
Austria. Entering Austria from Lichtenstein you could be forgiven for thinking that you’ve entered a very large architectural competition. Each house is bigger, more interesting, and has better views than the last. And most are built on slopes that any sane British builder would shy away from. Just over the border the fuel price immediately […]