Ray had secretly made plans with one of our boys, Richard, to pop over to Luxembourg for the weekend and surprise me on our arrival at the campsite yesterday and his planned worked! I was suitably shocked đ
Richard was staying in a little boutique hotel, the nearest one he could find to our campsite and we enjoyed a great meal with him last night and even decided to treat ourselves to an overnight stop too! Continue reading Luxembourg City
We hadnât realised before we reached Augsburg the other day, that we were on the Romantic Road or Romantisch StraĂe, as it is signposted in Germany.
After a little research on the wonder web we had learned more about this scenic/theme/tourist route. Unbeknown to us we had actually been quite close when we were visiting Oberammergau & Linderhof Palace last year as well as when we passed the hilltop castle of Harburg on Wednesday!
Right on our doorstep was the delightful medieval old town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, another popular stop for visitors on the Romantic Road. The town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber sits in the Tauber Valley and was once a free imperial town and today is renowned for its well preserved old town walls, numerous gatehouses, towers and many historic landmarks. Continue reading Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia, Bavaria
Today we arrived again into Budapest by bus at Stop Number 11 on our Yellow Line Bus route at Margit HĂd Bridge on the Buda side of the River Danube.
On our list of places to visit today was Buda Castle, VĂĄrkert BazĂĄr and The Fishermanâs Bastion, all of which were on the western side of the Danube.
We chose our current campsite as it had the major advantage of a bus stop just a short walk away at Zugligeti Libego and a 20 minute ride on the 291 into Budapest through the leafy suburbs of the city on the Buda side of the Danube.
Marta, the campsite matriarch, was able to sell us tickets for one of the Hop on Hop off City Buses and we purchased a 48 hour ticket, with a discount for Ray đ She also informed us that Ray qualified for free travel on all public transport, bargain!
I purchased my single journey ticket of 450 Forint on the bus and made sure to validate it there and then.