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Central Europe: travelogue summer 2003
We have five weeks this summer and we travel through many countries in central Europe. We discover new places, but we also come across places and people we would like to see again. The main goal (in advance) was to explore Hungary in search of a nice region where we might want to buy a holiday home. But it soon became apparent that we did not feel at home in Hungary at all and we abandoned that plan. In fact, we decided that we rather spend our money on traveling than on a permanent place where you are obliged to go.
Read here more about the preparation to this long summer vacation .
Read here more about the preparation to this long summer vacation .
Poland
Groningen - Wroclaw, a long journey and we see too many accidents
A nice morning in Wroclaw, trip to Czestochowa
A rainy start, a visit to the salt mines of Wieliczka and to Zakopane
Zakopane, and a trip through the neighbourhood
Slovakia
To Roznava, a beautiful drive through the Slovakian Paradise
Hungary
To Eger, Bukki Nemzeti national park in norteast Hungary
To the capital of Hungary, Budapest
To Szeged, a visit to Pecs
To Veszprem and to Sopron, near the Austrian border
Croatia
To Zaton, a long drive along a beautiful coast
In the burning heat we visit Zadar
Plitvicka national park, remainders of the war
With Joko to Zadar
Austria
Through Italy into the Austrian Alps, the Grossglocknerstrasse
Döllach - Vent, through Italy to west Tirol via the Timmelsjoch
Vent - Langenwang, with a chairlift into the mountains and to the Krimmler falls
Vienna, visiting the highlights
Czech Republic
Vienna - Puchov (Slovakia), through the Moravian karst, caves
Walking through Prague
Another day at Prague
Bohemian Paradise, Giant mountains
Last day at Prague
Germany
Via Dresden to our friends in Zermützel