Traveling can bring you almost no or as much as you can possibly imagine. All of it depends on how open your head and heart are and the way adventurous your spirit.
After selling our house and most of its contents, we left for any two-year adventure traveling and exploring a few of the many great places with this wonderful planet, a world filled up with history, stunning scenery, adventures and unique, friendly and generous people. Our mode of travel varied depending on the places we were exploring. We traveled by car included in a 6-month journey in Europe.
For your Traveler’s Journal presentation, we target four beautiful and diverse countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia.
The Czech Republic has many great cities and towns but the two we enjoyed one of the most were Prague and Cesky Krumlov. The thing that separates Prague (the Paris with the East) from most other European cities is it survived for the most part undamaged from The second world war.
It seems every street you walk has even more beautiful old buildings as opposed to previous one. The Czechs take great pride to maintain this beauty. This city, full of cafes, endless boutique shopping and a lot of other things, is a must.
Cesky Krumlov is a town inside the south of the country surrounded by an attractive flowing river. Its great charm and friendly people, and its picture postcard streets from another time, made it a favorite.
Next stop: Budapest, Hungary. Originally a few separate cities of Buda, Pest and Obuda were divided by the river Danube. The three became Budapest in 1873. Although Hungary was one of the most difficult country in Europe for all of us to travel because of the language, the friendly people went of their way to help along with the language never became a great deal of problem. Once again, if beautiful buildings full of history, magnificent spas once employed by only the wealthy of Europe and a great city for exploring by walking is for you, we recommend adding Budapest to your Bucket List. We walked for 5 days and could have spent another five easily.
Our time in Slovenia and Croatia came unintentionally because part of our travel plans included lacking a set itinerary. We wanted the flexibleness to stay or leave depending on how we liked places.
After about fourteen days in Austria, the weather turned bad along with the forecast showed more of the same, so we decided to cut our time there short. We attended an Internet cafe to find a place with better weather for an additional three weeks. Croatia it was!
Our main focus was Croatia, though the great thing about travel is not only the destination though the journey as well. As we entered Slovenia we knew we must stay a few days and explore the stunning scenery. Bled, when a retreat for many parts of Europe for the beauty and spas, was obviously a spectacular setting. Once again we’d found another place we might come back to. Croatia declared independence in 1991 and possesses been growing and upgrading since.
We traveled through Split and of the many islands to visit, Hvar and Korcula looked good to us. We’d great weather, beautiful beaches, small-town island charm and intensely friendly people. The ferries between islands were great; the price tag on everything still was very reasonable compared to other areas in the Adriatic and Mediterranean. Rediscovering the reassurance of these islands is at the top of our list.
From these relaxing tranquil islands we tripped to the walled city of Dubrovnik. What a history this excellent city has! Walking around, seeing the injury inflicted just a few years ago, was sad and yet amazing.
The city wall has protected Dubrovnik and its particular people since the ninth century. While weapons have changed from old siege weapons to the latest of bombs, mortars and missiles, the wall along with the city endure. It’s incredible to take into consideration. Walking around the city both below and also on the wall is forever etched in your memories, writes tagza.