I include Wellington Botanic Garden in my Top Ten Gardens as much for its unusual situation on a steep hillside overlooking the city of Wellington, as for its huge collection of native and overseas plant species and extensive floral displays. At first sight the 62 acre hillside location may seem daunting, particularly for less nimble […]
The North Yorkshire coast has many attractions with the resorts of Scarborough and Whitby being the major ones, but Robin Hood’s Bay lying between is well worth a visit. Scarborough is reputed to be Britain’s oldest seaside resort dating back to the 17th Century and much of the town still retains a charming Victorian feel. On my recent […]
Grandma Needs a Four-Wheel Drive is sub-titled Adventure Travel for Seniors, and that indicates exactly what this book is all about. Two grandmas – one a writer, Janet Webb Farnsworth, and the other a photographer, Bernadette Heath – get themselves into many hazardous situations as they drive, hike, canoe and pony-trek up creeks and through […]
Visit Belgrade before the tourists arrive! Many people take Short Breaks in East European capitals, with Budapest and Prague being among the most popular and others like Bratislava and Zagreb not far behind. However Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, is not a place many people would consider as a Short Break venue. That is a great […]
Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe, is in the west of Hungary about 60 miles from Budapest. To travel right round the lake is a distance of about 120 miles with some stunning scenery and interesting towns and villages along the way. It is also a major wine producing area with plenty of […]
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Prague – Top Ten City
Prague is the only one of my Top Ten Cities that is not a major port; it is situated about halfway between the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean and about 400 miles from the North Sea. Hence Prague is uniquely at the crossroads between Northern and Southern Europe and between Western and Eastern Europe. I first […]