One Friday night last year we went, as we often did, to the pub round the corner from our flat. On our return I remembered we needed to pay that month’s water bill and asked Poppy to send her half. She got distracted and started looking at flights instead. Long story short, she ended up …
I love it when you stumble across an absolute gem by accident. This has happened twice so far on our trip, the first time in Prague and the second in Bratislava. On both occasions I have searched, admittedly rather ambiguously, for ‘castle’ looking for the main tourist ones, but been captivated by another castle somewhere …
When planning our trip, I was concerned that our time in Slovakia outside of the capital would feel rushed, especially as we we’re staying no longer then two nights in any of the towns on the route. Luckily these concerns proved unfounded. Despite being one of the most beautiful and striking countries I have possibly …
So far during this trip, we’ve mainly taken things at a fairly leisurely pace. Most places we’ve tried to stay in for at least 3 nights, plenty of time to do some sightseeing and then explore the beer scene. When it came to Trenčín, our first stop in Slovakia, however, there was no accommodation that …
Our three weeks in the Czech Republic seemed to go by in no time. It’s a truly beautiful country, with its rolling green mountains and picture-perfect old towns. Of course, there’s been beer too and plenty of it; the Czech Republic is famous for its crisp pale lagers, from Pilsner Urquell to Budvar to Kozel. …
Another day, another brewery. The Czech Republic has so many famous breweries, we figured it would be rude of us not to visit a few while we’re here. Last week we’d been to visit the Pilsner Urquell brewery in Pilsen, the birthplace of Pilsner-style beer. This time we were in České Budějovice (Budweis in German), …
