When we set out five months ago, a visit to Serbia was never really on the cards. We knew were starting in Estonia and ending in Romania, so Serbia seemed a little out of the way. However, when looking at onward travel from Budapest it turned out that getting around Hungary didn’t seem so easy. …
Craft beer is big business in Budapest and it was one of the cities I was most excited to visit. Dotted around the city there are dozens of bars offering everything from tiny Hungarian microbreweries to big international names like Mikkeller and Evil Twin. We looked online for where to visit during our time in …
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 …
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. …