Author Archives: ianmacd
Blasting Through The Chores
I drove the car down to the Audi garage yesterday to find out how much the repair of the back bumper is going to cost us. It’s not cheap, as the entire bumper has to be replaced. Not only that, … Continue reading
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Final Tally
The final tally is in: we spent 3 nights in Germany, 25 in Czechia, 18 in Slovakia, 9 in Hungary and 5 in Austria. That’s a total of 60 days on the road; 61 really, because we spent a 61st … Continue reading
Home Is Where The Dead Rodent Is
Two months after we left Amsterdam, we have returned home, leaving some 5627 kilometres behind us. The corpse of a partially mummified mouse greeted us upon entering the house. The journey from Karlovy Vary to Kassel in Germany yesterday was really … Continue reading
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Karlovy Vary
Here we are in lovely Karlovy Vary. It’s not love at first sight the way it was with Český Krumlov, but together with that town and Prague, I’d say it’s one of the three must-visit towns in Czechia if you’re … Continue reading
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Shouting lager, lager, lager, lager!
It’s another sunny day in west Bohemia and another sunny day in the whole of Europe, I think; even friends and family on both the east and west coast of the USA are complaining about the heat. Summer never used … Continue reading
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