We are planning a trip into central Europe for our spring trip in 2026. The target country is Hungary with side trips to Vienna and Slovakia in the plans. As usual lately we will begin and end the trip in Amsterdam.
May 15, 2026 Trebon CZ
We had a debate about what to do today. We were still discussing it in the morning with three possible course of actions. It was
May 14, 2026 Ceske Budojovice CZ
For the first time on this trip we are having to plan on dealing with wet weather. Today wasn’t supposed to rain, but we ended
May 13, 2026 Telc CZ
Our original plan was to give Brno another day so we could visit the castle that dominates the town. When we woke this morning Ton
May 12, 2026 Brno CZ
It was time to move on from Hungary so today we shifted north to the Czech Republic, or as it is now officially called Czechia.
May 11, 2026 Sopron HU
We headed into Sopron early as the weather forecast had rain arriving in the afternoon. When we arrived downtown the streets were very empty. It
May 10, 2026 Sopron HU
We reluctantly decided we needed to put Hungary behind us. Today we had our longest driving day of the trip at 400 kilometers as once
May 9, 2026 Pecs HU
Time is against us now otherwise I think we would have extended our stay in Szeged. But we reluctantly decided we had to move on
May 8, 2026 Szeged HU
If you are interested in Art Nouveau architecture than Szeged Hungary should be on your list of places to visit. It is the kind of
May 7, 2026 Szeged HU
Today we traveled to Szeged which is located about 17 kilometers from Serbia in southern Hungary. It is famous for its collection of Art Nouveau
May 6, 2026 Balatonfuredi HU
We have shifted to Lake Balaton which is the largest lake in central Europe. The drive down had us passing thru Budapest. Apparently Budapest does
May 5, 2026 Szentendre HU
Today we shifted to a suburb of Budapest. It was one of our shortest drives ever at 29 kilometers so we took our time getting
May 4, 2026 Budapest HU
We had a long lay around in our nice hotel room, so we did not get going until almost noon. I woke up at dawn
May 3, 2026 Budapest HU
We were anticipating our overnight excursion into Budapest. Ton packed a small bag with the stuff we would need and we were off to our
May 2, 2026 Budapest HU
On our second day in Budapest we really took advantage of our transit pass to see a large swath of the city. The day began
May 1, 2026 Budapest HU
Ton really wanted me to see Budapest. She visited about 20 years ago and it made a big impression on her, and when we talked
April 30, 2026 Budapest HU
We shifted to Budapest for what is a planned 5 day stay. It was a quick drive from our peaceful campground in the Valley of
April 29, 2026 Eger HU
We had a relaxing start to the day and did not head into town until nearly 11. Our plan was to visit the castle here
April 28, 2026 Eger HU
We are camped in the “Valley of Ton”, or as the Hungarians call it the “Valley of Beautiful Women” near the town of Eger. Eger
April 27, 2026 Miskolc HU
Today we officially moved on to Hungary for the trip, despite visiting Tokaj yesterday we returned to Slovakia to sleep. For the next few days
April 26, 2026 Tokaj HU
We woke up to a gale, but the skies were blue. The plan was to sleep in, but the church we are sleeping next to
April 25, 2026 Mali Bara SK
Today was a laid back day in the Tokaj Wine region in Slovakia. The Tokaj Wine Region is actually a famous Hungarian wine region, but
April 24, 2026 Kosice SK
Kosice is the second largest city in Slovakia, and until we arrived in Bratislava I didn’t know it existed. It has a population of about
April 23, 2026 Levoca SK
We were off to an early start. The weird Aire we stayed in did not lend itself to lingering so we were both ready to
April 22, 2026 Banska Bystrica SK
Slovakia is not a large country in size so our drives have been relatively short. Today we took our longest drive of our visit at
April 21, 2026 Trencin SK
Tonight we are camped in the Tatra mountains near the Polish border. It is not the place we planed on being but sometimes things happen.
April 20, Modra SK
Some days when you travel like we do the day is about chores and not experiences. That is what we expected today, but it ended
April 19, 2026 Bratislava SK
We were expecting rain when we got up but to our surprise it was quite nice out. Ton did a quick check and the rain
April 18, 2026 Bratislava SK
Slovakia is a country that Ton has been excited about visiting since we began planning this trip. For me it is a bit of a
April 17, 2026 Vienna AU
Today was the highlight of our trips to museums in Vienna. As I said yesterday Ton is a great fan of Klimt and “The Kiss”
April 16, 2026 Vienna AU
Vienna has at least 112 museums which is for me why it is such a intimidating place to visit. Today we focused on one of
April 15, 2026 Vienna AU
In our quest to investigate every “Versailles of” we decided to visit the Versailles of Austria Schonbrunn palace. This one came close to matching Versailles
April 14, 2026 Vienna AU
Vienna is really the beginning of our planned trip. Everything up to now was fun but it was positioning to get us to the heart
April 13, 2026 Vienna AU
It’s going to be a short one today. Our intent today was to stop near Linz Austria which was about 2 and a half hours
April 12, 2026 Regensburg GE
We had a debate yesterday, do we take advantage of the lack of trucks on Sunday and make a big jump of 400 kilometers to
November 11, 2026 Nuremberg GE
Today I made some small mistakes that annoyed me, and I hope didn’t annoy Ton too much. We discussed our options for where to go
April 10, 2026 Koblenz GE
We had a relaxing day in Koblenz. We weren’t in a big hurry to get going and enjoyed our breakfast and coffee before heading into
April 9, 2026 Koblenz GE
We moved about 200 kilometers today to Koblenz. Ton and I have spent the last couple of days trying to remember whether we had already
April 8, 2026 Maastricht NE
Maastricht is a town on a small handle of land that sticks down between Germany and Belgium. If you travel 20 kilometers east you are
April 7, 2026 Maastricht NE
Today we completed our trip to Tilburg by visiting the site that put the city on our map. Just outside Tilburg is another Abbey brewery.
April 6, 2026 Turnhout BE
Today we decided to take a quick trip into Belgium from Tilburg. The primary reason is to buy fuel for François. The diesel in Belgium
April 5, 2026 Tilburg NE
We mostly took Easter Sunday off. The wind was blowing a gale with occasional squalls of rain. We took the opportunity to sleep in, and
April 4, 2026 Tilburg NE
We checked out Tilburg today. It is the 5th largest city in the Netherlands. When the textile industry collapsed in the 1960’s the city went
April 3, 2026 Tilburg NE
We made our first move of the trip about 120 kilometers south to the college town of Tilburg. We are going to spend a few
April 2, 2026 Amsterdam NE
We both slept well last night so a trip into the city center seemed in order. Ton found a new place for us to check
April 1, 2026 Amsterdam NE
There was some activity today, but not particularly interesting activity. The day was spent provisioning for the upcoming trip. One of the reasons we like
March 31, 2026 Amsterdam NE
We did not leave the campground today. We are both jet lagged from yesterday but it is hitting us differently. Ton woke up in the
March 30, 2026 Amsterdam NE
We traveled to Amsterdam to start our spring trip. The trip today was the smoothest ever. This time we routed ourselves Portland to New York