A previous arrangement to meet a friend in Brussels had fallen through, so I decided to break up my trip home and revisit Berlin for the first time in several years. So after an early start for the early morning train, I arrived in to Berlin Hauptbahnof at around 1pm, 52 minutes late since we…
Tag: history
Exploring Warsaw
June 28 I tried to make the most of the one full day I had in Warsaw, a city that isn’t known as a tourist destination in the way that Krakow is, but I soon wished I had more time to spend here – a running theme through this summer was that I felt I…
Kilkim Žaibu 2022
June 23-25 After a Covid-enforced two year hiatus, I was back at Kilkim! It was an hour drive in a minibus from Vilnius, where our group was befriended by a YouTuber called Lawrence (link to his channel here), who has been cycling around Europe videoblogging about music, history and paganism as a way to help…
Krakow
June 19 I arrived into Krakow at 6:30am, and this time round I didn’t sleep too well, possibly because I was getting off before the final stop and I didn’t want to oversleep. My first hour was spent trying to get the 8 zloty in coinage needed for the left luggage lockers, since I had…
Prague part 2: Wenceslas Square, Franciscan Gardens, The Jewish Quarter, Old Town, and Prague Castle
After my visit to the Museum of Communism, I further explored the city centre, and headed to Wenceslas Square, one of the main city squares in Prague, and was impressed: Next I visited the Franciscan Gardens, where I had an unfortunate misunderstanding with a toilet attendant, not realising that the toilets were pay to get…