Solo travel seems so scary but I have fallen in love with it. Do not get me wrong I am happily married and do miss my husband. But I can see myself doing more solo travel in my future. This year, I experienced both types of solo travel, first as a single holiday with 27 other people experiencing a tour…
Train travel though Europe is quite easy in my opinion. I decided to try a solo trip travelling by train from Salzburg in Austria ending up ten days later at Warsaw in Poland. I booked my first train between Salzburg and Vienna online and printed off my booking and reservation. The travel cost for first class was just under thirty…
As soon as I got my Bratislava card, I headed to the bus stop and took it down to Aupark Tower. The first place I visited was the UFO Tower. I arrived and was told when I had been in the lift it was going to be another thirty steps to get to the outside viewing section. I can not…
The Danube restaurant was booked as soon as I found where researching where I wanted to eat in Vienna. 252 meters high, two fast lifts, 35 seconds up: the observation terrace of the Danube Tower at a height of 155 meters offers the best view over Vienna and the Danube river. The 360° panorama view of the city is breathtaking.…
The Kindertransport (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig. The children were placed in British foster homes, hostels, schools and farms. Often they were the only members of their families who survived the Holocaust. I noticed…
I arrived at Vienna Central Station after my three hour train journey. Thanks to google maps, I was soon in my hotel room also I realised that I had not eaten anything since breakfast at 8am and it was now 4pm. I was distracted by the sights on the train journey and I also watched a movie. I found a…
