Author Archives: tbeartravels

MELNIK As is the case with most cities getting in and out of a city can sometimes be complicated so we decided to catch a train from Prague to Melnik, about thirty five kilometres to the north. Many country stations … Continue reading →

PRAGUE PART 2:  OFF THE BEATEN TRACK There is a penalty to pay if you visit cities such as Prague at this time of the year: the penalty is the throngs of tourists. To avoid the masses we rode into … Continue reading →

CZECH REPUBLIC ADVENTURE. PRAGUE PART 1 This post is dedicated to my nephew Glen because, like me, he was born in the wrong era. We should have been born in the art nouveau or art deco period because we both appreciate … Continue reading →

SWITZERLAND AFTER THE BIKE MISSION The butterfly story of this post is dedicated to our butterfly aficionado friend Mick (Armidale) and the birds, to birdo (Australian term for a bird watcher) friend David, the bird man of the Pilliga Forests. … Continue reading →

OUR SWISS BICYCLING MISSION. TOURING SWITZERLAND BY BIKE, TRAIN, BUS and BOAT. We flew from Thessaloniki to Zurich in early April. Our destination was a small village north west of Zurich where our bike-riding friends, Rolf and Erika, live. Rolf … Continue reading →

Central and Eastern Macedonia, Greece. (Following on from Halkidiki) The previous post left us pondering the Holy Mount Athos republics. The traffic in Kavala was horrendous so we immediately did a u-turn and headed for the bush, finding ourselves in … Continue reading →

HALKIDIKI REGION, GREECE  Our stay in Greece was fast coming to an end but because it was a tad cold still in central Europe (the next phase of our journey) we decided to hire a car and undertake a camping … Continue reading →

THESSALONIKI  From Athens we caught a train to Thessaloniki. Travel forums on the net suggested that a bus was a better option but talking to the locals they suggested a train was preferable because you could move about and there … Continue reading →

FROM KYTHERA, A RETURN TO ATHENS Bev and I bade Kythera farewell from the port at Diakofti aboard the vehicular ferry Bitsentzos Kornaros. The Kornaros, coming from Crete, was running late and when I enquired about why it was late, … Continue reading →

NORTHERN KYTHERA The north of Kythera holds as many tales as the central and southern regions and this post tells a few of those stories. My first story relates to the ruined fortress of Paleochora, the island’s Byzantine capital. The … Continue reading →