CARAVAN HALEN PART DEUX

Hungary   When we were planning the trip, I felt a little bit of trepidation about Hungary.  I had heard so many great things about Budapest, but I’d also read a lot about Viktor Orban’s authoritarian regime – was it a riskier destination?  In hindsight that felt a bit silly, and besides, after our choice of stopover to Europe it’s probably only the second most autocratic country we’d visited Budapest didn’t disappoint. It’s a really great city, truly grand and picturesque, b

Poland   As well as saving us a couple of days of Swedish driving, I was quite taken by the notion of visiting Poland, and adding in an...

I'm about three weeks behind now, so hopefully this will be followed soon after by some Eastern European goodness Denmark   When we were...

Belgium   With the kids still buzzing from Harry Potter, and “wingardium leviosa”-ing each other all morning, we dropped the rental car...