I wanted to write a few words about Trakai castle for a while now. There is no secret that I like castles and when we traveled to Lithuania we decided that we couldn’t miss seeing this one.
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Safari in South Africa, our spring vacation
Once in a lifetime experience
If asked where I want to spend my vacation I would never say :safari in South Africa. I considered Africa quite fascinating but for a girl coming from a small town in Eastern Europe that was just a bit too exotic. However when the opportunity presented without requiring from me much effort I of course couldn’t say no. 🙂
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“Carosello” from the series “Eating in Prague” with kids
Eating with kids
Eating is not what used to be! 🙂 So to all future parents out there I would say “go eat out and enjoy it”. I am not saying that you can not enjoy your food after becoming a parent, but the parameters are not the same.
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Castle hunting in Slovakia: Smolenice Castle
Day off and no plan
Why Smolenice Castle? It happened to me, on occasion, to have a day off or free weekend with no plan. Not that I mind. I am quite content to spend my free day with a romantic book all by myself. 🙂 Somebody said that “he likes his own company”. I suppose I like mine too. 🙂
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Spa in Austria, Laa and St.Martins Therme
Pools and spas
Since I became an expat I started to appreciate the benefits of a good spa in Austria. I didn’t know much about the concept in the first place.
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Bitov Castle, in search of the past
Love for the castles
Bitov Castle is one of the nicest castles that I’ve seen so far. And I saw a few, although not even near as many as I want to see.
Turcianske Teplice and how we got there
How did we pick Turcianske Teplice
Turcianske Teplice was not a name I was familiar with. Aside from the fact that I could correctly repeat it  I couldn’t add much! 🙂
Karlovy Vary or the next long weekend
Karlovy Vary, the town of spas
Karlovy Vary is a name that I heard a lot while living in Czech Republic and even in Slovakia. But while I lived in Brno and later in Bratislava somehow I never got the chance to actually see it.
Vacation with baby in New Orleans-visit if you can
Vacation with baby in New Orleans
Our vacation with baby in USA lasted for almost three weeks. We begun with Orlando and continued with Miami, Tampa, Tallahassee, Mobile. The next place on the list was New Orleans.
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Flying with toddler on TAP airlines to Lisbon
One year later
Flying with toddler on TAP airlines was exactly one year later from our first flight with F. This time there are two major changes:
- He can walk
- The flight is shorter, just 3.5 hours.
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