Today we headed just a few kilometers down the road to the lakes. We decided to take Irena's advice and follow route C that would take us from Entry Gate 1 to Station 1 and from there right up to the top lakes, then a walk back down to the ferry, across the lake and the final walk back to the car around the lower parts. I'm not quite sure how far we walked, but all in all it took about six hours and it was blinking hot. It was well worth it though. I have never seen such beautiful water. It was an amazing azure blue. Apparently it is due to the limestone and chalk it runs over and filters through. The water was amazingly clear, which made the fish look as if they were ... read more

Going to let the pictures speak for themselves on this one. Really, really worth going to this museum.... read more

Well, that was an interesting start to the holiday. It's so far been a day of excitement, disappointment, frustration, annoyance, jubilation and nervous anticipation (and it's only 1.15pm UK time). We arrived at Dusseldorf airport to find our flight had been cancelled and were told to go and get our luggage (that had been bound directly for Salzburg) off of the carrousel. It didn't show up, so after being sent back and forth between different desks we were told to go to AirBerlin and book a new flight and they would have our cases. They didn't and first told us they were lost and then that they were still in London, only to find they had them after all. I'd "sensibly" put my spare contact lenses in one suitcase and my glasses in the other, so ... read more

So, with the car hire now booked, we are finally ready to go! All we need to do now is survive the next four months before getting a break from working! Got to love bookings.com. Made it sooo easy to sort out accomodation. We've found what look like some pretty decent places to stay (some apartments, some basic B&Bs and some more flash looking hotels). We've planned as follows, although God knows it will probably change again... 4th July - fly from Heathrow to Salzberg. Spend a few hours pootling round and eating lunch, before catching the train to Zagreb. The journey is about 7 hours long and is meant to have amazing scenery to take in along the way. Book into Zig Zag Apartments on arriving (we think about 9.30pm) 5th July - explore Zagreb. ... read more