Eastern Europe – richard's travels

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When I reply to questions such as “where are you off next” or “what weird place have you just got

I had visited Slovenia in 2005, seeing the Spanish Riding School’s stud and training facility at Lipica and the Postojna

On my current travels, three countries will be revisited. Croatia, I’m pleased to say, is one of them. Last seen

Albania had intrigued me since childhood. A secretive secluded country run by a single man, Enver Hoxha for over forty

After a brief sojourn in Budapest, we hit the long and not so dusty road (ok…it was via train with

In 1989 the Velvet Revolution toppled the communist rule of Czechoslovakia allowing for the eventual dissolution of the country. On

The aim of this blog was to contrast Warsaw and Krakow, and use a catchy title like ‘Poles Apart’. Instead

Following on from the superlative-laden Estonia, the next country that required checking off the list was Latvia, and Riga in

I have a problem! I seem to enthuse about every new place I visit. But surely they can’t all be

SPOILER ALERT : This article may contain pretty pictures and things you already know! Russia; a country of which many