The anniversary of our departure from Australia has just ticked over! This is the selfie we took when we started travelling within Australia on September 11, 2013 – we were on our way from Sydney to Coffs Harbour. Yes, we…

We loved Ljubljana – a small, walkable, beautiful city, with a population of warm-hearted, friendly Slovenes, and many interesting travellers. You have to make a particular effort to get to Ljubljana – it’s not one of the famous backpacker destinations…
Our journey to Croatia began at the space age Linz Station or, as it is known in the local language, Linz Hauptbahnhopf. All the stations in Austria are vast caverns of gleaming modern tile and marble and glass. We were…
When we emerged from the mine, we caught a bus to the centre of Turda. We would have thought it was amazing and wonderful just to drink hot chocolate in the sunshine, but the town centre is quite lovely in…
Wednesday was the big day – time to visit the famous Salina Turda, the Turda Salt Mine. We caught a minibus from Cluj, and the driver told us which stop to get off at, and which road to follow to…