Questions & Answers: Travel

Once in a while I take time to check the phrases and words readers use and get to the blog. I believe it’s time I answer some of those travel related questions in an article. In italics you’ll see the phrased searched. And next to it, my answer. Hope it’s useful. Hungary landmarks: aside from…

Getting from Arad (Romania) to Vienna (Austria)

I talked before about getting from Romania to Budapest (Hungary). Now it’s time to go a bit further, specifically to Vienna, Austria. You probably know by now that we don’t own a car and although I do have a driver’s license I don’t rent cars either. Since we both suffer from motion sickness, we don’t…

Why we travel

Each time we start planning a trip we are looking to spend more and more time away from home.  In fact,  we are actually looking into turning into expats for a month or two in each place we visit rather than being ‘tourists’.  This,  however,  clashes with our friends’ idea of traveling,  which is four…

Summer Travel: Do and Don’t

While I certainly prefer to travel during the low season because I can save some money, summer travel is something which most, if not all, Europeans do. And we are no strangers to that. 1. DO plan short escapes close to home A weekend camping or going to thermal baths won’t burn holes in your…

A day in Gyula, Hungary

Before I actually made it to Gyula, I only knew that it was a small city close to the Romanian border. In fact, it’s just 1 1/2 h by car from Arad. However, we visited on the way back from Oroshaza. And in Gyula we met our Instagram friend who offered to show around. We…