Summary Hungary is probably a country we wouldn't come back to. We weren't overly impressed with Lake Belaton, so much in fact that we didn't even stop for a look other than for lunch on the way past. Budapest is nice however, we had a nice afternoon wandering the city before having a few drinks at a bar and scoffing down about a kg of sausage and fried meat from the restaurant next door. The area above Budapest, the Danube Bend, is OK. We did a hike here one...

SummarySlovenia was a huge surprise to us, in particular the area around Bled, Lake Bohinj, Vintgar Gorge and the Julian Alps. The scenery here is incredibly beautiful and we had some awesome weather at Bohinj that made for an awesome day hiking into the hills. Bled was also impressive but a little bit touristy for our liking. The world championship rowing titles were also being held here in a couple of days so it was probably a little busier than usual. We th...

Summary Croatia - what a country!!! It has beautiful unspoilt beaches, clear blue ocean water, beautiful mountains with stunning rivers that navigate between them and some of the best national parks either of us had seen in our lives. Croatia was also what we needed exactly when we needed it. After smashing ourselves from the middle of the Turkey across Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro in the space of 10 days, we basically came to a halt and caught our ...

Summary Although not a lot to see over these 4 countries, we did enjoy ourselves. We drove about 1500 km's over the space of about 6 days but it felt like more. Maybe because we'd had a few big days driving in Turkey so it was compounded. Hugo ran well the entire time, he's really coming into his element in eastern Europe. Bulgaria highlights included the Wonderful Bridges, Trigrad Gorge and Devil's Throat Cave, Rila Monastery (although we didn't go inside...

Summary Turkey, what an amazing country!! It's got everything really. We started with a tour of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It's such a peaceful and moving place and it's really something all Australians, Brits, French and Turkish people should do. We learnt a lot about the Turkish history here and realised how important this battle and their victory is to them and how it also formed their national identity. From here we followed the coastline down bypassing ...