Tuesday 20th was our last full day in Vienna, so we were determined to spend it as fully as we could.That meant up early, full breakfast :o) and into the city. We wanted to get a few presents before we left, maybe even a few things for ourselves!That wish began as we passed a children's shop and we saw these lovely T-shirts that said, "When Mum and Dad say no, I just ask Grandma and Grandpa." We smiled at this - and even more so when we saw exactly t...

As we fell asleep at the end of the day, we could definitely turn round and say, "Well, we didn't see THAT coming!" It proved to be one of those days where nothing turned out as we expected/planned - but in a good way. Today was the day of our train trip to Budapest (Hungary).Now, bear in mind that up to this point, we'd had the 'greatest fun' trying to get hold of any literature about Budapest and only the previous Thursday had actually got any (t...

Although it's now the 8th November, I'm now inputting all of the blog text from Vienna - still!So the next three entries will be from our recent holiday.Enjoy! I love travelling all over the world but even a small time difference can knock you back.It's -2hours between Vienna and Moscow, and I was sitting at the computer typing whilst my good lady slept.Some people can cross those borders effortlessly, some can't.Ничево... One thing that I always enjoy,...

I've had to keep notes over the last few days in order to remember everything that's happened so far.It's now Monday night and this is the first opportunity to sit down and update what we've been doing since we arrived. But back to Saturday morning.The car from Taxi Global arrived promptly, as it always does, and we left our apartment at 2:30am.The roads between Leninsky Prospekt and Domodedovo were very wet, but despite this our driver insisted at driving at ...

Well, finally I have the opportunity to sit and add further entries to my blog.It has been a busy couple of weeks since the first one (albeit with plenty more stories about driving!).At the moment, it's early morning here in Vienna, where we having a short break.I always suffer with the time change - at the moment it's 8:40am in Moscow but only 6:40am here.According to my body I should be doing something, so as a morning person I always feel the need to be prod...