LET’S SAY THAT OUR NAMES ARE WOMBAT AND ZWIEDZACZ – WE ARE TRAVELLING 'RECYCLING TEENS’.
WE TRIED TO MAKE THIS BLOG USER-FRIENDLY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHOSE EYESIGHT IS NOT SO GOOD AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT VERY COMPUTER SAVVY. THEREFORE, WE ARE USING LARGE FONTS AND HAVE INCLUDED LINKS TO EVEN MORE INFORMATION.
YOU WILL FIND TWO UNUSUAL SECTION NAMES IN OUR BLOG. THE FIRST IS CALLED 'ON THE ROAD’ – THIS PART INCLUDES OUR COMMENTS AND NOTES MADE DURING CURRENT TRAVEL – KIND OF ROUGH NOTES DIVIDED INTO TWO FOLDERS – ONE FOR EACH OF US.
THE SECOND NOT COMMON SECTION IS CALLED “SHORTCUTS” – THIS ONE IS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY – IT INCLUDES JUST BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT PRICES, INTERESTING PLACES, HOTELS, TRANSPORT, FOOD AND THE LIKE, NO LONG DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR INTREPID JOURNEYS.
WE ARE A BIT OLDER, AN OPEN-MINDED COUPLE OF TRAVEL ENTHUSIASTS – WE HAVE ALREADY TRAVELLED AND SEEN A BIT AND ARE STILL KEEN TO SEE MORE PLACES. WE LOVE ENCOUNTERS WITH NEW FOOD TASTES. ANY FOOD TASTES, AS WE DECIDED THAT, IF OTHERS COULD EAT IT, WE COULD TOO! MEETING NEW PEOPLE IS OUR PASSION, AND WE DO LIKE THEM ALL, MAYBE WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, AS SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO 'MAKE A MEAL’ OF US AND OTHERS WHO WANT TO 'HUNT’ US – WE TRY TO AVOID THOSE!
ONE OF US LIVED FOR OVER FIVE YEARS IN ITALY AND ABOUT 18 YEARS IN AUSTRALIA, THE OTHER HAS VISITED ITALY PRACTICALLY EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS AND LIVED IN FRANCE. SO FAR, WE HAVE TRAVELLED TOGETHER TO ITALY, SPAIN, THE UK, FRANCE, SWEDEN, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, GREECE, GERMANY, GEORGIA, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, JAPAN, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. EACH OF US HAS ALSO TRAVELLED ON OUR OWN AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH ENRICHED OUR LIVES WITH EXPERIENCES OF TRAVELS TO NEPAL, MEXICO, MOROCCO, SYRIA, JORDAN, EGYPT, INDIA, DENMARK, NORWAY, IRELAND, BULGARIA, CROATIA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND EAST GERMANY. WE HAVE MANAGED TO COMMUNICATE DURING THOSE TRIPS USING ONE OF THE THREE OR FOUR LANGUAGES WE HAVE MASTERED – POLISH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN AND FRENCH, AND OCCASIONALLY WE USED SOME REMNANTS OF RUSSIAN WE HAVE LEARNED IN SCHOOL, AND SOME GUESSING OF CZECH/SLOVAKIAN, WHICH ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO POLISH; AND SPANISH.
THE REASON THAT PROMPTED US TO START THIS BLOG WAS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND ANY USEFUL INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE LIKE US, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRAVEL ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT OR WITH ONLY MINIMAL HELP FROM THE TRAVEL AGENCIES; FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH A SMALL AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM WITH AN ENSUITE, PREFERABLY WITHOUT BREAKFAST, WHO DO NOT LIKE TRAMPING, BUT PREFER TO WANDER AROUND MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND OTHER NOTEWORTHY PLACES; WHO WERE LOOKING FOR AN EXOTIC FOOD IN ANY PLACE PROVIDING THE HYGIENE WAS UP TO REASONABLE STANDARD.
SO HERE IT IS – OUR BLOG …
