WELCOME, BENVENUTO, 欢迎您, ბენვენუტო, BIENVENIDOS, WILLKOMMEN, 歡迎へようこそ, VÍTEJTE, BEM-VINDO, ЛАСКАВО ПРОСИМО, BONVENON, BIENVENUE, آمدید, ΚΑΛΩΣ ΗΡΘΑΤΕ, សូមស្វាគមន៍, SVEIKI ATVYKĘ, LAIPNI, בנוונוטו, SELAMAT, DATANG, خوش, VITAJTE, HOŞGELDİNİZ, TERE, WITAJCIE
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ASSUME THAT OUR NAMES ARE WOMBAT AND PIOTRO … RECYCLED TEENAGERS TRAVELERS
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 SECTIONS IN OUR BLOG.
THE FIRST IS CALLED “ON THE WAY” – THIS PART INCLUDES OUR COMMENTS AND NOTES MADE DURING OUR TRAVELS – KIND OF ROUGH NOTES DIVIDED INTO TWO FOLDERS- ONE FOR EACH OF US.
THE SECOND MENTIONED SECTION IS CALLED “SHORTCUTS” – THIS ONE IS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY – IT INCLUDES JUST BARE INFORMATION ABOUT PRICES, INTERESTING PLACES, HOTELS, TRANSPORT, FOOD AND THE LIKE, NO LONG DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR INTREPID JOURNEYS.
WE ARE A BIT OLDER, OPEN-MINDED COUPLE OF TRAVEL ENTHUSIASTS – WE HAVE ALREADY TRAVELLED AND SEEN SOME, 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, WE DO LIKE THEM ALL, MAYBE WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS AS SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO “MAKE A MEAL” OF US AND OTHERS WHO WANTED TO “HUNT” US. WE DO 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, CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, GREECE, GERMANY, GEORGIA, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, IRAN, ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS, ARGENTINA, JAPAN, PERU, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND. EACH OF US HAS ALSO TRAVELLED ON ITS 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, EASTERN ISLAND 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. SOMETIMES HELPS US NOT A GOOD KNOWN SPANISH. OCCASIONALLY WE ARE USING SOME REMNANTS OF RUSSIAN WE HAVE LEARNED IN SCHOOL AND SOME GUESSING OF CZECH/SLOVAKIAN WHICH IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO POLISH.
THIS IS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT PUBLISHING A BLOG, THOUGH WE HAVE ALREADY PUBLISHED SOME PHOTOS WITH DESCRIPTIONS, BUT NOT THIS KIND OF DIARIES ON THE INTERNET.
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 A 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 INTERESTING PLACES; WHO WERE LOOKING FOR INTERESTING AND EXOTIC FOOD IN ANY PLACE PROVIDING THE HYGIENE WAS UP TO REASONABLE STANDARD.
SO HERE IT IS – OUR BLOG…
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