pilgrim itinerary

lets put together a simple to follow plan of our journey:

 

10 may - drive to Poland stay at old communist hotel in ceramic producing town of Boleslawiec

11 may - drive to Polish mountains in the hope of walking. Stayed at Sklarska Poreba in sthn Silesia

12 may - too wet to walk so head to Oswiecim via fully wooden 16thC church of Szrenica near Jelena Gora

13 may - tour Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camps then drive to Krakow

14 & 15 may -  in Krakow walking and seeing town sights

16 may -  drive over border to Slovakia and head to Levoca - a quaint walled town with lovely town square

17 may -  have quiet day around Levoca

18 may -  drive to high tatras near Horni Smokovec and do walk in mountain

19 may -  another walk in high tatras before driving to Dedinky at the bottom of slovansky raj national park

20 may -  ross does 6 hour walk through slovansky raj while jen sleeps in. late in the day head to Eger in Hungary

21 may -  check out Eger including organ concert in cathedral and discovery of amazing ice cream shop. drive that evening to Budapest

22 may -  Explore Budapest

23 may -  drive via ´Danube Bend' including Esztergom and arrive late in Sopron near Austrian border. Ross is involved in the (his) great tick discovery.

24 may - tick discovery solved. Explore Sopron. Drive to Vienna and set up in camp.

25-26 may - Walk our feet off in vienna. Discover best ice cream place - Zanoni and Zanoni. Check out Schonbrunn - summer palace of the Hapsburgs. Eat the biggest schnitzels ever seen in suburb of Vienna. Explored the city on trams.

27 may - leave Vienna and follow Danube river stopping overnight at Melc.

28 may - cross into Czech Republic and head for Lake Lipno for possibility of nature and walking but...

29 may - wet and will be so for a few days so headed to Cesky Krumlov - well-restored renaissance town on an S shaped river with a castle. Stayed in a garret room with a castle view and ate Czech food and toured castle.

30 may - late in day headed for Prague and found good room at very wet camping place. All power to GPS on mobile phone!!

31 may - 2 jun. Explored Prague's Jewish quarter with it's museums. Ross to Communist museum, Jen to Mucha museum. Explore Prague Castle gardens.

3 jun - drive south again to Austria via Linz and head to Salzkammergut lakes staying at Altmunster on (lake) Traunsee.

4 jun - drive through lakes area, through Salzburg and down to the start of the Grossglocker drive over the Alps.

 

Next we are heading thru Switzerland to finish with 2 weeks in France.