Discover Esztergom: Hungary’s Often Overlooked Gem

Most people visiting Hungary think Budapest is the historic center of the country but Hungary was actually born in Esztergom To catch the train from Budapest to Esztergom, depart from the Budapest Nyugati Pályaudvar station, which has frequent trains that take about an hour to arrive. Tickets cost around US$3.25 one way. From the EsztergomContinue reading “Discover Esztergom: Hungary’s Often Overlooked Gem”

Discovering A Boiling Waterfall In Iceland

Iceland – A Land Glaciers, Volcanos And Boiling Water Going to Akureyri on the Eyjafjörður (a fjord) we sail past a very unusual sight – a steaming waterfall plunging into the fjord. Later when inquiring we learn that the Icelandic Highway Department was digging a highway tunnel through a hillside when they hit a boilingContinue reading “Discovering A Boiling Waterfall In Iceland”

Odd Man Out In The Falklands

A King Among Gentoo Penguins On visiting The Falkland Islands the big attraction is looking for penguins and sea lions. Traveling up to the windswept north coast we found that both the sea lions and the penguins had plenty of newborns among them. It was February and the Gentoo Penguins were there making up largeContinue reading “Odd Man Out In The Falklands”