Month: March 2020

Our Corona diary, week 2

The 2nd week of self isolation starts with our birthday celebration for Monty who turns twenty. We celebrate on March 21st, a week in advance because he is leaving our current location to start his new “crisis job” supporting critical infrastructure for the Austrian broadcast company ORF. Happy birthday! March, 21st The world, especially Europe …

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Our Corona diary, week 1

March 14, 2020 We arrived from Hungary with our caravan and our son came from Utrecht with the last possible flight just before the lockdown for all public life was enforced. Lucky to be together, but curious what will come: Meeting first time again after three months March 15, 2020 Here some Information from “metropole.at” …

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Last miles home

Our route home through Hungary led us past Lake Balaton and Budapest to the northern border along the Danube and back to Austria. Catching a treat in mid air! After crossing the border from Croatia we had stopped at Zalakaros, where we spent a day at the thermal bath and spa – very relaxing! For …

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City walk @ Zagreb

A sunny day to visit Zagreb, the biggest town and capital of Croatia. We took a walk from the train station to the most important places and sights, enjoying the market and lively streets of the centre. Ban Jelačić Square with his statue in the middle We had spent the night at a lake outside …

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Nine Alpha One Alpha

In Zagreb we met Emil (9A9A) to visit one of the world leading Ham Radio Contest stations. To see this station is like visiting a Formula One racing team, or the opportunity to sail a Americas Cup yacht! The short wave radio communication antenna farm @ sunset Using radio waves you can contact any location …

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Karlovac @ Croatia

On the way to Zagreb we came past Karlovac, which is famous for the Croatian beer brand. It is a very green town next to a river and we decided to take the bikes to explore the area a little bit. The Austrians built Karlovac from scratch in order to strengthen their southern defences against …

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Plitvice Lakes @ Croatia

We had waited a day for better weather before we went to the Plitvice Lakes National Park, famous for its lakes, cascades and waterfalls. The National Park is a major tourist attraction and there are many hotels and camp grounds in the area. At this time of the year the camp grounds were closed, so we …

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