Day 34 — Missing passports and music from the sea
We moved through our usual morning routine—coffee, a makeshift breakfast and packing—faster than normal, and were on the road just after 09:00. Fifteen minutes later, Hugo asked, “Did you see the passports after we lugged [...]
Days 32–33 — Planning for disaster, finding waterfalls
We got up at 07:00, made coffee and packed our bags. Before leaving Zagreb, we walked to a bakery near the cathedral and bought a few different kinds of burek for breakfast. We deliberately chose [...]
Days 29–31 — Trams, tunnels and another foreign cinema
Our ÖBB ticket from Ljubljana to Zagreb was valid for the whole day rather than for one specific train. That sounded flexible, but without seat reservations—and without being completely certain which trains it covered—it mostly [...]
Days 25–28 — From a sickbed to cinema under the castle
Friday was supposed to be the biggest day of our four-day hut hike: 15 kilometres over Hribarice Pass to Vodnikov dom. In reality, we did not leave the apartment once. Instead, we ate the leftover [...]
Day 24 — Down from Komna and into a bowl of soup
We got up at 06:30, with our roommates still fast asleep. By 07:00 we were standing outside the dining room, where a queue had already formed. Breakfast in the busy dining room before we headed [...]
Day 23 — A thousand metres up and a change of plan
We got up early, had coffee and leftover burger, and did the final round of splitting our luggage into what was coming on the hike and what was staying behind. At the bus station we [...]
Day 22 — A castle, a swan and two enormous burgers
We got up and had some coffee. Hugo did a bit of work, and then we walked to the bus stop to go to Lake Bled. The traffic was ridiculous. What should have been a [...]
Day 21 — Rain, rest and Belokranjska pogača
We woke up with our first full day in Radovljica ahead of us and decided it would be a rest day. Hugo did some work while Caro painted. In the afternoon we wanted to head [...]
Day 20 — Nine hours from Budapest to Radovljica
We got up early, finished packing the last few things, and took the tram for one stop and the M2 metro for two stops to Budapest Déli station. The train was already waiting at the [...]