Category: hike
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Wild camping in Estonia
Estonia is fabulous at wild camping. The RMK app (with an English option) is the national resource for telling you where all the best facilitated wild camping spots are and what is there. Often there are composting toilets and fire places, complete with firewood. All for free. Some are accessible by track, others you have…
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City stress travelling with a dog
Cities just aren’t so fun with a dog, let alone for a dog. Many of the pleasures that may have been enhanced by a human companion are not shared with my dog, from beautiful architecture to restaurant cuisine. I’ve actually avoided stopping in some big cities Interrailing with my dog. Railway Dog and I avoided…
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Klaipeda and Nida, the sandy West coast of Lithuania
We arrived in Klaipeda close to midnight, thanks to the only train options there from Siauliai (or Vilnius or anywhere) being very early or very late. On the plus side, I didn’t get hassled for not having a reservation, there were no dog issues, and my Interrail pass went down okay. After a bit of…
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Gdansk and Gdynia, a happy time with Railway Dog; much rebuilding done, more ruins still
First stop in Gdansk was a delicious vegan restaurant, Avocado. In Poland many eateries do not allow dogs inside, but wherever I go the vegan places are nearly always dog friendly. Gdansk is beautiful and very pedestrian and cycle friendly (as with everywhere I went in Poland). The port city got hammered when it was…
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Romania with my cousin, and a hire car
Romania is different to the rest of Europe, particularly in the South and Bucharest. Sighisoara is stunning, and the Torda Gorge gorgeous. We got rained out of Piatra Crailui National Park, so I will have to go back there someday. There’s a concerningly extensive infestation of Japanese knotweed in many places, I hope they can…
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Bratislava to Budapest with a happy doggy hike stop-off on the way
We took an early train to Budapest so we could get out in the incised meanders of the River Danube on the way there, for a hilly hike. The international train between the Slovakian and Hungarian capitals fortunately stopped at the little station of Nagymaros-Visigrad. The viewing tower at the top is said to have…
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Slovenia to Austria for a hike
Getting a taxi for an early train from Maribor sure was pleasant, with Baspie dog getting a few extra zzz in on my ankle. The second time on a train to Vienna but again getting off sooner, this time in Graz. Use the on platform machines to buy dog tickets (with or without human tickets)…
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Railway dog explores Maribor, Slovenia
Initially a bit disappointed with the small scale of the mountains and the towniness of the area, we headed up the bubble lift. Baspie was chill floating in it, his first was back in Lugano. Not much different to a train really.
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The long short train journey from Split to Šibenik
By train it is a 1.5 hour journey from Split to Šibenik. However, after the first train, there was a daily scheduled 3.5 hours to wait in the one horse town of Perković. Rather than causing this place to perk up and provide a place to be, the vibe maybe is what stops anyone but…
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Plants and towns of the Cinque Terre
In April the spring blooms were everywhere. The scent of Wisteria wafts around Levanto. On the trails there’s plentiful wild garlic, some thyme and oregano, and frequently rosemary is planted in public places – ideal for perking up camping cuisine. The small cobbled towns are delightful except for being packed, particularly at the weekend. April…
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