Milano, Italia   Good morning. Up at 03:30 this morning. Yes, changing over laundry. The washer/dryer unit does indeed wash and dry the...

Travel Day Budapest to Milano   Breakfast opened at 06:30. There were a few of our fellow Cosmos travels there first thing. Several of...

Cluj-Napoca, Romania to Budapest, Hungary   There shouldn’t be much to report today, after all we are basically going to be sitting on...

Happy Birthday Harry V!   Barşov – Sighişoara – Cluj-Napoca, still in Romania   It is a travel day. 174 miles today as we are working our...

Braşov with a visit to Bran Bran Castle, related to Vlad, the Impaler? The inspiration for Bram Stoker’s book Dracula?   Just in case...

Travel Day Bucureşti – Sinaia – Braşov, all Romanian cities   We were off early, although there was a delay in the start due to a missing...

Bucharest, Romania   Good morning. What a wonderful night’s sleep.  We have a whole day here in Bucharest. More importantly it means a...

Travel Day Veliko Târnovo, Bulgaria to Bucuresti, Romania   We were on the bus at 08:15 and on our way by 08:20. Our first stop was maybe...

Sofia to Veliko Tarnovo Both in Bulgaria, about 190 miles apart   We are on our way at 08:15 without any issues. We are headed eastwards...

Sofia, Bulgaria Excursion to Rila Monastery   Today we are heading to Southern Bulgaria to the world famous Rila Monastery. It really...

Belgrade, Serbia to Sofia, Bulgaria 475 km, nearly 300 miles   It is going to take some time to get to Sofia. Today we have another...

Travel Day Budapest – Belgrade   Up bright, bushy tailed and early this morning. Breakfast at 07:00. Luggage to the bus 07:45. Bus...

Budapest, Hungary, Day 2 or 1   Confusing isn’t it. This is our second day here but the first day of our Cosmos Tour. We’ll go with the...

Budapest, Hungary or Budapest, Magyarország   Happy Birthday Oliver!   Last night was a great night of sleep. The room as cool enough and...

Travel Day Torino to Budapest   Today we start our first Cosmos Tour. It wasn’t a very ignominious start.  The temperature in the...

Torino, Italia   Buongiorno! It’s Sunday. Off for morning coffee. Waited until after 07:00, which is what the opening time is listed for...

Torino, Italia   Last night we did learn that this apartment isn’t in such a great location. There are three or four bars or restaurants...

Torino, Italia   Wow, we slept in until nearly 8 o’clock! Popped out of bed, made myself a cup of tea and relaxed for a few minutes....

Oslo, Norway Milano, Italia Torino, Italia   Travel Day!   Sleep came easily last night, however 05:00 still came early. I got up and got...

Oslo, Norway Ok, technically we are in Gardermoen, Norway. That is the city about 25 minutes outside of Oslo where the main international...