Plaintalk Travels

10/28/2025

Escape to paradise aboard a luxurious small-ship cruise!
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10/18/2025

Destination: Budapest🇭🇺 From river to rooftop, Budapest is a fascinating city — a perfect mix of calm and crazy, history and heartbeat. We loved drifting down the Danube on an evening river cruise, exploring the Buda Castle District, soaking in the city’s famous thermal baths, and checking out the nightlife in its legendary ruin bars! 💙

10/16/2025

Destination: Vienna 🇦🇹
Cafés, castles, a ferris wheel, Lippizaner horses and candlelit concerts! A city that mixes a perfect symphony of European style, culture, and classical charm. ☕️🎼🎻

10/14/2025

Destination: Český Krumlov 🇨🇿

Spent a day exploring one of Europe’s most magical medieval towns! Just a few hours from Prague in the South Bohemia region of the Czech Republic, Český Krumlov looks & feels like another world — cobbled lanes, gothic bridges, and a a fascinating 13th-century castle blending Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque styles.

Every street looks like a page from a fairytale!

10/13/2025

Destination: Prague 🇨🇿
It’s been over 30 years since I walked these cobblestone streets and definitely a new era. Prague now has a modern European vibe set within a city where every building feels like a work of art. I am still in awe! Impressed with the Gothic spires of the Castle and Cathedrals, the historic Astronomical Clock—the world’s oldest still operating—and the baroque beauty of Old Town Square. Love Prague’s architecture, it is a journey through a thousand years of European history. 💫

10/10/2025

Destination: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

This is a place to reflect, to honor the lives lost, and to remember the lessons of history so that such horrors are never repeated.
The barracks, railway tracks, the piles of personal effects and memorials tell stories of unimaginable suffering.
It’s heavy, it’s quiet, and it’s essential.

10/10/2025

Destination: Kraków 🇵🇱 — We stepped through Kraków’s ancient gates into a city that has stood for over a thousand years.

Beneath the Main Market Square are excavations which have revealed streets from the 13th century. The Wawel Castle, numerous churches and Jagiellonian University (est. 1364) allow you to feel the history in Kraków’s Old Town as you wander its streets.

10/07/2025

Destination: Berlin — a city where history speaks from every corner. Walk through the Brandenburg Gate, stand where the Berlin Wall once divided a nation, and feel the echoes of resilience at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Berlin isn’t just a destination — it’s a journey through the heart of Europe’s past. 🇩🇪🕊️

10/05/2025

Croatia and Estonia will be the first countries to require face and fingerprint scans at border checks, starting October 12.