barnaby

On Jul 18, 7:16 pm, Kamakazee <mscotts...@> wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I'll be traveling throughout Europe mid August through late Sept. A
> few of the stops include Spondon UK, Perstorp Sweden , Lanaken Belgium
> and Budapest.
>
> I've never been to any of these locales before, though I have traveled
> throughout Europe pretty extensively (Spain, France, Andorra, Italy).
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on the above 4 sites? Budapest should
> be a hoot from what I heard, but I don't have a clue about the first
> 3.
>
> thks

Didn't you go to Budapest last autumn? ;)

Spondon is a suburb of Derby, a rather dull industrial city in the
north of England. However, it's located within easy driving distance
of some terrific wilderness areas in the Peak District and Derbyshire
Dales as well as quaint small towns like Matlock and historic sites
like Chatsworth and Haddon Hall. So, perhaps not a magnetic place in
itself but a good base.

Perstorp looks to me like it's not too far from Malmo, one of the more
interesting cities in Sweden - and actually that means Copenhagen,
which for my money is one of the loveliest small cities in Europe, is
easy too. The historic city of Helsingborg is also close by.

No idea about Lanaken, I'm afraid. The nearest big place, Maastricht,
struck me as unexciting.

In Budapest I strongly recommend the badly-named House of Terror if
you're interested in recent history.