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Proceeding to Prague
We had enjoyed the cool of the hotel, and slept better. Kath had asked for a postcard per country so she may not get anything else as this one only cost 40c euro to buy but 1.4 euro to post – 40 euro cents more than Germany.
We drove back into Wien via the Schonbraunn Palace. We opted out of the Palace tour so we had some time to …
To Prague
Today we leave Budapest and head for Prague, via Bratislava in Slovakia. Much cooler today. The stretch of hot over 35C weather has broken and we enjoy low twenties.
Orsi, our tour leader, fills us in on some of the background of Slovakia and the particular political enmity between Hungary and Slovakia. In the days when the …
Prague for a day
Today we have a day in Prague. We'll be starting the day with a guide who will explain things as we first tour the city by bus then as we walk around. After 11:00 we have a free day in the city.
First of all our guide is a scream. Her English is good but her accent is absurdly harsh. She's going to tell us abour some "vahry eenterasting …
When is a Train Ticket not a Train Ticket?
... early proved to be the right choice.
We continued working our way around the castle and it's various rooms and grounds before heading out the front to watch the midday changing of the guards. By this time the number of people had far surpassed what could ever be accurately calculated using the metric sh$t-load method but we managed to get a spot only 3 rows back.
Following the display we headed back down to the old town and took ...
Bohemian Rhapsody
... is the biggest in central Europe.
The next day we had a long overdue sleep-in then headed back to check out the Astronomical Clock Tower (great views of the city), the Communism Museum (which I enjoyed being a dirty commie at heart but wouldn't recommend to anyone who isn't into politics) and the Prague Castle/Cathedral (the Cathedral is the biggest I have seen, we went at the perfect time of day when sun flooded the church with colour from ...