Category: Travel

  • Thursday 19 April 2024Highlights: Visiting the Nem Adom Fel Cafe, St Stephen’s Basilica, the controversial Memorial for the victims of the German Occupation, the Soviet Heroic Memorial, surprising USA Presidents statues, the stunning Hungarian Parliament building, the massive Great Synagogue, and the cult Ruin Bar visit. Today we left Vienna behind travelling first by a…

  • Wednesday 17 April 2024Highlights: Exploring the stunning Schönbrunn Palace, a night of ballet at the State Opera House watching Die Kameliendame. Today I wanted to explore the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. This summer palace was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers who purchased it in 1569 first making it into a game reserve…

  • Tuesday 16 April 2024Highlights: St Stephen’s Cathedral, Franciscan Church, Augustinian Church, Hofbug Palace, Vienna’s many buildings, laneways and sculptures We woke to very fresh and cold weather which definitely wakes you up. Today I used warmer clothes to help with the colder weather. Just on 9 am we set off for Austria and Vienna. It…

  • Monday 15 April 2024Highlights: Exploring Český Krumlov and Český Krumlov Castle After an enjoyable time in Prague we were scheduled to leave our hotel at 9 am for Český Krumlov for a 2.5 hour private van transport however bad weather delayed our driver. This was a sign that bad weather was moving in as the…

  • Sunday 14 April 2024Highlights: Trying a local special sweet – trdelnik, Climbing Petrin Hill Tower and observing beautiful Prague One of the less attractive aspects of travel is laundry. So today after breakfast we set off to a laundromat which took 30 minutes to walk, around 1.5 hours for wash and drying cycles and 30…