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Saturday 20 April 2024
Highlights: Visiting the Cave Church on Gellert Hill, meeting new tour members
Today was the end of the Best of Eastern Europe Tour and the start of the Croatia and the Balkans tour. While I booked this as one tour this does mean a new Chief Experience Officer (CEO), some tour members departing (Anne, Mary, Andres, and Doug) and some new tour members joining as we start the second leg.
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Tour Title: The Best of Eastern Europe
Tour Company: G Adventures
Tour Leader: Christin Braatz
Cities Visited: Berlin, Krakow, Prague, Český Krumlov, Vienna, Budapest
Countries Visited: Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary
Dates: Sunday 07 April 2024 to Saturday 20 April 2024
Duration: 14 days
Tour Type: Classic
Tour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries
Friday 19 April 2024
Highlights: Exploring Buda Castle, admiring Matthias Church, enjoying the stunning views of Fisherman’s Bastion, walking over Chain Bridge, examining the stalls at Budapest Central Market, marvelling at St Stephen’s Basilica, having a lovely dinner cruise on Danube River.
A massive day exploring Budapest, in particular the Buda part of the city was ahead of Darby and me on this ‘free’ day to explore.
(more…)Thursday 19 April 2024
Highlights: 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 short tram ride and then a long 2.5 hour train to Budapest, Hungary the final stop for the first leg of this tour. The train trip was delayed by almost an hour that had an impact for the rest of the day and evening.
(more…)Wednesday 17 April 2024
Highlights: 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 for hunting.
(more…)Tuesday 16 April 2024
Highlights: 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 took just over 3 hours to get to Vienna as we watch the beautiful countryside.
(more…)Monday 15 April 2024
Highlights: 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 temperature for the next week seems to mostly be in the mid-teens.
(more…)Sunday 14 April 2024
Highlights: 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 minutes coming back. So while we lost the morning we still had the afternoon to explore Prague one last time.
(more…)Saturday 13 April 2024
Highlights: Cruising the Vltara River, exploring the Jewish Quarter, traversing though Prague Castle, walking of Charles Bridge, enjoying a night of Folklore music
A group of us from the tour organised to purchase a 4 activities package that provided us with 1) a hop on hop off ticket, 2) a river cruise ticket, 3) a walking tour of the Jewish Quarter, and 4) a walking tour of Prague Castle. This turned out to be a very big enjoyable day exploring beautiful Prague and learning it’s history.
(more…)Friday 12 April 2024
Highlights: Orientation walk of beautiful Prague, The Prague Astronomical Clock
Today was moving day from Krakow (Poland) to Prague (Czech Republic). We left our hotel at 7.15 am with our minibus taking us to Bus Station for a public regional bus Krakow to Ostrava (Czech Republic). This was a 2 hour bus trip on a very nice bus that had Wi-Fi and seatback entertainment system.
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