Tag: Eastern Europe

  • 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…

  • Saturday 13 April 2024Highlights: 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…

  • Friday 12 April 2024Highlights: 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…

  • Thursday 11 April 2024Highlights: The confronting truth at Auschwitz and Birkenau Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps, exploring more of Krakow When booking this trip, I did it knowing I would be visiting Auschwitz for an educational experience. That day was today and lined up well to expand my knowledge after yesterdays to Oskar Schindler’s Enamel…