MM4.Travel

Thursday September 26 – Another travel day. Budapest has been great, but it definitely feels like it’s slowly recovering from its post-war past. It would be really interesting to see what it will looks like in ten or twenty years. Bye Bye Budapest We caught the tram to the airport from town. Venice Most of…

Wednesday September 25 – our plan for the day is to go to Buda Castle, which we saw in the distance the previous night. We head back into town to catch the bus. Bus to Buda Castle Buda What is not much known about Budapest is that it is the original Super Couple. Well before…

Tuesday September 24 – it was our last morning in Vienna before heading to Budapest. Marnie went to the hairdresser, so I had a bit of a wander around. Leaving Vienna Val again kindly got us through the Vienna subway to our station. Harold also popped by to say goodbye. Big thanks guys for being…

Monday September 23 – Val again very generously acted as our tour guide. The plan for the day is to head into the hills above Vienna. Firstly we have a walk to the car, unlike Auckland or the rest of NZ for that matter, where the idea of not being able to park outside exactly…

Sunday September 22 – Again Val kindly acts as our tour guide of Vienna. The plan was to head to Schönbrunn Palace. Succession On the way to the metro station Val took us to the Succession building just down the road. We head to the palace via subway, there was a soccer game between two…

Saturday September 21 – We caught the train to meet our friends Val & Harold in Vienna, so we have to say goodbye to Prague. Vienna We were greeted by our friend Val who kindly navigated us through Vienna’s subway to our hotel. After checking in Val showed us around Vienna. St Stephen’s Cathedral We…

Friday September 20 – Prague escaped most of the destruction experienced by other European cities. Because of this most of the original city & buildings are intact. The historic centre of the city has three main areas. The Old Town dates to 900AD. The New Town dates to the mere 1350s. Finally the Lesser Town,…

Thursday September 19 – Bye Berlin We leave Berlin mid-morning heading for Prague, this is a four hour train journey. Train to Prague The train from Berlin is pretty easy. The landscape barely changes until we hit the Czech border. If you like flat, paddocks & beech trees, this is the ride for you. Floods…

Wednesday September 18 – we head out to get breakfast at a nearby cafe. The food is good & actually feels German, with a side of gherkins. Admin We have to do some travel admin, we need seat reservations on the train. We’re using an Eurail pass, but what isn’t particularly clear is that there’s…

Tuesday September 17 – Disaster strikes, the shower overflows while I’m having a shower. This floods the entire bathroom. I had my suspicions about the small size of the designer shower outlet. This is confirmed in a whirlwind of mopping up excess water in various states of undress. The hotel relocates us to another room;…