"Do you speak english?" has been our catch phrase for the last few stops on the big adventure.
Prague, the city of tourists was our next stop on the trip, and our favourite so far. We may have been a little biased because we found the sun, but the romantic cobbled streets and amazing architecture certainly helped. Not to mention the delicious honey cake and other local cuisine we tried.
Our first day in Prague was spent walking up the hill to Prague Castle looking back over the city. The next day we took advantage of the free walking again, with Mike born in Canada, raised in Switzerland, living in Prague. Mike showed us a lot of different architecture and a had a few good stories including the liberation of Prague in 1945. That afternoon we tried the local food - Lauren had smoked pork neck with bacon dumplings and stewed cabbage, while Kim had Goulash.
The next morning we left Prague at 8am for Vienna, and wandered around the city aimlessly. We stumbled accross the Hoffburg, aka (to us) the "Hoffburger" or "the Hoff". This is where the royal palaces, parliament and gardens are, but all we could think about was David Hasselhoff.
We made a friend back at the hostel called Siven from New York, who took us to Centimetre for some Austrian chow. the weiner schnitzel was as big as the plate. It was definitely value for money. Tonight was laundry night, so it was like going to the movies as we ate chocolate and watched Vienna's finest weirdos wash their clothes.
When we got back to the hostel we made some more friends called Scott and Claire from Essex. So we made a plan to go to the opera the next night at the Vienna Opera House. Fraust was on for 3 euros standing room only. Great experience, but great experience = sore legs! We had a bus to catch the next morning to Budapest.
Budapest is a funky city, made from 2 regions called Buda and Pest linked by several bridges accross the Danube. It is known for its caves, thermal baths and history, so we're glad we've paid it a visit when it was really just a convenient stop to get to Split in Croatia.
Tomorrow we head to Split for our eight day sailing trip. We are looking forward to lazing around in the sun and eating up large with our pre-paid 2 for 1 deal.
Prague, the city of tourists was our next stop on the trip, and our favourite so far. We may have been a little biased because we found the sun, but the romantic cobbled streets and amazing architecture certainly helped. Not to mention the delicious honey cake and other local cuisine we tried.
Our first day in Prague was spent walking up the hill to Prague Castle looking back over the city. The next day we took advantage of the free walking again, with Mike born in Canada, raised in Switzerland, living in Prague. Mike showed us a lot of different architecture and a had a few good stories including the liberation of Prague in 1945. That afternoon we tried the local food - Lauren had smoked pork neck with bacon dumplings and stewed cabbage, while Kim had Goulash.
The next morning we left Prague at 8am for Vienna, and wandered around the city aimlessly. We stumbled accross the Hoffburg, aka (to us) the "Hoffburger" or "the Hoff". This is where the royal palaces, parliament and gardens are, but all we could think about was David Hasselhoff.
We made a friend back at the hostel called Siven from New York, who took us to Centimetre for some Austrian chow. the weiner schnitzel was as big as the plate. It was definitely value for money. Tonight was laundry night, so it was like going to the movies as we ate chocolate and watched Vienna's finest weirdos wash their clothes.
When we got back to the hostel we made some more friends called Scott and Claire from Essex. So we made a plan to go to the opera the next night at the Vienna Opera House. Fraust was on for 3 euros standing room only. Great experience, but great experience = sore legs! We had a bus to catch the next morning to Budapest.
Budapest is a funky city, made from 2 regions called Buda and Pest linked by several bridges accross the Danube. It is known for its caves, thermal baths and history, so we're glad we've paid it a visit when it was really just a convenient stop to get to Split in Croatia.
Tomorrow we head to Split for our eight day sailing trip. We are looking forward to lazing around in the sun and eating up large with our pre-paid 2 for 1 deal.
David Hasslehoff is big over there isn't he? Are you sure the place wasn't named after him. Interesting fact: Buda and Pest are two different regions. Didn't learn that in geography. Hope you got your sea sickness pills.
ReplyDeleteMan, i'd love to try that smoked pork neck, dumplings and Bacon.In Ozzie I had Kangaroo,Crocodile,and Ostrich.
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