Category: travel
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“For the dead and the living we will bear witness”
We left Krakow and started our journey to Hungary. We were supposed to hit the road bright and early but (dun dun DUN) our bus had a mechanical problem (a belt failed) which delayed us a good 90 minutes. This in turn messed up our reservations at Auschwitz-Birkenau so the whole day was a bit…
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If it’s Monday or Tuesday it must be Krakow
Editor’s note: Yes, I know I’m behind with my posts. I blame Budapest. The hotel wifi we have here gives “spotty” a new name… We drove in the bus from Prague to Krakow by way of a charming town in Czechia called Stramberk and had time for lunch and a climb to see the Castle…
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Exploring Prague
We spent a lot of our final day in Prague in the Prague Castle complex. They aren’t kidding when they say it’s the largest castle complex in Europe. It took about four hours to see most of the buildings and St. Vitus Cathedral – a spectacular neo-Gothic building (parts go back to the 14th century…
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Our Rick Steves adventure begins!
Today (Sep 21) was the first day of our official Eastern Europe (or as this region is more popularly known, Central Europe) tour. But before the actual start at 3pm we had time to see and do a few Prague-ish things. We joined forces with my sister and brother-in-law at breakfast and decided to walk…
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Heading east
We landed in Zurich on Sep 19 and challenge one became getting from the airport to the main train station as we were catching a night train to Prague. Switzerland lived up to its super efficient multilingual reputation right away as it proved pretty easy to get train tickets at the airport and in about…
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Weigh in semi-final tally
Haha! I win! When we arrived at LAX and checked our bags, the final tally was Chuck at 23 lbs and me at 20 lbs. In the spirit of full disclosure, my bag IS 2 lbs lighter than Chuck’s but nobody said things in this life were fair, so I claim the victory! Now we…
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