Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Fall Break: tour of eastern europe


Itinerary:

overnight train to Munich
morning train Prague
morning train Vienna
morning train Budapest
morning train Munich - Paris

Highlights:

Munich - open market and lunch (peasant's feast + beer), German pastries
Prague - Cathedral, ate a street food sausage and vomited, the Old Center, Clock Tower, mulled spiced wine and hot chocolate, Prague street stores, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna - K......? Museum (amazing Hapsburg exhibit on Charles the Brave), Viennese parks, beer! The OPERA! (Beethoven's Fidelio)
Budapest - Castle district (Fisherman's Bastion), the CBA poppy seed pastries, Parliament, the views over the Danube, non potable drinking water = chemical tea

Munich:
Prague:



czech philharmonic orchestra
amazing hot chocolate and spiced, mulled wine
authentic prague porcelain marionettes
czech cubist museum

Vienna:





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