This was part of Central Europe - Day 4 🇨🇿 🔗. I joined the Old Town and Jewish Quarter Free Tour at 11:00 AM. We started from the Powder Tower and walked to the House at the Black Madonna, a 5-story historic building with Cubist architecture. We then headed towards The Estates Theatre and saw the Ernst Mach Sculpture on the way. We also saw the Charles University Archives and the IL COMMENDATORE sculpture by Anna Chromý. ...
The overnight train journey from Budapest was very comfortable since I had all the compartment to myself. I had a quick shower in the bathroom at the end of the coach and was ready for my last day visiting cities in Central Europe. A small breakfast box was handed out around 7:30 AM. I ate a little and packed the rest as we were about to reach Prague. Our train arrived around 8:30 AM. ...
This was part of Central Europe - Day 1 🇨🇿 🔗. I joined the Charles Bridge & Prague Castle Free Tour at 5:30 PM. We started from the Krizovnicke Square and headed over the medieval Charles Bridge. There are about 30 statues mounted to the balustrade of Charles Bridge forming two rows on either side. ...
Today was the first day of travel across Central Europe. I checked out of the hotel and left my bags at the front desk. I would be back after four days for one more night here, before flying back home. I had been researching the best way to move around across cities on my go-to site for train travel seat61.com and I found this awesome option to get from Frankfurt to Prague via Nürnberg and Cheb for only €16 each way and booked it on the Czech Railways website. I walked to the train station to catch the ICE 23 from Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Nürnberg. I changed to regional train RE 5285 at Nürnberg. The train continued till Cheb and I was officially in Czechia. Here I boarded the Ex 559 for Prague. ...