So just a wrap up of my trip.The train from Berlin to Frankfurt was a german ICE. They only do a max speed of 220km/h though, but when they pass each other its impressive. Still I’m glad i had a…
West Berlin
I’d actually rarely ventured into the old West berlin. Consulting the map, with the old wall marked on it, I found an old palace from the Hapsberg era. So I caught the train via the S42 anti clockwise ring service.…
Halt. Who goes there?
Today I visited a couple of the things people first think of when they think of Berlin and then the war. I started with an early morning stroll along the Berlin wall. Very little of this wall still exists. There…
Ich bin in Berlin
Berlin. It not going to be Europes best city because lets face it, they started the war. But it has potential to be Europes most modern and efficient city. It probably already is.The main train station is a multi level…
The other castle
Today I went to Pragues other castle, Vyšehrad. Amazingly, there were very few people there. It was very tranquil. Admittedly there aren’t the same amount of things to be seen, but there are nice parks inside the walls. Great for…
Pražský hrad
Pražský hrad is a real place. In english its Prague castle. I barely got any sleep last night. The traffic noise from outside my window went all night. Its now 10:48pm on a Sunday night and its still bad. I…
Avons 125th anniversary in Prague……
Yep, i pick all the best times to visit places. Today there is some 125th anniversary of Avon thing on. the place is flooded with ladies in pink t shirts with Avon omn them. Then the town square was full…
Red wined to Prague…
So I caught a train from Budapest to Prague today. The first hour or so was fairly uneventful. Then some guy got on the train and had a seat reserved in the compartment i’d claimed. He couldn’t speak much english…
Buda is on Castle hill
Today, I made my way across the river for the first time to the part of town known as Buda. There doesn’t seem to be the hustle of the Pest side of the river, but then again all the metro…
Pesty weather
So I woke up today and the lady at the hostel said to take my umbrella, its going to rain today. Yeah it has rained a bit on my trip, probably to make up for the perfect weather I had…