Today will be a Royal day. We are going to visit the Hapsburg Empire starting with the Imperial Palace. To get there you walk through a grand entry facade from Michaelsplatz with four giant Hercules statues making you feel small. We pay and enter the palace and are provided with included audioguides. The first part […]
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Month: September 2015
Train to Vienna
Our train leaves this morning at 0702. We get to the station a little earlier so we can buy some sandwiches, pretzels, and coke for our journey. We also go to McDonalds for another breakfast and with the few remaining Zlotny, buy one last pastry as well. Then onto our train which leaves pretty much […]
Salt and Vodka
Our adventure for today is to tour the Wieliczka Salt Mine, which has been producing salt since the 11th century. First, we must take another train to get there. We are happy that our choice of apartments is so centrally located. We are only about a half mile from the train station and a mile […]
Auschwitz
Our day today involves a visit to Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp. We take a train to the town of Oswiecim, one hour and forty minutes away. Than we walk the 1.25 miles to the camp. Getting there, we have about an hour wait until the 1130 tour time I booked on line. There […]
Museums and Kazimierz
The 10 per cent chance of rain is running at 100 per cent right now. Nothing to do but put on the rain coats and head out. We see Margara in the office when we exit and I go to buy her a surprise. Carol talks to her and when I get back we present […]
Walking Around Krakow
We kind of sleep in today and do not rush right out the door. Enjoying coffee and the pastries we bought yesterday with the last of our Czech Money. We than walk over to the Barbican And Florian Gate leading into the old town. As a response to several Tatar invasions, Kraków started building a […]
Carol Stops a Train
There is no reason for us to get up early or rush this morning. Our train does not leave until 0949 and I bought our tickets in advance on line before we left for the trip. It is a combination train and bus ride to Kraków. We have an hour train to Ostrava and then […]
The Czech Health Care System
We are taking a day trip to Kromeriz today. The Archbishop of Olomouc built a chateau there and we are going to tour it. Besides, Olomouc is not very big and we get to see another small Czech town this way. It is only about a 40 minute train ride including a short connection in […]
On to Olomouc
We sleep in past 0800 and Jiri has already left for work. We did say our goodbyes and thanks last night just in case this happened. We pack, get our plan for the day organized, and I figure out how much money we will need for our last two days in the Czech Republic. Debbie […]
Staying With New Friends In Czech
Today is an exciting day for us. Not necessarily for the destination but rather for the experience. If you have been reading along, while we were on a train from Flam Norway to Oslo, we met Jiri and Debbie. They live in the Czech Republic and have graciously opened their home to us. We are […]