Travels in Europe

Today we spent the day doing the Mt Pilatus Golden tour. First we got on a boat, that took us for a 1.5 cruise on lake Lucerne to the base of the mountain. I even saw a couple of foxes on one of the shores from the boat! When we got to the mountain, our…

We woke up this morning in Zurich after our sleep on the train. I wouldn’t say it was the most restful sleep I’ve ever had, but not any worse than being in a hostel. We were served a small breakfast in our car about a half hour before we arrived, and then we were in…

While today is a travel day, we are taking a night train from Prague to Zurich, so we still had most of the day to explore. We spent most of the day at the national museum. It was pretty broad in terms of the exhibits it had. There was a natural history component, lots of…

Today we went to Prague castle. Apparently it is still a working castle, so we couldn’t go into the whole thing, but there were lots of places for us to explore. We saw a little bit of the changing of the guard, the cathedral, a large hall, and golden lane, which is where there were…

We started today off with a trip to the Kampa museum. It’s not a huge museum, but it had some pretty cool pieces with interesting textures as well as a fashion exhibit that’s just on right now. Our next stop was meant to be Vojanovy sady, which is a nice garden for a walk about,…

We were a little tired from yesterday’s excitement with the trains, so we slept in a bit today. When we did eventually get up, our first activity of the day was a Lego museum! I didn’t know this before, but apparently Lego was founded in Denmark, and the first Lego manufacturing facility outside of Denmark…

Today we go from Salzburg to Prague. While we did eventually get there, the day didn’t quite go as planned. As has been with every train we have taken in Austria, our first train of the day was 20 minutes late. Even this delay should have still allowed for us to make our connecting train,…

Today we traveled from Vienna to Salzburg. The home of the Sound of Music is only about 2.5 hours from Vienna, and though this train was delayed, we made it with plenty of day left. First we found some lunch and ate it in the Mirabell gardens, which are quite beautiful. We saw some people…

Today we didn’t have anything booked, so we started the day slowly with a cup of tea at a the Hundertwasser Cafe. The Cafe, and many of the surrounding buildings, was designed by Friedrich Hundertwasser, who rejected straight lines and advocated for people to be able to alter the space outside their window as far…

Today we started the day off with a trip to the Spanish riding school. Yes, I know I am in Austria, but apparently the horses they use here are descendents of the Spanish horses brought over a long time ago. We just went to watch a practice, but it was more like a show. First…