Vienna, Austria
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Bratislava, Slovakia
This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour Today we stopped in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia since 1993 and earlier the capital of Hungary (remember what I said about Hungary being on the wrong “team” most of the time?). Clearly Slovakia got the best bits and Bratislava is a lovely (and…
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Budapest, Hungary
This is part of a series called Viking Grand European Tour After a lovely stay in Prague, it was time to head down to Budapest to pick up our river cruise. This was a horrendously long (7-8 hour) trip by bus, broken only by a rest stop at a way overcrowded roadside restaurant. We pulled…
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Prague, Czech Republic
So, on we have gone to Prague, recognized as the “first beautiful city,” mostly thanks to Charles IV, the Holy Roman Emperor during the mid-14th Century. During his reign, Prague grew into one of Europe’s largest and most prosperous cities. While it reminded us a bit of Kraków, it is easily 2-3 times its size….
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