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eastern europe

Went to 4 cities in 3 countries in eastern europe last week - Prague, Vienna, Salzburg and Krakow.

Prague was just amazing; a fairytale. I loved it thoroughly. Vienna was a bit of a disappointment. A lot like most cities in Europe. But I loved the hostel there and the smooth coffee and europe's best chocolate cake! Salzburg was really pretty because it's a city surrounded by the mountains. We couldn't stop "wow-ing" at how beautiful the scenery was. Krakow was short. But cheap even by Singapore standards and the clubbing was fantastic!

Let the pictures tell the story:

We flew to Prague from Brussels. By the time we arrived it was dark so we decided to just wander around the city centre - the old town square, jewish quarter and the charles bridge. the charles bridge i think should be one of the most famous bridges in europe.

One of prague's famous cathedrals at the old town square.

The old town square with the clock tower at the back.

The girls in the old town square. We were really awed at how beautiful Prague was. And this is before seeing the Prague castle and the Charles bridge.

The clock tower with the astronomical clock.

The start of the Charles Bridge.

On the Charles Bridge with the Prague Castle in the background.

View from the Prague Castle

Jump shot in front of the cathedral at the top of the castle!

We climbed 287 steps to the top of the cathedral and this is the view from the top.

The girls at the palace park.

The Prague castle from the Charles Bridge in the day.

Acting cute in front of some building.

We partied in Prague but they played house so everyone was quite bored and the night ended rather early. They club weird there though. Everyone just faces the dj as though it's some concert and they dun really dance with one another. So we were sticking out like a sore thumb. What's new.

We took a train to Vienna the next day and because we missed the morning train cos we didn't know we had to go somewhere else other than the main train station to take the train, by the time we reached it was dark again! But our hostel was really nice. More like a hotel actually:


Looks like a hotel doesn't it?! It's under the Meringer branch of hostels in Europe. Absolutely luxurious for a hostel!

My first cup of coffee in Vienna that it's famous for. Check out the presentation! So elaborate for a cup of coffee! This glass of coffee was SOOO smooth! Yummy!

Church at Stephenplaz.

Just had to post this photo cos it's so funny: Chris trying to attain nirvana on a ball.

On top of the Albertina museum. Autumn is a really really beautiful season. All the leaves are yellow or red..

We went to Salzburg (the home of the sound of music and mozart) on a day trip the next day. The return ticket cost 55 euros. And this is what we saw when we got down the train which made the ticket ALL WORTH IT: The countryside on the way was alr beautiful but cos i was really drowsy from the lack of sleep i only caught glimpses of it and didn't manage to take pictures. This is what i meant by a city surrounded by mountains. It's just amazing!

The pictures speak for themselves. The scenery was the highlight of the Salzburg trip. Let's just say no one was really that interested in Mozart nor the part of the Sound of Music garden that we saw.

The next day, we toured around Vienna starting with the palace in the morning, famous for being the summer palace of Maria Theresa and Franz Joseph and his wife Elisabeth, commonly known as Sisi.The Palace.

Check out the colour of the leaves in the palace garden. Absolutely beautiful!

Vienna's opera house which is famous and where we caught the ballet, Copelia for 2 euros that night. Standing tickets though.

Just opposite the opera house, home to Europe's best chocolate cake they say.

Another of those "just-had-to-post-it" photos. You know why! ;)

Europe's best chocolate cake! It was so good Jo and I had to order another one. The cake is a little sour but it's the sourness that makes it yummy cos it's not "jelat" AT ALL. And the chocolate layer on top and at the sides is just totally heavenly!

Inside the opera house!

The next day, we flew to Krakow in Poland which was REALLY COLD.. Food was really cheap though not fantastic. Meal in a restaurant with shared soup and side dish and a main course and wine on my own only cost like 8 SGD. WOW!!

Some castle in Krakow

Entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp, one of the most famous in the world. It was a death concentration camp, where the jews were sent here for the sole purpose to die under the pretext of starting a new life. These jews were not aware that they were onto a route of no return. Until they were locked in the gas chambers and poisonous gas released. It was mass killing every day. 7000 each time. Worse, the belongings of these jews were not spared. Their hair, shoes, clothes and utensils were sold for money.
Won't continue about how depressing and eerie it was. Especially cos it was totally dark when we were there. Looking through the photos still send chills down my back.

It was so so so so cold and the wind was kinda strong so we didn't do much sightseeing in Krakow. Ended up shopping in H&M and Zara in the shopping centre cos it was so much warmer. Then after that walked to the town square, took photos for 5 mins and decided that we preferred to be warm!


It was early when we reached our hostel, and it was Halloween so some of us decided to go party! In a club that plays R&B! Which is SOOOOO rare over here. The music was really really good. And the girls really hot. Long legs, slim, gorgeous faces. The guys were oogling all the time! Too bad I have no pics of the hot girls though!
The guys.
The girls.
The girls and Kenneth.
The girls and Ding Sheng and Lionel. No idea why Lionel looks so "asleep". Even though he wasn't drunk.

That sums up the Eastern Europe trip. I took 2 whole days to put this up!!!

Oh yeah. I'm glad to say that I haven't been stoned since that Friday. Great improvement! ;)

posted by just me @ 12:55 AM