Vienna to Prague

Luckily we are seated in a cabin on the 4.5 hr train from Vienna to Prague which has an electrical outlet, so I can squeeze in a blog post. We are excited to get to Prague, we are staying at an Aparthotel (more of an extended stay type of place, like a short term apartment). The hotel Allegro in Vienna was a pretty run down place, and the rates were really high due to the soccer. But, it was the first place where we got scrambled eggs for breakfast, so that was a bonus. There was also a scare, as a newly checked in guest thought his laptops were stolen, and the cops were there and the hotel manager was completely stressed out...going through cigarettes like nobodies business. It turned out that his wife had hid the laptops under the sheets of the bed...ugh. In any event, we are looking forward to a cheaper city, it is approximately 16 Czech Crowns per 1 USD, nice to get away from the Euro :)

We both packed pretty big bags, and can get by without doing any laundry, but if the opportunity comes up to do some laundry, I will be jumping on it. We are getting some really nice weather, aside from some of the rainy times in the beginning off the trip (which we got through ok), it has been mild and sunny...sweet. We also have a bunch of recommendations on places to see and eat in Prague from friends that have been or lived there. We were also warned to be careful of pickpockets in Prague (if you don't see any more blog posts for a while, maybe MY laptop was stolen ;)).

As I mentioned in my last post, we got around in Vienna primarily by taking trams and subways (underground). Living in/near NYC, we were accustomed to getting around in this fashion, and found the mass transit system relatively easy to navigate. I cannot believe this is already day 12 of 18, the trip is going fast, but we are really enjoying it. We both feel like we saw plenty of Switzerland and Austria.