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And so to Vienna – 24 September
Overnight cruising from Budapest and woke to this sunrise . . . This morning we stepped out/under Vienna on the U-Bahn – still wearing K95 masks and made our way into the centre of the city at Karlsplatz right next to Vienna Opera and, of course, Herbert von Karajan Platz And the afternoon was spent…
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Budapest to Amsterdam – Day 1-2
Day 1 was actually a motorway drive from Prague to Budapest – beautiful and green and wind generators by the hundreds en route. Arrived mid-afternoon and spent the afternoon exploring our home for the next 15 days – cocktails, briefing and dinner. 23 September – our guided tour was described as “Budapest Castle HIke” –…
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Prague in Two Days – 20-21 September 2022
Written on the bus en route Prague to Budapest . . . . No photos, but an observation – wind turbines dotting the countryside through Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary – literally hundreds of them – one way to wean off Putin’s gas!! Prague is definitely a city best seen on foot with sturdy footwear –…
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Perth to Den Haag – river levels permitting
So this is the plan – we fly into Prague (via Doha) for 3 days, bus to Budapest and join Viking Tir ?? for 15 days to Amsterdam, taxi to Den Haag to spend 5 weeks with the Noteboom-Baudry family. Some time in November we will brave the queues at Schiphol for the flight home.