Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Prague

Prague is a city that doesn't sleep, people reveling at all hours of the day, but is also way more than that.  It has an amazing history and a beauty that is unmatched by any of the other cities we visited, yes that includes Paris.

Prague can be enjoyed on two levels.  The first level is the clubbing, drinking, whoring and all around insanity.  The second level is the one which we chose, the moderate drinking, while enjoying the sights of old Prague and the Old Town Square.  I've also decided that there is nothing like a cup of hot wine on a freezing day to lift one's spirits.  

Overall I would say go to Prague if you go to Europe, it's worth it.  A side note, if you find yourself wandering the streets of Prague at night, and are a man, you will be offered drugs and sex from prostitutes. 



Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Vienna

After a night of barely sleeping and awakening in a mood that was less than pleasant we finally arrived in Vienna.  I thought we had seen the last of the snow, except we were passing banks of it on the way into the station.  Vienna is a beautiful city and I can see why it has been home to many brilliant minds, it has that somber, contemplative european charm.  It was at this moment that I realized most of a person's first european vacation is spent sight seeing and looking at really old buildings, mostly cathedrals.  I spent more time in religious buildings on this trip than I have in the past 15 years combined.  

Aside from seeing place of worship and monuments to old, rich, dead people we went to the oldest zoo and just wondered around taking in all that Vienna had to offer.   My three favorite activities in Vienna were the Zoo in the snow, the Natural History museum and Rupp's Irish Pub.  

Rupp's was a great find because as many of you may know Nickie and I are Vegetarian and we wanted to partake in the local cuisine, which is kind of hard.  This place was themed like an irish pub with over 300 different whiskeys and served of vegetarian and vegan versions of traditional Austrian food.  We filled our stomaches with delicious takes on bratwurst, goulash and apple strudel, which we washed down with a couple pints of Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel.

As for the rest of it, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.