Well, we arrived at the railway station (from hell let me tell you). Not a coffee to be had and not feeling overly safe in the 'waiting area' but as this was the station the overnighter left from, then we had to suck it up. Finally our carriage arrived and we were met by our steward. Lovely young man who escorted us to our 'cabin'. Now he seemed impressed that on our 'coffee table' there was a complimentary pack filled with a washer, soap, ear plugs and a contain...

Tuesday in Vienna. Met by blue skies yet again and we had an exciting day planned. We had pre-booked tickets to see the Spanish horses morning exercise session from 10-12. How clever did we think we were when we arrived at the venue to see crowds lined up for miles to get tickets. We swanned in, only to find that most seats were already taken. We strode upstairs and finally snavelled a couple of seats after a little shove here and there. The anticipation grew as1...

Finally got a chance to sit down and recall the last 2 days. Said a fond farewell to beautiful Prague. Headed to the station ready for our trip to Vienna. We were confident that the train originating from Czech Republic would be superior to the German horribilus:) How wrong we were. We struggled on with our bags only to find that obviously this part of Europe is into sharing, as we were confronted with 2 women sitting opposite to each other and our seats were on ...