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 ...

Not wanting to sound like a broken record, but yet another beautiful day greeted us. Today's plan was to catch a train to an area bout 40 minutes away form the city famous for its castle - Karlstejn. This was the 'home' of Charles the IV who was the Holy roman Emperor of the Czechoslovakia in the 15th Century. It really is mind blowing when you are walking through the corridors of a building that old! Karlstejn was a beautiful little town with the castle atop th...

Friday already - can't believe we have only been away for one week! (I think that means we are cramming a lot into a short space of time which is what holidays are all about) Thank goodness for our industrial strength liver detox tablets, probiotics and Berocca 50+ to keep our insides happy:) Yet another big day planned. This time to Prague Castle on the opposite side of the river. It looks like the opening image in the Walt Disney movies - absolutely spectacula...

I promise that on one day on an overseas trip there will be no story to tell, but today is not one of them:) Awoke to sunshine. The plan was to follow John's new best friend, 'blog man's' tips for a cruisy day around the city and to suss out some hidden gems. Now we need to be reminded at this stage that neither John nor I, checked what year Blog Man' (BM) wrote his pearls of wisdom which will come back to bite us later in the story:) We wandered the streets, i...