Prague Recap Prague….meh. I went into Prague with high expectations, based on how every person (except one) that I know who has been there gushed about how much they love it. I don't dislike it, I'm just not 'feeling it' like I thought I would. Some possible reasons: 1. Rainy weather…we've had perfect weather until Prague 2. Big crowds when it isn't raining 3. Our housing is basically a small college dorm room with crappy wifi (this...

Krakow Krakow is awesome. We arrived around 5pm, and received a short walking tour of the old Jewish neighborhood and dinner. The next day (Sunday) we received a walking tour of the Wawel Cathedral are (where Pope John Paul II was Cardinal) and the town square in Old Town, called by many the best town square in Europe. At noon, the rest of the group went to the Salt Mines, and Susan and I had the rest of the day to ourselves because we cut out of group ac...

Day 3 The apartment we are staying in is located in the old Jewish Quarter, not surprising since we are directed across the street from The Grand Synagogue. During WWII, Hungary was allied with Germany, albeit in a non-enthusiastic manner. In 1944, Hungary secretly start negotiations with the US and Britain. In retaliation, Hitler occupies Hungary and comes after the Hungarian Jews, a group we had not gone after heavily (in comparison to Jews in other cou...

Greetings from Budapest! For those of you who don't know the plan, I'm in Budapest as the first leg of a trip that include Krakow, Prague and Vienna. I'm group traveling, something I thought I'd never do, but the group doesn't show up until Wednesday. For now, my friend Susan Potter and I are traveling together. "The group" is a Wright State group led by a history professor from the Lake Campus. First, the drama. We had 6 hours to kill in O'Hare airport...

Day 15: Milan We caught an 8am train for the 3 hour ride to Milan's city center train station, with the plan to store our bags for a few hours, sightsee, then take another train to the airport (45 minutes away), where we have a hotel room for the night. At this point we are both lugging two bags plus a backpack, and things are getting heavy. (My second back is cloth and was originally in my carry on bag for the trip over.) We get to Milan, find the baggage st...