Trip to Europe - Sept -Oct - 2023
Trip to Europe - Sept - Oct - 2023
<< TO BE UPDATED ... initial notes during trip >>
Cities I stayed in for at least 1 night during my 40-day trip to Central-Eastern Europe. This was my personal 3rd trip to Europe.
- Vienna
- Bratislava
- Kromerz
- Rzeszow
- Krakow
- Venice
- Rome
- Preganziol
- Ljubljana
- Salzburg
- Munich
- Prague
- Berlin
- Luxemborg
- Brussels
Sept 03 Sunday Leaving HNL
United Airlines ; conf # IB5MVP ;
UA 214 HNL 11:23 pm SFO 7:38 am (San Francisco) 4th Mon morning
Wait 7.17 hrs
UA 968 SFO 2:55pm AMS 7:20 am (Amsterdam) 5th Tue morning
Wait 2.05 hrs
OS 380 AMS 12:25 VIE 2:15 (Vienna)
Sept 05 - Sept 08 : Vienna , Austria -3 nights 5th,6th,8th ;
Airport commute - city airport train CAT $12 and 16 mins or public Schnellbahn $7 of 25 min, :: Take the train S7 to Wien Mitte ( city Center) ;Change to subway U4 direction Hütteldorf; Get off at Kettenbrückengasse and take the exit “Kettenbrückengasse”;Cross Kettenbrückengasse and Rechte Wienzeile;Turn left and walk the last 100 meters to wombat’s at The Naschmarkt“
Local rail pass : https://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/ubahn/english/fares.html ; 48 hrs $14.10 ?
Stay : Hostel Wombat's Vienna Naschmarkt Rechte Wienzeile 35, A-1040
Tue 05/09/2023 ‐ Thu 07/09/2023 ; Conf # WVN-485135 ; +43 1 897 2336
TO DO:
The Hofburg ( palaces museums) - Rick Steves shorter tour
St. Stephen's Cathedral - Rick Steves Gothic church in center stephan’s dome human bones
Albertina ( palace museum )
Wiener Staatsoper ( opera)
Rathaus ( city hall gothic bldg)
Academy of Fine Arts
Secession Building
Karlsplatz Karlsplatz
Walk the Ringstrasse
Explore the MuseumsQuartier MQ
Sigmund Freud Museum
Hang out in the Neubau district
Have a coffee at Café Central
Rick Steves:
Finest chocolate cake Sacher torts at Demel
Old Town shopping streets
Buffet Trześniewski sandwiches and tiny beer Pfiff
Tram #1 and #2 around Ringstrasse Boulevard
Subway to Danube beach
Vienna's City Park, in the Kursalon, – classical music concerts
Easternmost city of the west; bastion against Turks/Islam; East -West Europe; Habsburg capital;
Bought OBB 48 hours pass at airport.
— st Stephen’s cathedral
— state opera house
— Volksgarten
—- museum area
— Hofburg palace?
Bought train $8 day metro pass ( as hostel lady said obb not for metro)
— Schonbrunn palace outside , gardens etc 2 hours
— Hofburg Palace outside
— belvedere museum and garden
— demel - baguette and sachertorte
— graben -walking and shopping area
Evening
— Thaliastraße under old railway bars
— Tuchlauben ice cream
— cafe central long line
— walk graben area exclusive shopping
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1 hr train ride Vienna to Bratislava $12 or so
Sept 07 - Sept 08 : Bratislava , Slovakia ; -1 night 7th
Stay: Patio Hostel Bratislava ; Spitalska 35 811 08 Bratislava Slovakia ; +421 2 52925797
Thursday, September 07, 2023 to Friday, September 08, 2023 ; ref# IKGJ98 ; pin 51629 ;
TO DO:
– walk Bratislava Old Town - Opera House - House of Reduta -continue to the Main Square -Franciscan Square,- St. Martin's Cathedral ;
— Devin castle ;; Cumil ;; Modry Kostol ;; Bratislava casle ;;
Went to::
—- old town
— main square
—- st Martin cathedral
— b castle
— river bridge
— blue church
— pubs areas
Sept 8 - 9 : Vienna (again)
Stay : Hostel Wombat's Bed in 4-Bed MIXED Dorm with PANORAMIC VIEW; Fri 08/09/2023 ‐ Sat 09/09/2023; Confirmation #WVN-486088; $44.66
→ Freud Mueseum ; Summer Stage by the river ;
Train on Sept-09 : 3 hr train ride Vienna to Otrovice Czech
Reserved - Train Vienna Wien Meidling via stop Brzeclaw to Otrokovice ( Czech )
12:57 to 14:04 change trains 14:35 - 15:41 ; ticket + seat reservation E8K2E5XM
E8K2 E PLN 236.xx ; check email 8/17 gmail
Sept 09 - Sept 11 Otrovice Czech -2 nights 9th,10th
Address: David house
TO DO:
Sept-09
→ Yoga Teacher friends ( David and Patrycja) picked me up from the Otrakovice train station. Was driven to Kromieryz Kroměříž ; had lunch at Indian/Nepalese on the way
→ Music-Yoga workshop was at David’d house in evening 6:30 till about 8:30 .
Sept 10
→ went to the downtown walked around with David and Patryc , Archbishop Castle , beautiful park ; tower
→ evening had dinner Sushi/Thai restaurant
Travel to Rzeszow on Monday 9/11
Train took 6 hours via Katovice, Krakow,Rzeszow
Sept 11 - Sept 19 - Poland ; -8 nights - 11th thru 18th
Address: Yoga teacher friend in Rzeszow?
11-Sep Mon - Patrycja friend Voitek drove from station ; went to Indian restaurant called Hindu
12-Sep Tue - Went to downtown walked around ; attended her Yoga class in eve ; life discussions
13-Sep Wed - Stayed home most of the day. In eve went for a walk nearby.
14-Sep Thurs - Rainy day . Went to visit castle at Lancut. About 30 min drive from Rzeszow. Had lunch nice fish grill restaurant Gryle Rybe (Grill Fish).Lunch for 3 (Voitek , Patrycja) $50.
15-Sep Fri - Took uber like rideshare Bolt to city center Plz 20. Met Indian desi guys restaurant Bollywood Masala..
Lunch at Dara Kebab. Greek Salad .
Met Nepali and Indian folks plus couple of local women at the square singing near public piano.
Evening met with Patrycja brother Conrad and cousin Natalie and friend Arek?
Nice dinner at a big restaurant with spa
16-Sep Sat - Went to the local lake beach. Evening went to a Jazz concert. Violin lead. Adam ? . Quarter. Afterwards had dinner in Main Square. Later met few Patrycja friends from high school.
17-Sep Sun – Stayed home in morning; Afternoon 5 pm - Yoga Music Workshop in Afternoon ; 4 other participants ; some photo video clips
18-Sep Mon — stayed home in morn. In afternoon took Bolt (rideshare) and went to DownTown(MainSquare)
19-Sep tue — travel to Krakow. 10:30 am train ..reached around noon.
Krakow ; -1 night 19th
Hotel reservation :
Booking.Com: 1 night ; DreAm Post; 18 Mikołaja Zyblikiewicza, Old Town, Kraków, 31-029, Poland; +48 733 333 750 ;;
TO DO:
City sightseeing - Ryneck Glowney central square, Stare Miasto , St Mary’s basilica, Oskar Schindler's factory, Wawel hill, Hero's Square and the former Jewish Ghetto , Kazimierz jewish qtrs,
Flight to Katovice to Venice
RyanAir PNSKNH USD $317.79
FR2382 9/20/23 KTW 16:05 pm - TSF 17:40 pm
Seats 6A,6B
20th September Wed:
Breakfast on top of the Art School in Krakow main square.
Krakow train station to Katovice - 1 hour train ride
Katovice train station to the Airport by bus 1 hour ride
Flight from Katovice to Venice Treviso
Airport bus from Treviso to Vencie Mestre
Tram from Mestre to Marghere , Aurora hotel
Sept 20 - Sept 27 Italy - 7 nights - 20,21,22,23,24,25,26
Venice:
Reserved - Booking.com ; Email from August 12
Hotel Nuova Aurora in Venice ;
Via Fratelli Bandiera 194, Marghera, 30175, Italy ;
Wed 9/20 - Fri 9/22 ; 2 nights - 20th, 21st
Paid Euro 132.48
20th evening:
Treviso Airport..
Small …
Shuttle to Mestre station 1 hr Euro 10
Tram 2 to Marghera… lots of immigrants Bangladeshi..
Marghera
Dinner tratorria pzzeria - 3 course dinner for 20 euros
21st Sept Thursday:
bus 53e to Venice from Hotel. Marghera. Mestre.
St Mark’s basilica
Bridge of Sighs
Dodge’s palace
Rialto bridge
Lunch fish pasta, bangladeshi servers
Walks around canals
22 Sept Friday:
breakfast and check out of Aurora hotel
Venice area walks after luggage storage
Libraria aqua book store
Pizza lunch
Dinner at Orient Experience
FlixBus Bus from Venice-Rome - - 9/22 night
Rome: - nights 23rd,24th,25th
Stay :
Appartamento Elena & Chiara ; 49 Via Cincinnato, Appio Latino, Rome, 00175, Italy ;phone +393922944388
booking# 4103319333 ; pin: 9356
1 Two-Bedroom Apartment; 10 % VAT is included. ;€ 50 Cleaning fee per stay is included.; Price € 378.32
Places Visited -
23rd: Sat
Trevi fountain fontana de Trevi
Pantheon
Navona square
Spanish Steps
Dinner vegan - bengali kolkata guy
24th : Sun
Vatican Museum
Sistine Chapel
Collosseum
Roman Forum
Palantine hills
25th : Mon
Vatican St Peter’s Bascilica
Bascilica of Santa Maria Marionne
Villa Borghese gardens and gallery , arab expo
Piazza del popolo , flaminio
Train during 9/26 day time from Rome to Venice , Preganziol near Treviso
Venice:
Trevi
Reserved - Booking.com ; email from
B&B Ca' Rina Via Tagliamento 2/F, 31022 Preganziol, Italy
Tue 26 - Wed 27th Sept 2023 ; 1 night - 26th
Paid Euro $75 / USD $81
9/26 Tuesday :
Took train from Rome Termini to Venice Mestre - 4 hours
Took train from Venice Mestre to Preganziol small town 30 mins
Was picked up by B&B owner Karina ; really small town
Flight to Venice to Katovice
RyanAir PNSKNH 9/27/23
FR 2383 TSF 14:05 pm - KTW 15:40pm RyanAir
Seats 6A,6B
⇒> not availed… wasted…
Sep 27 - Sep 28 Katovice/Krakow - 1 night 27th
Stay : The Little Havana Party Hostel; conf# 96090-556350579 ; 9/27 -28 1 night ; PLN 85.00 due PLN 72.25 ;
Address: Jagiellońska 10 ,Krakow ,Poland Phone: +48 660 562 400 ; havana.hostel.krakow@gmail.com
CANCELED on 9/26 via email
28th TO DO:
Auschwitz : booking without payment at https://mrshuttle.com/
Email received on 9/15. Zloty 249 to be paid. ref# : #MR2337249253
CANCELED on 9/26 via email
On 9/27—
FlixBus -
Venice Mestre to Ljubljana - 11:10 am to 14:30pm
Ref 310 928 3877
Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) , across Plaza Hotel and Namaste India
Ljubljana - 2 nights 9/27 and 9/28
HostelWorld ref 91865-556566960
Hostel Vrba
Gradaska ulica 10, Ljubljana, Slovenia ;
ph +386 593 55555
Total Paid: €8.10, balance of €52.16 is payable on arrival at the property,
9/27 Wednesday
Ljubljana
-4 pm walked around most of the touristy area, castle, skyscraper top
- took 48 hours touring pass €44
9/28 Thursday Ljubljana
Breakfast at la petit.
Used the pass for museum, walking tour, boat ride
Walked around city … small.
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Ljubljana -
Castle
3 bridges
Museum
Walk tour
Boat ride
Night life open air concerts at pubs
Zoo
Street fair
—/-
Castle
3 bridges
Museum
Walk tour
Boat ride
Night life open air concerts at pubs
Zoo
Street fair
—/-
booked Fluxbus to Salzburg at 1 pm on 9/29 fri
Booked hostel in Salzburg
Salzburg -2 nights
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Mirabelle gardens
Mozart residence
Mozart birthplace
Getreidagasee street walk
Linzer gaffe platzl
Salzburg cathedral
Fortress Hohensalzburg
Oct 03 Prague?? - 3 nights ? - 10/3,4,5
Stay : Russian guy
Local rail pass --
TO DO:
Most beautiful city in the World!!!the only Central European capital to escape the large-scale bombing of the last century's wars — is one of Europe's best-preserved cities;offers tons of cheap Mozart and Vivaldi concerts, and brews some of the best beer
Charles Bridge vendors, artists, tourists,
Old town square ; jewish quarter; havelska market ;
Vltava river cruise
Museum of Senses
Wenceslas Square ( architecture ; shopping)
Lucerna Music Bar
Staromestske namesti square
St. Vitus Cathedral
Boat trips
Pubs tours
https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/czech-republic/prague
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Palladium mall
Powder tower
Municipal concert hall smetana hall?
Old town square
Astronomical clock
Charles bridge
St Nicholas church
Petrin park
Kampe park
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—2
Prague Castle
Kafka museum
Vysehrad castle
Dancing house rooftop
Lennon wall
Museum street fountains Area
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Oct 02 - Oct 05 Munich - 3 nights 2,3,4
Stay : Hostel
Munich 2 nights
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Oktoberfest. Theresienwiese
Marienplatz
English garden
Olympiapark
Bmw museum
Travel to Berlin - FixBus
Oct 06 - Oct 09 Berlin - 3 nights - October 6th, 7th, 8th
Stay : Hostel.
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East side wall
Berlin wall memorial 136 people 61 and 89
Alexander platz museums area - light show
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Brandenburg gate
Holocaust Memorial to murdered jews
Soviet war memorial
Reichstag building - parliament building
Zoo area - bikini Berlin mall- europa center- einstein cafe-
Bombay street food
Berlin cathedral
Alte national gallerie - didn’t enter $10
Pergamon museum
Clubs in Warschauer strasse
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Checkpoint Charlie
Topography of terror
Mon, 9 Oct; Travel to Luxemborg :
Flight Purchased: Reservation No. XEMHXY
RyanAir : FR42 BER 10:55 - LUX 12:20 ; Berlin Brandenburg to Luxembourg
; USD $60
Oct 09 - 10 Luxembourg - 1 night - 9th Oct 2023
Stay : Hostel World Hostel
Old town center
Le place d’armes
Castle / fort
Cathedral Norte Dame
Pfaffenthal - panoramic lift
Travel to Brussels Train : Oct -10 -
Oct 10 - 12 Brussels - 2 nights - 10th, 11th Oct 2023
Stay : C-Surfing guy Genghiz
Manneken pls - boy pee statue
Grand place - gothic town hall
Pierre marcolini ?
St Michael st Gudula cathedral
Atomium -1958 - metal industry- international expo
Mont Des Arts
Oct 12 Flight back to US/Hawaii ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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