Ok. So to get you all coughs up on out travels we are currently in Graz by way of Vienna, which here is spelt Wien out here.
The trip coming over was interesting but we will get to that in a moment or maybe next post.
The last day in Prague was enjoyable. I really liked Praha. It felt real with all the old buildings and how everyone interacted with each other. weather it was really real or a good act, i liked the positive flow of everything.
We went on an "underground tour" that was slightly disappointing because I was thinking it would be cool underground roads, buildings, and more but we went into 4 different cellars that use to be the first floor but then praha built the city level up so it wouldnt flood as much. The cellars were preserved and wired with bright lights and being hosts of art shows... so wasnt super stoked. But still nice to know the history.
We went to Prague Castle and saw the monastery next to it, the church that is era confused, and all the grounds of the castle. It was a truly amazing place with all the changes that went on there. I say era confused because he church building has about 4 or 5 different eras on it that you can plainly see without looking to hard. from different designs, carvings of men in suits and not classic clothing to differnt stone in general. Even the tour guide had no idea why it was built with the completely different stones, but it was.
Still beautiful. even with the era confusion. While in Praha, we went to Kutna Hora. I don't know if i have already talked about it in a previous post, so ill check once i have internet again and is not then ill do a special post to it.
After Praha we went to Wien and saw the spanish Riding School. Pretty much a horse ballet. It was AMAZING what the trainers and horses can do....well, just the horses. the trainers just guided and looked pretty. That night (sunday night) we went and saw a show. We wanted to see an opera but standing for 5 hours and paying for it didn't sound to interesting, but we saw a show that combined sections of opera, ballet, classical music, and Vianesse waltz. it was good. I wouldn't go again, but it was a nice cheap tourist thing to do so i could experience everything. Next time though i am going to save and get a seat and go see a full opera in a good seat.
Vienna went by fast, cause we felt like we saw everything we wanted to see on the first day and it was pricey so we headed out. But of course we couldn't head there or out with a little bit of fun drama.
On the way into Vienna we were on the train and the ticket guy asked for our tickets. we gave them to him and he said they were incomplete. There is a "optional" survey part that we took off to make the packet smaller. He said we had to have it and fill it out every train we went on in Austria. so i pulled mine out while autumn argued with him about it being optional. After a small argument (nothing big at all) Autumn finally went in search for her survey part. Of course it wasn't where it was suppose to be. The ticket guy said he would come back. so we went through everything....and no luck. couldn't find it. Luckily for us, the ticket guy forgot to come back and we were safe. later at the Euro-rail office, when we asked for a new one. they said its optional and the guy was just being mean. YAY
And then leaving Vienna we were hungry and so we saw a restaurant that had people in it and decided to eat there. A minute after ordering our drinks i actually look around and to my dismay, realized it was a TOURIST TRAP. and at that moment 3 large tour groups came in a took over..... lets just say it was not a good meal, with rude waiters and not the best food ever.
So moving on, after vienna we went to Graz Austria because Autumn has a friend that lives there. Kurt and Hanna let us crash on there blowup mattress in their cute little studio apartment. It was very well done and very sweet of them to allow us there for the night. They told us places we should go and see, Kurt introduced me to Kabobs which are not the things on a stick. thy are like Gyros but dare i say, better :O i know. I will just have to go down to Greece and see. I know, tuff life.
In Graz they have a very large (to my standards) University and it is picture perfect to what i think of a university. Cafes scattered around the outskirts of it. everyone on bikes, and of course pubs/bars scattered through out as well (sorry Idaho) it was a really fun place to be. Thanks to Kurt and Hanna (sp) for being great hosts.
Now we are on a train heading to Salzburg...Yes Sound of Music. Yippee... my goal is to keep up to date on the blogs. let see how i do
Also. So random statue in Prague. They have all these statues that you touch for good luck. Guess where you had to touch the following pic for good luck. And to answer people's question. No. I didn't do it. I have enough good luck.
If you can't get it. Look for gold.
Please comment or ask questions or leave ideas on anything you would suggest we do. i know mentally it helps me post more regularly when i know people are reading.
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