Go, Go, Goers!

Our time in Vienna spanned the greater part of our visit, but we really didn't have a chance to do a lot of sight-seeing.  Our hotel was on a very busy street, with lots of shopping and restaurants, so we really didn't have to wander too far to get a taste of the area.  With all of our mini-travels leaving from Vienna, we became very familiar with the U-Bahn (their subway system.)  Anytime I travel anywhere with a decent subway/public transportations system, I come back to Minneapolis wishing we had something like that which covered our whole metro area.  And I do not mean the bus system.  Our light rail system is ok, but it covers such a limited area. Anyway!  Back to Vienna... Tuesday, November 9:  Our train from Budapest arrived in Vienna in the early evening.  We managed to snag a cab, and were delighted to find out our hotel was only 10 minutes away.  The lights on Mariahilfer Straße were amazing - we couldn't believe how lucky we ...

Because we split our time in Vienna, I've decided to do that as a separate post, so here are our adventures in Brno, Czech Republic and Graz, Austria.  You'll have to excuse the time jump! When Emilie purchased our train passes, we opted to buy the 5-day, 3 country pass, for the countries of Hungary, Austria, and the Czech Republic.  Even though we were overseas for more than a week, and we left our schedule pretty loose, we were busy, and had a hard time fitting everything in.  All I know is that I wanted to go to the Czech Republic.  So we made it work. Thursday, November 11: We boarded the train in Vienna for Brno, the 2nd largest city in the Czech Republic (Prague being the 1st.)  Our rail passes were for 1st class, but for some reason, we missed out on the 1st class car on this part of the ride.  I don't want to be a snob or anything, but boy, 1st class is the way to go. This was the longest train hauling cars that I have ever seen.  Se...

I love traveling.  I'm so-so on taking pictures - usually I'm too busy absorbing the scenery to remember to pull my camera out.  But on this past trip, I tried my best to capture some random shots of our time in Europe.  The problem is then that we end up with a million photos, and it takes forever to weed through to find the best.  And be warned, I don't know the names of the buildings that I took pictures of - I just liked the way they looked. And that is the reason I haven't posted any photos yet - I needed to find the time to sort, organize, and condense.  And what better time than when Thanksgiving dinner is being prepared, and my child (and husband) are both napping! For now, here are the photos from our time in Budapest.  I'll post the other cities later...and no worries, I'll have many more posts about Ava to come in the near future! Saturday, November 6: We arrived after a full day of traveling from Minneapolis to Budapest, via Amsterdam....