After arriving at the airport in Prague yesterday afternoon, it started raining like there was no tomorrow. I thought that the flight was going to be an utter nightmare, especially since I was taking a turbo prop plane. The rain slowed down just a bit, so I still ended up getting soaked boarding the plane...take-off was a little sketchy, but once we got up there we were fine. The best part of the flight was when I looked out of my window and saw this massive rainbow shooting up out of the clouds. It was pretty amazing and it was just another sign of how amazing this trip truly has been.
Last night we had a very Hungarian Italian dinner...I was so exhausted it really didn't matter what we ate. We were too tired to buy our train tickets last night so Adam directed me to the station and I picked them up this morning. Travel in Europe is ridiculously cheap...and it just goes to show how poor our transportation infrastructure really is. For two round trip tickets to Vienna it was a little less that $100 USD. Not bad at all!!!
I was still pretty tired today so I only walked around for a few hours...grabbed some more espresso and toast with bacon (which was a grilled cheese and prosciutto...that is what I call toast)...crossed the Danube and checked out another church. I tried getting into the Great Synagogue (which is the largest in Europe) but it was closed for some reason (I guess it could be a Jewish holiday). I still snapped some pics of the outside. Behind the church there was a small cemetary, which made me a bit depressed. All of the markers were dated in the early-mid 40s...there was a very interesting Holocaust Memorial that was unveiled in 1991 in memory of the 600,000 Hungarian Jews killed by the Nazis in WWII. I now realize that I did not take a picture, but you all know how to find wikipedia.
So I am off to finish my beer and make sure all is packed. :) I am looking forward to the relaxing train ride. We almost took a hydrofoil up to Vienna, but it double the price and would have been to close of a call for my flight home.
I am starting to get a little worn out from the constant walking around, but I know it is all worth it....another double espresso (or as they have been saying in central europe - espresso lungo).
I am not sure if I will have computer access in Vienna, so if you do not hear any updates I will post when I get back.
Again...hope all of you are well!!! Everyone in NYC I hope to catch up with you all when I get back next week. Be ready for my b-day. PA folks - I plan on coming home to grab my car in a week or so, I will also be in for a wedding at the end of the month (I have no clue what weekend it is).
Talk to you all soon!
Lawrence
PS - I apologize for any typos - the spell checker doesn't work that well over here.