So I just came back from 10 days travelling around the Danube Capitals – Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna. Along with my good chums Reg and Loz… see photos on Facebook.
Prague
Arrived in Prague to find the main square filled with a sea of Irish football fans, they lost. There are 3 main Czech beers; Pilsner Urquell, Budweiser and Staropramen (we went to the brewery in Prague). Pilsner Urquell is the best and wonderfully is exported to the UK.
Prague castle and the Cathedral within it’s walls is the best sight, it’s amazing. It looks even better at night from across the bridge. Unfortunately our old pubs tour guide never turned up, which was sad. We went to the Communism museum to learn about the history of Communism in Czechoslovakia.
Budapest
Beautiful. Loads of grand buildings, palaces, churches, basilica, squares… we stayed right in the heart of the diplomatic quarter, between the British embassy and the parliament. Was more expensive than I expected, but really nice. Drank alot of Krusovice (which is a Czech beer as well). There’s a really cool park with loads of ex-communist statues just outside the city, didn’t make it there sadly.
Bratislava
Everything worth seeing here is contained within about 1mile square. Churches and towers and loads of little pubs/cafes. We drank 60p pints here of Zlaty Bazant, and also had some really pricy Pina Coladas. Smoked some Cubans… Got a boat to Vienna…
Vienna
It was nice, but just full of museums, and theatres and galleries and generally places of ‘culture’, beer and food was most expensive yet, but we did find the best pub ever… if you go to Vienna you must visit ‘7 Stern Brau‘ they have loads of beautiful home-made brews served in 1l jugs.
and in summary…
always take a pack of cards travelling to play Wist with… photos on Facebook!
