RoumanieBucureștiSector 1BucurestiLake Cișmigiu44°26’2” N 26°5’17” E
25 mars 2014, Roumanie ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
In Bucharest, I stayed in a modern business-style hotel a block or so away from the train station. It was walking distance to the center of the city, where there is a huge public park designed by theEn savoir plus
26 mars 2014, Roumanie ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
I was up early again to walk from the hotel to the city center. In some places, there are spots where houses have been bulldozed and nothing built to replace them. In fact, there's one such placeEn savoir plus
27 mars 2014, Roumanie ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
On my third day wandering around the city center, I discovered the Academy of Sciences building and it turned out it is open to the public for lunch, which was served out on the back terrace. It's aEn savoir plus
HongrieBudapestBudapest II. kerület47°31’3” N 19°0’46” E
28 mars 2014, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Again, it was an overnight train, but I didn't take a sleeper this time. Nonetheless, it was quite comfortable sleeping on the seat, as the train steadily emptied out as the night went on. I steppedEn savoir plus
HongrieBudapestBudapest II. kerület47°31’3” N 19°0’46” E
29 mars 2014, Hongrie ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Budapest is actually two different cities of old, on each side of the Danube. I decided to take an underground train to the far side of the river and walk along it to the citadel on a hill that was aEn savoir plus
SlovaquieBratislava48°9’6” N 17°6’44” E
30 mars 2014, Slovaquie ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
It's quite a short train trip from Budapest to Bratislava, so I caught it in the morning. Trains in Europe are frequent and accommodating to bikes and wheelchairs.My hostel--the fabulously namedEn savoir plus
SlovaquieBratislava48°9’6” N 17°6’44” E
31 mars 2014, Slovaquie ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Bratislava was, without doubt, my favorite city on the trip. It is the city where kings and queens of the Austro-Hungarian empire were crowned, so there's plenty of historic buildings to see from thatEn savoir plus
1 avril 2014, République Tchèque ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Another train ride during the day took me to Prague. The hotel I had booked turned out not to be easy to find and I arrived there hot and bothered, ready for a drink. The minibar obliged! AfterEn savoir plus
2 avril 2014, République Tchèque ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Next morning, I went on a Hop On Hop Off bus tour, which had to begin as a walking tour because the streets are so narrow. I didn't hop off anywhere, and also didn't see anything I wanted to go backEn savoir plus
