RoemeniëBucureștiSector 1BucurestiLake Cișmigiu44°26’2” N 26°5’17” E
25 maart 2014, Roemenië ⋅ ⛅ 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 theMeer informatie
RoemeniëBucureștiSector 1BucurestiLake Cișmigiu44°26’2” N 26°5’17” E
26 maart 2014, Roemenië ⋅ 🌙 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 placeMeer informatie
RoemeniëBucureștiSector 1BucurestiLake Cișmigiu44°26’2” N 26°5’17” E
27 maart 2014, Roemenië ⋅ 🌙 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 aMeer informatie
HongarijeBudapestBudapest II. kerület47°31’3” N 19°0’46” E
28 maart 2014, Hongarije ⋅ 🌙 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 steppedMeer informatie
HongarijeBudapestBudapest II. kerület47°31’3” N 19°0’46” E
29 maart 2014, Hongarije ⋅ 🌙 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 aMeer informatie
SlowakijeBratislava48°9’6” N 17°6’44” E
30 maart 2014, Slowakije ⋅ 🌙 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 namedMeer informatie
SlowakijeBratislava48°9’6” N 17°6’44” E
31 maart 2014, Slowakije ⋅ 🌙 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 thatMeer informatie
TsjechiëHlavní město PrahaNové MěstoPalackého náměstí50°4’17” N 14°24’39” E
1 april 2014, Tsjechië ⋅ ⛅ 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! AfterMeer informatie
TsjechiëHlavní město PrahaNové MěstoPalackého náměstí50°4’17” N 14°24’39” E
2 april 2014, Tsjechië ⋅ ⛅ 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 backMeer informatie
