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  • RenaudaR Offline
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    Renauda
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    #5

    I visited both cities. Spent several weeks in Prague although it was November - cold and wet the whole time. Wished I could have spent more time in Vienna. Loved the history and feel of both places. Would go back at any opportunity.

    Great photos TG

    Elbows up!

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #6

      Great pics!

      Education is extremely important.

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        #7

        Our own travelogue...Neat stuff!

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • bachophileB Offline
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          Both great cities. Czech is great for beer if that’s your thing.
          Vienna for me is always a Mozart pilgrimage. And one of the under visited but absolutely fascinating places in Vienna is the central cemetery (interestingly abit out of the center) which is big on classical music and medical history VIPs interred there.
          Apropos that, a visit to sigmund Freud house was also a must for me, if only to see the famous couch where all secrets about one’s infancy and dreams would be interpreted.

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            #9

            Also tycho Brahe is buried in a church in Prague which I also made a pilgrimage to. I guess I’m hung up on dead people?

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              cathys
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              #10

              TG -great photos as always! Look forward to your travel posts

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              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                #11

                Great cities, great pictures. Thanks for sharing!

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • George KG Offline
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                  George K
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                  #12

                  Fantastic photos, TG.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    I loved Vienna. Next trip I want to get to Prague…

                    I’m curious though, when I was in Vienna in 2015, migrant homelessness was rampant. Some of the main shopping and tourist areas became tent cities at night. Far worse than anything I have seen in DC or LA. (Oddly, they completely disappeared during the day).

                    Is that still the case?

                    The Brad

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                    • bachophileB bachophile

                      Both great cities. Czech is great for beer if that’s your thing.
                      Vienna for me is always a Mozart pilgrimage. And one of the under visited but absolutely fascinating places in Vienna is the central cemetery (interestingly abit out of the center) which is big on classical music and medical history VIPs interred there.
                      Apropos that, a visit to sigmund Freud house was also a must for me, if only to see the famous couch where all secrets about one’s infancy and dreams would be interpreted.

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                      @bachophile said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                      Vienna for me is always a Mozart pilgrimage.

                      Did visit the Mozart House museum. Quite interesting.

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                      @bachophile said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                      And one of the under visited but absolutely fascinating places in Vienna is the central cemetery (interestingly abit out of the center) which is big on classical music and medical history VIPs interred there.

                      Did not know about that, but did visit the Jewish cemetery in Praha. You may be able to agree, but I read that once a Jewish person is buried, they cannot be moved, so in this Jewish cemetery over the 100's of years, there are actually many layers of people, because that was the only allowable burial place for Jewish people in Praha for a long time.

                      @bachophile said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                      a visit to sigmund Freud house was also a must for me, if only to see the famous couch where all secrets about one’s infancy and dreams would be interpreted.

                      That would be cool, but did not know about that. Did visit the birthplace of Franz Kafka. (Having said that, I have never read anything by him or really know too much about him. LOL)

                      IMG_9506.JPG

                      @LuFins-Dad said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                      I’m curious though, when I was in Vienna in 2015, migrant homelessness was rampant. Some of the main shopping and tourist areas became tent cities at night. Far worse than anything I have seen in DC or LA. (Oddly, they completely disappeared during the day).

                      Is that still the case?

                      Not at all. Did not see any signs. I was mostly in the tourist areas, but probably covered an area 5 km x 5 km. Was not an issue.

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        Look at this bunch of troublemakers in Vienna - 1967.

                        George in Vienna.jpeg

                        And this was, I believe, in Munich.

                        Berlin Wall Replica - Nurenburg.jpeg

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG George K

                          Look at this bunch of troublemakers in Vienna - 1967.

                          George in Vienna.jpeg

                          And this was, I believe, in Munich.

                          Berlin Wall Replica - Nurenburg.jpeg

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                          taiwan_girl
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                          @George-K Which one are you? 😊

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                          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                            @George-K Which one are you? 😊

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                            George K
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                            @taiwan_girl said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                            The young one....

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • LuFins DadL Offline
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                              LuFins Dad
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                              #18

                              You all look too young to drink, which makes Munich kinda sad…

                              The Brad

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                              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                You all look too young to drink, which makes Munich kinda sad…

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                                @LuFins-Dad said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                                You all look too young to drink, which makes Munich kinda sad…

                                I was 17. We were told that, "If you're old enough to put your money on the bar, you're old enough to enjoy a beer."

                                Beer in Europe Smaller.jpeg

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  @LuFins-Dad said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                                  You all look too young to drink, which makes Munich kinda sad…

                                  I was 17. We were told that, "If you're old enough to put your money on the bar, you're old enough to enjoy a beer."

                                  Beer in Europe Smaller.jpeg

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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  #20

                                  @George-K said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                                  You all look too young to drink, which makes Munich kinda sad…

                                  I was 17. We were told that, "If you're old enough to put your money on the bar, you're old enough to enjoy a beer."

                                  Beer in Europe Smaller.jpeg

                                  The girl on the bottom right looks like she is on her 3rd stein.

                                  The Brad

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                                    George K
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                                    Sorry to derail @taiwan_girl 's thread...

                                    This trip to Europe was part of an educational program sponsored by our high school.

                                    It consisted of a 5 week stay in a small town in Austria - Mayrhofen. The program included daily studies at the local branch of the University of Innsbruck. We had classes in German for 2 hours in the morning, and 2 hours in the afternoon. The rest of the day was ours. The courses earned us college (transferrable) credits that could be applied to any college in the US.

                                    There were 13 of us from my (all boys) high school, and (I think) 10 girls from the local girls' high school. We met up with a bunch of kids from Houston.

                                    The program included tuition, room, board and weekend excursions to local cities: Vienna, Salzburg, Merano (in Italy), Innsbruck.

                                    There was a 6th week - we left Mayrhofen and traveled north through Austria and into Germany. We stopped in Munich, Nuremberg and a bunch of other cities, ending up in Frankfurt.

                                    The package also included airfare from New York to Munich (Eastbound) and bus to Mayrhofen. Return flight from Frankfurt to New York was included.

                                    The only expenses you had were that of getting from Chicago to New York and whatever spending money you thought you might need.

                                    The cost?

                                    $700.

                                    Today, that's $6500 or so.

                                    Not a bad price for 6 weeks in Europe, tours, and tuition.

                                    Here's where we stayed:

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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                      @George-K said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                                      You all look too young to drink, which makes Munich kinda sad…

                                      I was 17. We were told that, "If you're old enough to put your money on the bar, you're old enough to enjoy a beer."

                                      Beer in Europe Smaller.jpeg

                                      The girl on the bottom right looks like she is on her 3rd stein.

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                                      Copper
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                                      #22

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in Vienna and the Czech Republic:

                                      The girl on the bottom right looks like she is on her 3rd stein.

                                      The guy next to her looks familiar.

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                                        @LuFins-Dad

                                        I was last there in 2019 and saw none of that. Must have been a temporary thing during the major influx in the early days of the Syrian war.

                                        Or happenstance that you saw it and that I didn’t.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          taiwan_girl
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                                          Interesting video

                                          https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2024/apr/18/why-pragues-homeless-are-resorting-to-poverty-tourism-video

                                          Did see some homeless/beggars but I did not think it was a huge number (especially after what I saw in Los Angeles a couple of years ago. 😳 )

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