Berlin. Just the sound of that name makes me sigh with wonder. It has been a bucket list item for countless years, and even though I have finally ticked it off, there’s still something alluring about it that I just can’t seem to put my finger on. My desire to make Berlin happen started in…
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Bohemia Part 4: Letna Park and a Vltava sunset cruise, Prague
On my last free day in Prague, the one thing I had left to do was visit Letna Park. From what my tour guide Derek had said the previous day, the view from there was number 1 on his list of Top 5 Views. Upon observing it’s position in relation to the city, I figured…
Bohemia Part 3: Prague Castle and the Strahov Monastery
There are very few times in my life of which I can remember experiencing absolutely perfect weather; 1 October 2015, the day I went to Prague Castle, was one of them. The previous day, my Free Walking Tour guide, Derek, convinced me to take the Prague Castle tour. When he said that visiting the castle by…
Bohemia Part 2: Prague Intro, New Friends, and Opera
In the morning of my first full day in Prague, I was greeted with overcast skies and a chilly 15 degrees. I was optimistic that the weather would improve, so I didn’t dress too warmly. I loved the crisp air that pierced my face and hands upon stepping outside my boat hotel, as I took…
Bohemia Part 1: Getting to Prague
It has been some time since I dedicated an entire post to just getting to a place, but the trip from Salzburg to Prague definitely deserves it. If ever there’s a place I was longing to go to, Prague was it. I was little when Czechoslovakia became the Czech Republic, and I remember it being…