Well we managed to get back home. The Czech Republic was terrific --- everything we remembered and more.
I DO NOT recommend the night train from Prague to Munich. Our sleeping compartment was three bunks stacked along one wall, with about a 6 foot x 2 foot floor space, and very little luggage room --- except the floor. (Something close to submarine accomodations, I suspect...) We did manage to sleep, except for the Czech border guards pounding on our door about midnight to see our passports. Just about back to sleep a half hour later and the German guards were pounding on the door demanding passports.
Munich is as grand as ever, and our first experience of Innsbruck took our breath away. Has to be one of the most beautiful settings in the world. Of course we had a distinct advantage. We were staying with cousins in Patsch, a village about 5 km from and perhaps a couple of thousand feet above Innsbruck. Our guest room had a balcony that looked out at a fantastic view of the Tyrolean Alps across the Inn Valley.
The food everywhere made us into gluttons --- luckily we did a lot of walking, and even some serious hiking, so didn't gain much weight. And the beer. Hadn't been to Europe for six years, and had forgotten how comparitively worthless is the colored water that passes for beer in the US (except for a few micro breweries.)
So --- what have I missed on The Gauge?
BillS
I DO NOT recommend the night train from Prague to Munich. Our sleeping compartment was three bunks stacked along one wall, with about a 6 foot x 2 foot floor space, and very little luggage room --- except the floor. (Something close to submarine accomodations, I suspect...) We did manage to sleep, except for the Czech border guards pounding on our door about midnight to see our passports. Just about back to sleep a half hour later and the German guards were pounding on the door demanding passports.
Munich is as grand as ever, and our first experience of Innsbruck took our breath away. Has to be one of the most beautiful settings in the world. Of course we had a distinct advantage. We were staying with cousins in Patsch, a village about 5 km from and perhaps a couple of thousand feet above Innsbruck. Our guest room had a balcony that looked out at a fantastic view of the Tyrolean Alps across the Inn Valley.
The food everywhere made us into gluttons --- luckily we did a lot of walking, and even some serious hiking, so didn't gain much weight. And the beer. Hadn't been to Europe for six years, and had forgotten how comparitively worthless is the colored water that passes for beer in the US (except for a few micro breweries.)
So --- what have I missed on The Gauge?
BillS
