Eastern Europe
25 May 2002 ---------------------------------------- Saturday
11:00 AM leave Colts Neck
quick limo trip to JFK
pleasant lunch and seats at JFK
listen CD while waiting at JFK
Cramped seats; little sleep
26 May 2002 ---------------------------------------- Sunday
arrive Frankfurt
wait with Sybel
Flight to Budapest, Hungary
Met at airport
Bus to Hilton Hotel, [BudaPhoto, 12], [EyeBudapest, 79]
Declined tour of museum
2nd floor room overlooking courtyard and Fisherman’s Bastion towers, Danube
walk around Fisherman’s Bastion [EyeBudapest, 79]
Mathias Church [BudaPhoto, 8], [EyeBudapest, 82]
Saint Steven statue
Fishermen’s Bastion [BudaPhoto, 10]
River cruise on Danube; Bobbie & MIB [EyeBudapest, 63], [EyeBudapest, 44, 42]
· Parliament [BudaPhoto, 15ff], [EyeBudapest, cover, 106-109]
· Chain Bridge [BudaPhoto, 19,20]
· Royal Palace [EyeBudapest, 70]
· Liberation Monument [BudaPhoto, 23], [EyeBudapest, 88, 92]
· St. Gellert’s Memorial [BudaPhoto, 23], [EyeBudapest, 86, 88, 92]
· Tabin Parish Church [EyeBudapest, 95, 87]
· Margaret Island [BudaPhoto, 18]
Dinner at hotel with Kevin, et.al.
27 May 2002 ---------------------------------------- Monday
launder shirts
group picture Holy Trinity Column [BudaPhoto, 8], [EyeBudapest, 79]
view from Fishermen’s Bastion [EyeBudapest, 79]
· Capuchin Church [EyeBudapest, 99]
· Calvinist Church [EyeBudapest, 96, 99]
· St. Anne’s Church [EyeBudapest, 99, 102]
· St. Elizabeth’s Church [EyeBudapest, 98]
Bus tour of Budapest [BudaPhoto, 25]
St. Stephen’s Basilica [EyeBudapest, 116, 113]
Tour State Opera House [BudaPhoto, 32,33], [EyeBudapest, 118]
· Stairway for Franz Josef I, marble balustrades
Millenary Monument [BudaPhoto, 37-39]
Jewish area [BudaPhoto, 30], [EyeBudapest, 134]
· Holocaust Memorial [EyeBudapest, 134]
Lunch at Marriot awning restaurant
Shopping, Vaci Street [EyeBudapest, 122, 126]
Beer at Marriot awning restaurant [BudaPhoto, 21]
Walk across Chain Bridge
Funicular railway
Walk to hotel, Old Town [EyeBudapest, 79]
· Buy bananas
28 May 2002 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday
Long wait at Hungarian border crossing
Arrive Vienna
Lunch at Hundertwasser artist restaurant; rushed [ViennaPhoto, 94]
Schonbrunn Palace; rushed [ViennaPhoto, 100 ],[ViennaSouv, 57ff], [EyeVienna, 170-173]
· Maria Theresa & Franz I [ViennaPhoto, 104]
· Mozart mural
· Franz Josef I & Elizabeth [ViennaPhoto, 40], [ViennaSouv, 28]
Tomb of Franz Josef I [ViennaPhoto, 23]
Arrive Hotel Sacher [ViennaPhoto, 71], [EyeVienna, 135, 136]
State Opera House [ViennaPhoto, 21], [ViennaSouv,17], [EyeVienna, 138]
Burgtheater, Dinner and Tauck concert [EyeVienna, 130], [ViennaPhoto, 63?], [ViennaSouv, 35]
Lights in city, Votive Church [ViennaPhoto, 66], [ViennaSouv, 36], [EyeVienna, 106]
29 May 2002 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday
bus tour of Vienna
Ring road, Ringstrasse [EyeVienna, 32]
City Hall [ViennaPhoto, 37], [ViennaSouv, 34], [EyeVienna, 112]
Parliament [ViennaPhoto, 60], [ViennaSouv, 33]
OPEC building
Danube Bridge
Danube Tower [ViennaPhoto, 116], [ViennaSouv, 46]
International Center [ViennaPhoto, 114ff], [ViennaSouv, 45]
Ferris wheel [ViennaSouv, 43]
Hofburg Palace, New Imperial Palace (Hitler’s speech, 15 Mar 1938) [EyeVienna, 130], [ViennaPhoto, 43, 34], [ViennaSouv, 23], [BerlinDiary, 62]
Temple of Theseus [ViennaPhoto, 44], [ViennaSouv, 32]
Passageway to Saint Michael’s Square [ViennaPhoto, 37], [EyeVienna, 100]
Saint Michael’s Square [ViennaPhoto, 35], [ViennaSouv, 27]
Riding school [ViennaPhoto, 54], [ViennaSouv, 30], [EyeVienna, 98]
Grabenstrasse with the Column of the Plague [ViennaPhoto, 15], [ViennaSouv, 10]
buy map [EyeVienna, 90]
lunch
shopping, toucan [ViennaSouv, 15]
Saint Stephen’s Cathedral [ViennaPhoto, 4ff],[ViennaSouv, 5-9], [EyeVienna, 2, 76-79]
Caryatid decoration on buildings [EyeVienna, 45]
back to hotel
walk along ring
Franz Josef I statue [ViennaPhoto, 59], [ViennaSouv, 31]
Mozart statue [ViennaPhoto, 59], [ViennaSouv, 31]
Maria Theresa statue
Fine Arts Museum [ViennaPhoto, 26]
Natural History Museum [ViennaPhoto, 32], [ViennaSouv,21]
Mozart concert at Philamonic Society Concert Hall (Golden Room) [ViennaPhoto, 85], [ViennaSouv, 53]
30 May 2002 ---------------------------------------- Thursday
beautiful weather
Pleasant rest stop and overlook
Men’s room stop
Border crossing
Pleasant drive through wooded area; narrow road
Lunch stop; large, country tables; food serve on table; large beer
Arrive Cesky Krumlov castle {Czeck Republic Castles and Chateaux],[Czeck Republic castles, 7]
· castle gardens; formal gardens with large trees; out door theater
· two hour wait (unexplained waste of time, sitting around and waiting)
· tour castle (very rushed), Renaissance and Baroque rooms and halls
· Baroque theater
· Beautiful overlook of Cesky Krumlov and church steeple
Walk (very rushed) down to picturesque restored Cesky Krumlov town with tiny little river and bridge
Walk up to hotel
Dark, Renaissance hotel rooms
31 May 2002 ---------------------------------------- Friday
walk uphill to bus
bus to Prague
Alphonse Mucha book
enter Prague with traffic, buildings and river
arrive Intercontinental Hotel
walking tour, Old Town Square to Charles Bridge, river bank
· Old Town Square [Prague, 4, 27],[EyePrague, 62]
· Old Town Bridge Tower (east ) [Prague, 72]
· St Francis Serafim church, Charles IV memorial [Prague, 70]
· horse carriages [Prague, 25]
hotel lunch (Kevin sick)
declined Jewish Quarter tour
shopping, wine glasses
snack supper
van to State Opera, Carmen [EyePrague, 145]
van back to hotel
snack, then bed
1 Jun 2002 ---------------------------------------- Saturday
beautiful weather
bus to Prague Castle [Prague castle plan], [Prague, 77, 119, 95, 97], [EyePrague, 96]
three courtyards
St. Vitus Cathedral [Prague, 99, 100, 101-103], [EyePrague, 100-103]
Vladislav Hall in Old Palace of the Castle [Prague, 104], [EyePrague, 104]
bus to Strahov Library [EyePrague, 120]
· Theological Hall, Strahov Library [Prague, 131]
· Philosophical Hall, Strahov Library [Prague, 130]
walk to Charles Bridge
Observation Tower [EyePrague, 140 ]
buy earrings
Charles Bridge [Prague, 68, 72-77], [EyePrague, 136-139]
· Little Quarter Bridge Tower (west) [Prague, 73, 74], [EyePrague, 122, 136, 132]
· Old Town Bridge Tower (east ) [Prague, 72, 70], [EyePrague, 139]
Shopping for wine glasses
Rooftop restaurant (chicken terriaki, good) overlooking Old Town Square, Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Old Town Hall Tower
Old Town Square [Prague, 4, 27]
· Jan Hus memorial [Prague, 24, 27]
· Church of Our Lady before Tyn [Prague, 7, 21]
· Old Town Hall Tower [Prague, 26, 12, 19, 27, 20, 23]
· Clock [Prague, 16, 2], [EyePrague, 74]
Bus to Nelahozeves Castle for farewell reception and dinner
Family member discussion
5 Nov 2000 ---------------------------------------- Sunday
beautiful weather
van to ariport
flight mixup, Newark – JFK, baggage mixup
Hectic flight arrangements at Frankfurt
Blessed relief in seating
8h flight
Kathy’s bag mixup
5:00 P – arrive Colts Neck
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beautiful weather
fields of rape and purple
poppies on roadside
red tile roofs
horse carriages in cities
excellent hotels
good food
good water, especially in Vienna
Belvedere in Vienna [EyeVienna, 150]
ubiquitous Mozart, Strauss presence in Vienna [EyeVienna, 38]
new thruway in Hungary