Kings and Castles Tour - "Guatemaltecos" in Eastern Europe!(CKC120A)
16 Jul 2012
Day 14, Last Day - Budapest - Vienna...
Hello and Goodbye - our last riding day is coming up!
After leaving the amazing city of Budapest, we reach on a fantastic motorcycle road the cathedral of Eztergom.
A last coffee here before heading back to Austria... Vienna is calling...
After crossing the border we got our final thunderstorm, but we made it safely back to our base hotel!
Thank you again for a wonderful trip - You were a great group!
Your tour guides - Nina, Jens and Manuel
Day 13, Rest Day Budapest - Capital of Hungary
So guys, we made into the city... It was really warm to get downtown on the motorcycle, but the traffic was not to bad. Already last night we walked downtown and had a great dinner. Today we explored the old town along the Danube river - great architecture all over. We even arranged a visit of the Parliament of Hungary - it was easier then to get a Metro ticket!
Juan Pablo haveing dinner - of course Goulash Soup!
trying to get the subway tickets...
what a city!
The Parliament
Modern City, or?
Walking, walking and walking... time to rest!
Day 12, Radecke Teplice - Budapest(Hungary)
After a night in the great Hotel Diplomat we continued across the border into Hungary...
somewhere along the road - buying fresh fruits...
Great Old Town - Banska Stiavnika
Leaving the mountains... going South!
Crossing the Danube River on a ferry boat - great feeling...
Happy People!
And then to Budapest... another 50 Kilometers... for another Rest Day.
Day 11, Cracovia - High Tatra - Radecke Teplice(Slovakia)
Hello guys out there, we have to say two nights in Cracovia were great, but now it is time to ride - let´s go the next country - Slovakia!
Great Mountains are waiting for us - the High Tatra:
Some local Cheese??? Really Good!
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables....
This was our last stop in Poland - next Slovakia!
Welcome to the Tatra Mountains, over 2600 meters high - have a look:
up the mountain - then a little hike...
and then a great lunch:
Que rico!!!
Day 10, Restday Cracovia - now we know why!
Cracovia - now what a wonderful place. A lot of people say this would be the nicest old town of Europe - maybe they are right!
Here you have a lot of things to visit: In walking distance of our hotel you find the biggest medieval square(200 x 200 meters) in perfect conditions,something like 700 churches, all over the places. The famous covered market hall, the Jewish Quarter and finally the Wawel Castle!
And everywhere very friendly people, now we know what makes Eastern Europe so attractive!
Inside Wawel Castle - isn´t it great?
Great shops and bars in the Jewish Quarter, right next to the old Synagoge...
Polski Fiat - nice car!
here one of the old Synagoges, quite interesting.
In Cracovia you can do nearly everything - even a Communist Tour in old communist vehicles...
Finally Cracovia in the evening - great nightlife!
Good night!
Day 9, Dvur Kralove(Czech Rep.) - Cracovia(Poland)
Another wonderful breakfast and then the next border, right into Poland! It is so nice in the European Union, nobody checks you - you just drive through - perfect! Already the 4th country on this trip - incredible!
After an easy ride a short coffee stop, before we visit the ancient concentration camp(KZ) of Auschwitz. Interesting but terrible, anyway - a part of history...
Our breakfast table - we had to show you this - isn´t it nice?
Our first stop in Poland - the language looks a lot easier than Czech, doesn´t it...
To tell you the truth - it was really interesting to visit this place, but nobody of our group could stand the whole tour - it was too tough.
Lot´s of people from all over the world come to visit this place - even from Israel.
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In the afternoon we continued to one of the nicest cities of Europe - Cracovia!
Day 8, Stary Jicin(Czech Rep.) - Dvur Cralove(Czech Rep.)
Yesterday we had very good dinner in Stary Jicin, and we slept like babies... Today we rode on fantastic roads, beautiful curves - great landscapes!
Finally we made it to Dvur Cralove - beautiful hotel!
Dinner in Stary Jicin, here our hotel...
look at the scenery...
Ski Resort in the morning... great roads everywhere...
thirsty bikers on bicycles... Salud!
our bikes - ready for the mountain roads!
Simple Restaurant - but extremely good food!
and great roads - of course!
Day 5-7, Dresden(Germany) - Stary Jicin(Czech Rep.)
From Prague we had a wonderful ride along the Elbe river, where we stopped at the Bastei Rocks, overlooking the area. We spent 2 nights in Dresden and then continued further East. We stopped at castle Hohenstein, later in Zittau, before we got to the Czech Republic again.
Here are some impressions:
in front of castle Hohenstein... running away from the rain...
Thanks good, they are selling motorcycle gear - and waterproof gloves.
Fighting the rain...
Town Hall of Zittau - looks great, or?
Having lunch at "Alter Sack", direct at the main square of the old town...
In the afternoon we made it over the border into Czech Republic and finally to Stary Jicin, a small town in the middle of nowhere.
Welcome to Vienna,
this will be a great trip through Eastern Europe. We start Vienna, Austrias beautiful capital,direct at the Danube river.
2 Weeks Eastern Europe - sounds challenging, or? Vienna - Budweis - Prague - Dresden - Cracovia - Budapest and back to Vienna,
6 countries in two weeks - wow!
Day 1 - 4, Vienna - Budweis - Prague
After a warm welcome we started to Czech Republic, Budweis was our first night, have a look:
On the way to Budweis - here in Cesky Krumlov!
and after Budweis we went direct to Prague - what a beautiful city...
Somewhere inside the castle of Prague - lot´s of tourists - we know why, because it is so pretty!
Boat trip on the river "Vltava" through the City of Prague... nice!