7 countries, a cozy gorgeous wedding and 15 days of true relaxation. What a trip. Of course i wont mull over that my parents were to join in for this and had to cancel a day before and we missed them immensely. But will focus on the trip itself.
As always, I start with the Itinerary and a summary description: Some air, some bus and lots of public transportation!
Firstly: Yes that was a lot of travel, but how easy and convenient it is to travel within EU. I was left impressed
Secondly: Thankfully, no major hiccups, kids were chilled and we were relaxed and minus missing my parents immensely, we relaxed, slept in, chilled in!
Thirdly: We traveled super light, 2 hand carries and back Packs. Of course the wedding clothes, our dearies got for us(TY TY). But travelling light made it possible to be nimble within the trip.
The trip was so different from our other ones. And i cant place a finger on what exactly made it different! I realized how exhausted I truly was and slept in so much on the trip. And we were so flexible with what we did and when, we sort of went with the flow with what the kids and we wanted.
It was our first time through Central Europe. The countries we were visiting were so different from each other. The disparity between "before the iron curtain" and now was so evident, the remnants of the world war 2 were like it happened yesterday. At times it was like walking in the past and imagining ourselves in that era. Sometimes we would shiver like in the Jewish Synagogue in Budapest and sometimes we would feel our chest swelled with pride walking in the gardens of Schonbrunn palace in Vienna.
I will try to add additional details over the next few weeks, but as always, travel makes me nostalgic.
Growing up, we traveled, some faraway places, some temple trips, some weekend getaways. It was a mix of things, generally dotted with some work conferences for my dad or just some family weddings or prayer events. But we traveled and I often tell my husband those are my fondest memories of being on the road, our parents shopping with us, for us, we visiting places, using those old fashioned cameras and it makes me smile.
I really do wish my parents would have joined in, but i cant thank them enough for making me "catch the travel bug" earlier in life!
As always, I start with the Itinerary and a summary description: Some air, some bus and lots of public transportation!
- Barcelona, : 24 hours: Must go back with a longer time there!
- BudaPest : 2.5 days: What a brilliant city dotted with ball room dances in the squares, gorgeous views and friendly people
- Bratislava : 1 day: A easy breezy and relaxed quaint small-big city. The after effects of the post communism era felt the strongest here
- Vienna : 2.5 days: The grandeur, the magestic buildings, the history, aah
- Prague : 2.5 days: The party town, the food, the scenes. Must go back sans kids.
- Paris : 2 days: Of course C'est Paris! Climbing top of Eiffel Tower!
- Ghent-Bruge : 4 days: Wedding Wedding and more wedding fun with a day in the land of canals and Belgian Truffles
Firstly: Yes that was a lot of travel, but how easy and convenient it is to travel within EU. I was left impressed
Secondly: Thankfully, no major hiccups, kids were chilled and we were relaxed and minus missing my parents immensely, we relaxed, slept in, chilled in!
Thirdly: We traveled super light, 2 hand carries and back Packs. Of course the wedding clothes, our dearies got for us(TY TY). But travelling light made it possible to be nimble within the trip.
The trip was so different from our other ones. And i cant place a finger on what exactly made it different! I realized how exhausted I truly was and slept in so much on the trip. And we were so flexible with what we did and when, we sort of went with the flow with what the kids and we wanted.
It was our first time through Central Europe. The countries we were visiting were so different from each other. The disparity between "before the iron curtain" and now was so evident, the remnants of the world war 2 were like it happened yesterday. At times it was like walking in the past and imagining ourselves in that era. Sometimes we would shiver like in the Jewish Synagogue in Budapest and sometimes we would feel our chest swelled with pride walking in the gardens of Schonbrunn palace in Vienna.
I will try to add additional details over the next few weeks, but as always, travel makes me nostalgic.
Growing up, we traveled, some faraway places, some temple trips, some weekend getaways. It was a mix of things, generally dotted with some work conferences for my dad or just some family weddings or prayer events. But we traveled and I often tell my husband those are my fondest memories of being on the road, our parents shopping with us, for us, we visiting places, using those old fashioned cameras and it makes me smile.
I really do wish my parents would have joined in, but i cant thank them enough for making me "catch the travel bug" earlier in life!
