Bless your soul, You got your in the Clouds

AHHHHHHHH!!!  Tomorrow is the day!!!  ACK...I'm soooo excited.


So, the whole family is in the midst of last minute stuff and packing...which is to be expected.


Today's final sneak peek destination will be the wonderful city of Prague.  


Prague is pretty much my final "Must-see-city-before-I-die" (not really...I pretty much want to see the world before I die).  I'M UBER excited to visit this city!


Without further ado...


Charles Bridge

Prague Castle

Astronomical Clock

St. Vitus Cathedral

Golden Lane

(I honestly can't tell if this is a painting or not)

Lennon Wall

St. Nicholas Church

Strahov Monastery

Loretto/Loreto

Wallenstein Garden and Palace

The Powder Gate

St. George's Basilica

And I think i'll end it here for now.  There are a BUNCH of other places that appeared to be interesting, but i'll show that when I come back in July.  

Well...that is it for my sneak peak into my trip.  I hope that i'll be able to see the places (and others that I probably didn't put on here).

I'll try to upload another post tomorrow...but we'll see!

Until next time!

Don't go Wasting Your Emotions...

Yes, that was ABBA...


Anyways...Sorry for not posting the past two days.  I was intentionally planning on dedicating a new post on Saturday, but I had too many emotions going on after watching the recent episode of Legend of Korra.  And don't expect any posts on Sundays...because that's my funday/lazy day.


ONLY 2 MORE DAYS UNTIL I LEAVE!!! WOOHOO!!!  Getting excited...and doing some last minute shopping :-D


So, today we'll be visiting Budapest...the capital of Hungary.  This city was on my bucket list...but was always in the back burner.


In all honesty, I kinda mapped out the days that we're going to be in Europe and I have the gutsy feeling that we're probably not going to be able to visit all these places...which kinda makes me feel sad.  I really hope that we can visit these places on this one trip...I don't care how exhausted I am...I believe it will be worth it.


Anyways...OFF TO BUDAPEST!


Magyar Allami Operahaz (Hungarian State Opera House)

Halaszbastya (Fisherman's Bastion)

St. Stephen's Basilica

Orszaghaz (Parliament)

Hosok Tere (Heroe's Square)

Kiralyi Palota (Buda Castle - Royal Palace

Matyas Templom (Matthias Church)

Vajdahunyad Castle 

It appears that there are a lot of museums in Budapest (duh...of course Kristina!).  I guess I have to come back when I have much more time on my hands so that I can visit them.  Maybe a week in the future, perhaps...WHO WANTS TO COME!?!?!?!

Tomorrow will be my last post (until I come back on July) and it will be dedicate to Prague!

Je ne veux pas travailler, Je ne veux pas déjeuner, Je veux seulement l'oublier

Again, it's another Pink Martini listening day.  This song is called "Sympathique" and I find it to be a "lazy day" kind of song that you just want to bop your head to.  Here is the song...give it a listen:


http://soundcloud.com/inertiamusic/pink-martini-sympathique


The blog post title doesn't really reflect the destination, but what I was listening to at the moment.  For those rusty on French, here is a translation with the help of my own VERY rusty french (which I can't believe that I still remember) and google translate: "I don't want to work, I don't want lunch, I just want to forget."


Now...ONWARDS TO BRATISLAVA!


I'm going to be really honest, I have never heard of the city of Bratislava...but I have heard of Slovakia and Bratislava (from what I found out) is the capital of Slovakia and is very close to the Austrian border.  I hope I don't insult someone by stating this (not that I believe that many Slovakians [?] are reading this). 


After some digging in the interwebs about the city of Bratislava...I get the impression of a nice, quaint city that will give anyone a nice break from the hustle and bustle of the more popular, bigger, European cities (such as Venice, London, Paris, etc.).


What I would like to see in Bratislava:

Bratislava Castle

Hlavne Namestie (Main Square)

Devin Castle

St. Martin's Cathedral

Michalska Brana (Michael's Gate)

Grassalkovish Palace (aka The Slovakian White House)

Modry Kostolik Church (Blue Church)

Primacialny Palac (Primates' Palace <--There better be a good story to this name)

I get the impression that Bratislava will be like a hidden jewel (and hopefully not too big of crowds even though it will be peak tourist season) and will be a great place for me to visit.  As much as I like visiting the well known places (Florence, Paris, Rome, etc.) I think it will be nice seeing somewhere that maybe not too many people visit.  I guess most people tend to focus on the big name cities and forget the "smaller" known cities that have just the same beauty as London, Paris, Vienna, and so on and so forth.

But I don't discriminate on destinations.  If the place looks interesting...give me a plane ticket and i'm off!

Oh well...less people to deal with I guess ;-)

Tomorrow will be Budapest!

See you tomorrow!