Flying into Munich out of Prague first week in May. Figuring to spend 3 nigts in MUC 2 in Vie and 4 in PRG. How should we travel between cities train or car rental? I am unable to find prices for international train travel using the german and austrian railway web sites. Can anyone help me out here. Thanks

Hello, Brian, <BR>I can help you out with the Vienna/Prague leg. There were several trains throughout the day with the earliest at 6:55 a.m. It cost us around $100.00 each for a round trip ticket on second class. The trip took about 4.5 hours. The train was very comfortable, we had reserved seats and found 1st class would have been unnecessary. <BR>I looked for information at the Eurorail website. I waited to book our seats until we arrived in Vienna. We had no problem finding a seat. <BR>Good luck! <BR> <BR>Anyone else with info on the other leg of Brian's trip? <BR>

You will need more time in Vienna than 2 days. I would do 3 in Vienna and 3 in Prague. If you rent a car, be sure you can it to Czech Republic. If you go deep enough into German rail site, you can get prices. I went from Vienna to Krakow for about $40 second class, using the compartment cars which I think are preferable to open seating. You will enjoy all 3 cities. They are very different and all interesting in their own ways. If you need hotels, try nethotels.com for all three. It has events schedules as well. I'm envious!

Hi, Linda, <BR>It is always a pleasure to see your posts on Eastern Europe. You were a great help to me when I started my Vienna/Prague planning many months ago. <BR>In fact, I think I will revisit your website again. We thoroughly enjoyed both cities. <BR>To help ease the pain of being back from this wonderful journey, I am already planning our next trip. I think we will be going to Budapest, Venice, Croatia, and Poland. I would be very interested in your ideas on Krakow. I have found a few <BR>websites and been enjoying Virtual Tourist for a looksee. It does look beautiful! <BR>Thank you again, <BR>Gloria

Thanks, Gloria. Glad to help. Krakow is much smaller but nice. Wawel Castle & area is walking distance from Old Town. The Salt Mines are on the outskirts and have a cathedral in the Mines. You have to go to Zakopane (resort village in Tatras Mountains about 2 hour bus ride south--faster than train). It is finalist for Winter Olympics. A visit to Auschwitz/Birkenau Concentration Camps (1 hour west) is worth the trip. Also, the small town with the Black Madonna is near there but I didn't have time. Hope you consider the Fleps for B&B in Budapest as they are nice. Krakow has nice crystal, amber, wooden toys and games.