Prague or Budapest First?
Jun 15th, 2005, 05:02 PM
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Prague or Budapest First?
We are planning a trip to Prague, Vienna and Budapest in October. There will be four nights in each city. I just booked the transatlantic flights from Toronto to London and we will use Easyjet or the like to conect Prague and Budapest to London. Don't worry there will be a cushion of a couple of nights in London between flights.
Is there anything to choose between starting in Prague on October 10 and Budapest on October 18 or the reverse. Vienna is, naturally, in the middle chronologically to shorten the train trips. I am thinking of such things as crowds, weather and "travel logic", by which I mean it is better to see this before that. Don't be concerned with flight options, I will figure those out. Apart from Krakow this is our first trip to this part of Europe.
Is there anything to choose between starting in Prague on October 10 and Budapest on October 18 or the reverse. Vienna is, naturally, in the middle chronologically to shorten the train trips. I am thinking of such things as crowds, weather and "travel logic", by which I mean it is better to see this before that. Don't be concerned with flight options, I will figure those out. Apart from Krakow this is our first trip to this part of Europe.
Jun 16th, 2005, 05:45 AM
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We just did almost the same trip (adding Bratislava and Cesky Krumlov), and we flew to Budapest first.I would vote Budapest first because Prague is such a hard city to follow. Budapest is much more "real", while Prague is just magical.
Jun 16th, 2005, 08:32 AM
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1) Vienna..."grand"
2) Budapest...down to earth and perhaps a place to decompress after the (perhaps) "formality" (or even rigidity and yes, elegance) of Vienna
Prague...the Middle Ages just came back to life!!! Magic in more ways than one.
2) Budapest...down to earth and perhaps a place to decompress after the (perhaps) "formality" (or even rigidity and yes, elegance) of Vienna
Prague...the Middle Ages just came back to life!!! Magic in more ways than one.
Jun 16th, 2005, 08:35 AM
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1) Vienna..."grand"...."elegant"....perhaps even a bit "rigid"
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Budapest..back down to Earth but with a grandeur and presence all its own; a place to decompress after all that elegance and rigidity of Vienna
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Prague...the Middle Ages just came back to life and yes, magical in many ways!
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Budapest..back down to Earth but with a grandeur and presence all its own; a place to decompress after all that elegance and rigidity of Vienna
3)
Prague...the Middle Ages just came back to life and yes, magical in many ways!
Jun 16th, 2005, 06:31 PM
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Tedgale, that was one of the things I had thought of. On the other hand perhaps there will be fewer visitors in Prague a little later.
It is moot now as I have just booked the flight from Prague to Gatwick so we are set with Budapest first. The London to Budapest flight would be booked now but the Skyeurope site is not working properly now and I want to see what they have to offer. I will give them a day to fix it before I go to the competition.
It is moot now as I have just booked the flight from Prague to Gatwick so we are set with Budapest first. The London to Budapest flight would be booked now but the Skyeurope site is not working properly now and I want to see what they have to offer. I will give them a day to fix it before I go to the competition.
