Dallas |
Dallas |
Dallas |
In The Air |
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- Get married.
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TRAN: 10:50 AM Depart. DFW
STAY: Air France via Paris
Breakfast in Paris
(10 minutes to spare between flights)
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Venice (about) |
Venice |
Venice |
Venice |
TRAN: 9:10 AM Arr. Venice Marco-Polo
Take ATVO bus to Piazzale Roma
Take the boat line 1 or 82 to
First stop (Ferrovia-train station)
Follow only street that goes right
(called "List of Spain")
4-minutes by walk you will arrive
in Campo San Geremia square
STAY: Hotel San Geremia
TO DO:
Eat.
Rest.
Relax.
Drink Wine.
Wander around.
#1 Vaporetto Route Tour.
Book tickets and couchette for Vienna.
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TRAN: None.
STAY: Hotel San Geremia
TO DO/SEE:
Piazza San Marco
St. Mark's Basilica
and
Buy combo pass (€31) at Correr Museum:
Doge's Palace (skip line with pass)
Correr Museum (go early or late)
Ca' Rezzonico
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TRAN: None.
STAY: Hotel San Geremia
TO DO/SEE:
Galleria dell'Accademia
Peggy Guggenheim Museum
La Salute Church
(optional, near Guggenheim)
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TRAN: Overnight To Vienna ($135/8hours)
20:44 EN239 Venezia S.Lucia
08:48 Wien Westbahnhof
STAY: Couchette / Sleeping Car ($120)
TO DO/SEE:
Anything else
Options:
San Giorgio Maggiore (boat trip, one hour)
Scuola San Rocco (Tintoretto Fest)
Frari Church
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Vienna (about) |
Zwettl (about) |
Melk (about) |
Linz (about) |
TRAN: 08:48 Arrive Vienna Westbahnhof
STAY: Pension Hargita
Check-in after 12:00
TO DO/SEE:
Leave bags at train station
(or negotiate with hotel)
Eat breakfast
City Tour on Tram #1
and/or
Wander the downtown, see churches
SIGHTS:
Kunsthistorisches Museum
KunstHausWien
Evening (optional):
standing room at the Staatsoper
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TRAN: 12:00 Car Rental
Vienna Downtown Office
Schubertring 9 ($140 base USD)
STAY: Gasthof Schön
TO DO/SEE:
Call 01/8111-3239 for Schönbrunn tickets
Pick up car between 12:00 and 13:00
Schloss Schönbrunn
(on the way out of town)
On way to Zwettl (very optional):
Traismauer
Tulln:
Roman ruins / museum
Egon Schiele Museum
Arrive Zwettl hotel um 18:00
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TRAN: Car travel
STAY: Cafe Fürst, Fam. Madar
TO DO/SEE:
Zwettl:
Burg Rappottenstein (11 or 12 AM)
Drive Danube Valley Krems <-> Melk
Krems
Dürnstein:
Dürnstein Live! Webcam
Melk:
Melk Abbey
(daily tour 2:55 PM,
last entrance at 5:00)
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TRAN: Car travel
20:00 Car return
Autohaus Mayer
(drop box after 18:00)
Industriezeile 72, Linz
STAY: Goldenes Dachl
TO DO/SEE:
Melk area:
Schloss Schallaburg (9 to 17 Uhr)
Mauthausen Concentration Camp
(9.00 - 17.30) (official site)
Late Afternoon:
St. Florian Augustiner Abbey
(tours @ 2,3, or 4 PM, 70 minutes)
(Exit 160, St. Florian - Asten Süd)
Linz evening:
Return car / check into hotel
Buy train tickets for Prague
See town center
Eat/drink at Cafe Ex-Blatt
Early to bed (05:30 rise)
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Prague (about) |
Prague |
Prague |
Prague |
TRAN: 06:15 D272 Linz Hbf ($72/€60, 4hours)
10:52 Praha hl. n.
STAY: Elm Apartment
TO DO/SEE:
Buy train tickets for Nürnberg
Morning walk
Wenceslas Square
SIGHTS TO CHOOSE FROM:
Prague Castle
Old Town Hall area
The Dancing House (Frank Gehry)
Střelecký Ostrov (island beach, paddle boats)
FOOD! BEER!
Bohemia Bagel (Masna 2)
Restaurant La Provence (Stupartska 9)
Red, Hot and Blues (Jakubská 12)
Don Giovanni (Karoliny Sveltle 34/208)
U Fleku
Pivnice Radegast
Radost
Thanks to Caitlin T. and Todd S.!
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TRAN: None.
STAY: Elm Apartment
SIGHTS TO CHOOSE FROM:
Jewish Quarter
Museum of Communism
Convent of St. Agnes Museum
Mucha Museum
EVENING:
Divadlo Na Zabradli (theater)
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TRAN: None.
STAY: Elm Apartment
SIGHTS TO CHOOSE FROM:
Black Madonna House Of Czech Cubism
Troja Castle
Prague Zoo
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TRAN: Prague-München (German Rail Pass
+ Czech supplement)
13:20 Praha hl.n. (R 856 nach Plzen)
20:35 München Hbf
(RE 30696 Bayerisch Eisenstein)
oder
09:15 Praha hl.n.
15:15 München Hbf Gl.27-36
STAY: Pension F. Nikolas Kajuth
TO DO/SEE:
Florian und Judith
Augustinerbräu in Kaufingerstr.
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München (about) |
München |
Nürnberg (about) |
Nürnberg |
TRAN: None.
STAY: Pension F. Nicolas Kajuth
TO DO/SEE:
Florian's suggestions:
"Saturday will start with breakfast and
continue with a guided walking tour
(by Florian and Judith) in what's left
of the morning. We will see Marienplatz,
die Residenz, Odeonsplatz, Siegestor,
the university, the Englischer Garten
with Chinesischer Turm. There are plenty
of opportunities to lunch (possibly at
the Hofbräuhaus)."
Englischer Garten
Hofbraeuhaus
Pinakothek der Moderne
Lenbachhaus
Deutsches Museum (if possible)
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TRAN: None.
STAY: Familie Kajuth
TO DO/SEE:
Florian's suggestions:
"Breakfast on Sunday morning should
probably be a Weißwurstfrühstück in any
case. I know a nice Wirtshaus, it's called
Wirtshaus in der Au, where they play
oldfashioned jazz music from 12 noon.
In the afternoon we could go see
the Pinakothek der Moderne (it's 2€ on
Sundays). Cafe afterwards.
Sunday night is free!"
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TRAN: Morning train to Nürnberg
STAY: Familie Kajuth
TO DO/SEE (afternoon):
Altstadt
Burgviertel
Dürer-Haus
Reichsparteitagsgelände
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TRAN: None.
STAY: Familie Kajuth
TO DO/SEE:
TBD possibly Bamberg...
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Frankfurt (about) |
Rhein Cruise (about) |
In The Air |
Dallas |
TRAN: Nürnberg-Frankfurt (German Rail Pass)
Arrive between 13:00 and 15:00
STAY: William H. Barnes
TO DO/SEE:
Will's suggestions:
Take afternoon train to Marburg,
do Marburg in the evening.
Cocoon Club that night...
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TRAN: 08:45 Metro To Mainz (40 minutes)
Rhein tour from Mainz
(use German rail pass for boat fare)
14:10 Exit boat in Koblenz,
Take train back to Frankfurt
STAY: William H. Barnes
TO DO/SEE:
Will's suggestions:
Rhein tour from Mainz during the day
Walking tour of Frankfurt in Evening
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TRAN: 9:15 AM Frankfurt Int'l Departure
6:01 PM DFW Arrival
STAY: Pension Long-Beach
Will's suggestion:
"You leave my place at 6:15 in order
to get to the airport by 7:15 (it
will probably only take 30 min to
get there, but the ticket agents at
the Frankfurt airport mean business
when it comes to punctuality)"
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TO DO:
Start rest of life, etc.
Catch up on Tivo.
Feed fish.
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