The first was the Czech Republic. We stopped on the way to Prague in Chlum U Trebone. At first, we couldn't find the hotel and it was a converted hospital next to a lake. We had lunch at a pub in the town and it was funny because Mum and Dad thought they could spend Euros and had no money to pay the bill with.
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| Chlum U Trebone Lake |
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| Chlum U Trebone |
We only stayed there for one night and on the way to Prague we stopped at a nice town called Tabor for lunch.
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| Tabor Main Street |
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| Tabor Square |
Our accommodation in Prague was in a good location, near trams and was next to the Staroprama Brewery which makes beer that is popular throughout Europe.
In Prague, we had a day exploring the city; Dad and I had an afternoon where we went to the top of a mini Eiffel tower with great views of the city. We also had a day when we walked up to the Cathedral and Castle overlooking the city before getting the tram back to the apartment.
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| Park in Prague |
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| Square in Prague |
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| Bridge over the River Vltava |
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| Square in Prague |
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| A different bridge over River Vlatava |
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| Charles Bridge, Prague |
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| Castle and Cathedral, Prague |
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| Random stalk's nest |
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| School time |
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| Cathedral, Brno |
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| Cathedral, Prague |
After Prague,we headed to Poland via Brno for a night, and checked in to our apartment in the old town of Krakow. It was a really good location, and on one of the days, we visited a pool complex with the craziest slides.
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| Fooling around - Krakow |
Dad and Ella also went to Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was difficult to imagine we were in a place that only a few years ago was so horrific and quite unbelievable.
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| 'Work makes you free' - Auschwitz |
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| Birkenau |
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| Inside Birkenau |
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| Outside Birkenau |
After Krakow, we headed to Slovakia, and were lucky that we stayed at quite a random apartment in Tatranska Lomnica. We were back in the mountains, and had great weather. On one day we hired some mountain bikes and almost got lost!
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| At the top of hunting post |
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| Lookout to spot deer |
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| Cycling in front of the Tatras |
After a couple of days we went to a Bobrovsky so that we could visit Slovakia's largest waterpark - Gino Paradise. There were so many slides and pools; some of the pools were mud coloured from the spring water, and went up to 42 degrees celsius!
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| Bobrovsky Lake |
We then headed to Budapest in Hungary where we were staying for 4 nights. We had a great apartment. Whilst we were there we visited a Cat Cafe, and managed to find a cat that looked just like our old cat Stoli! We also spent a lot of time exploring Budapest using the trams. We spent a day at Budapest's Sziget festival and it was crazy! We saw a number of bands play, helped release 20,000 balloons into the air, were interviewed and photographed by the TV company twice, and saw Robbie Williams!
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| Anna likes winning at cards! |
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| Cooling off in the lake |
