Welcome aboard. I am back on the road, and I will be travelling for a bit in the next three weeks. Armed with a nice netbook (the Acer Aspire One), I am trying to post daily on this new blog. Will be pictures, mostly. At least that is the idea currently.

28 September, 2008

Back in Edinburgh, and it feels good to be home. Back to where they drive on the correct side of the road! This blog will now hibernate until I pack my bags for another jaunt to somewhere. Hopefully, I will now go back to writing regularly at my other blog - http://nishadwrites.blog.co.uk

Addio!

27 September, 2008

Last day of the trip. Brilliant weather continued to grace Prague, and I am in love with this city.

Charles Bridge, with the castle in the background; view from one of the two towers at the two ends of the bridge.

Entertainment at Wenceslaw Square

26 September, 2008

The sun was out at last! A sunny day in Prague, which allowed us to walk around all day long.

View of the castle with the St. Vitus' Cathedral

Bridges over the Vlatava. View from a hill near the castle

25 September, 2008

A rainy day in Prague. Walked around for a bit in the second half of the day.

Rain batters down on Karluv Most - Charles Bridge, one of Prague's most famous landmarks

Not the best place to get stuck in in rush-hour traffic!

24 September, 2008

Arrived in Prague today. Spent most of the day in the train from Vienna and admiring the Prague traffic.

Prague castle and the Vltava river in the evening

Spent the first half of the day in Donau City - a part of Vienna that lies on an island in the Donau (Danube). It is a very pretty place, away from the tourists and a welcome change from the artistic buildings, churches and plazas of old Vienna. It has a large park called Donau park, with a very tall tower - the Donauturm.

View of the UN buildings from top of the Donauturm

View in the direction of the city centre

Nishad enjoys apple strudel in the revolving cafe at the top of the Donauturm

Day trip to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia today. It is just an hour by train from Vienna, and lies very close to the Austrian and Hungarian borders. It is a very pretty city that grows on you as you explore it.

View from the castle: river Danube (Dunaj is the local name), and the bridge Novy Most over it with the observation tower

Views of Bratislava from the observation tower. This tower has an astonishingly strong pair of binoculars at the top. This is also the first view-point that I have ever seen where you can use the binoculars/telescope for free. First photograph shows the castle, the second one shows the part of the city around the historic city centre

21 September, 2008

Arrived in Vienna today and will be staying here for three nights. Vienna is a beautiful city with grand buildings that manage to be incredibly pretty at the same time.

The Parliament building

Mozart, in Burggarten

20 September, 2008

Today was the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2008. Ironically, I missed the opening ceremony on account of getting drunk the previous night and waking up late. Went there around noon, and it was a lot of fun.

Crowds throng to the Oktoberfest on the opening day

Prost! Nishad and Abhishek prepare to gulp down the beers