Summer 2014: Vienna, Budapest, Prague & Krakow (Part 2)

Assalamualaikum, in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,

All praise to Allah, the Supreme Ruler of the world, and salawah upon the Last Messenger, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

My friends and I rode the night train to Vienna from Venice. It was a long bumpy ride in a small carriage. Well, if you want to have a taste of what the night train, you might not want to do it again. But for backpacker, it might save your accommodation for the night. Haha.

Vienna is the international city. It was beautiful with marvelous modern architecture. We stayed at Meininger Hotel, which is good and cheap. I like it. We went to the State Opera House, St. Stephen's Cathedral at the heart of the city, Hofburg Palace, Parliament building and Rathaus. In the evening, we went to Schloss Schonbrunn which is a palace, a big beautiful one, with large garden. We hiked to the top of the hill, to see Neptunette, Gloriette and the city from the top.

in front of opera house

Hofburg

St. Stephen's Cathedral

Rathaus

Schloss Schonbrunn

Gloriette

Neptunette

The next day, we went to Budapest. It was long hour train to budapest, and long walk to the hostel. But the hostel was awesome. We got an apartment with living room, kitchen, balcony, and two rooms.

I walked to the chain bridge for about 3 hours which was exhausting. But the journey and view were awesome and I like it. The next day, we went to take the tour using hop on hop off service. We went to the Buda Castle, Citadel, Hard Rock Cafe, Chain Bridge, Heroes Square and all. Since it was very hot, about 38 deg celc, we prefer to spend most of our time on the bus. On the night, we rode the cruise along Danube River.

Heroes Square

Synagogue

Parliament

Chain Bridge

Budapest

Then, we went to Prague. Like last winter trip, I brought the group to see the view from the castle, which was mesmerizing. I met my senior, Aized for while.

2nd time prague

View from our apartment

Then, our last destination was Krakow, Poland. We took night train as well. I managed to contact my junior who studying in krakow, Hanan. Nothing much on krakow because we pretty much exhausted for our 17 days trip. 

Square

Cloth Hall

The next morning, we flew back to London. I was sad to leave those unforgettable memories, and wish to have the time to go back in the future. I met a lot of people, that taught me a lot of things, like where to go, how to go, what is the culture and more importantly, self-development either inside or outside. 

"O Allah, thanks for all the sustenance you gave upon us and please bless us our journey and the people we met."

With that, I end this long story with

Thank you for reading. I am back to being busy. I am sorry for the lack of update.

Thanks. So. Much. My friends who accompanied me.

Illaliqa'. Wassalam. :)