Over Christmas break I did a lot of traveling. For New Years Eve I spent the week in Prague which was very eventful. The city itself is gorgeous and I went around to Prague castle, and the various districts of Prague. We went to a Jewish cemetery in the Jewish district of Prague which was amazing. The headstones are all basically laying one on top of the other. It's basically graves upon graves and there's at least 12,000 people buried there although that particular plot of land should probably only allow for a few hundred if even. We also went to St. Vitus' cathedral which was a sight in and of itself. Prague itself was good although the service people were quite rude.
After this we went to Vienna which was surprisingly different than I expected. It wasn't very touristy at all and the historical places were placed randomly. It was a jumbled mix of modern and historical buildings. However, there were a lot of Asian restaurants which was unexpected but exciting to say the least. One of the highlights on this trip for me was the Freud museum which was actually his home. This encompassed his waiting room, consultation room, and office. We also got to see Mozart's grave which was unreal.
The last day we spent in Bratislava since we were flying out of there back to England. It was a small town (it has a population of less than 500,000) but it was really nice despite the -8 Celsius temperatures. We spent time at the castle and just exploring around the city.
I'm now back in England and unfortunately doing finals which will last the next two weeks.
Prague:
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Vienna:
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Bratislava:
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