Spring Break: Prague

Our last leg of our ten day journey landed us in Prague. We took the train about an hour outside of the city on our second day to a small Medieval town called Terezin. I've only included one photo from our day trip due to the particularly grim fact that the town was converted into a holding camp for Jewish people during the times of Nazi persecution before being sent to other, more severe camps. On a lighter note, once we returned back to Prague for the next two days, we hit up most of the touristy sights including St. Charles Bridge, The Castle and Cathedral, The Torture Museum (so creepy!), and hung around Old Town Square, where I fell in love with the huge beautiful bubbles that were being made, along with every other five year old who was watching. A highlight of the trip was 100% when the bubble lady let Kelsey and I try it out for ourselves! Such good fun and laughs. After ten days on the road visiting three new countries, we were ready to head home to Roma for a big bowl of pasta! 

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Spring Break: Vienna

After Budapest, we took a coach to Vienna to spend three days there before heading to Prague. Vienna was a very classical European city, with gorgeous architecture all over the place and fabulous art museums. I dragged the girls to the Albertina, which I completely recommend if you're in Vienna for only a day, as well as the Belvedere Palace. The Albertina had a fantastic exhibit of an American artist, Eric Fischl (I have a new found love for him). The Albertina's permanent collection is an impressive modern assortment, to say the least, thanks to  permanent loan from the Rita und Herbert Batliner Foundation. It's home to works by  Claude Monet, Paul Cezzane, Max Ernst, Oskar Kokoschka, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Alberto Giacometti, and Henri Matisse, to name a few. We also checked out the Schonbrunn Palace, sampled the famous Sacher chocolate cake at the Sacher Hotel, and stopped for pretzels a few too many times! Next stop: Terezin & Prague.

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