In Krakow, we spent the first day touring the Wawel Castle including the Wawel Cathedral where we climbed the bell tour and had birds eye view of the whole city. At night, we listened to the Orchestra of the City of Krakow play Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the beautiful St. Peter and Paul's Church. The second day, we arranged trips to Auschwitz and the salt mines. Before we left, the girls all went shopping and bought some amber jewelry.
From Krakow, we took an overnight train to Prague. It was quite an experience jamming all six of us in to one small, hot cabin, but we made it work. In Prague, we spent a day touring Prague Castle. My favorite part was St. Vitus's Cathedral. We also visited the Jewish Museum in Prague.
In Vienna, we visited the museum quarter, but we only had time for a couple art museums. The MOMUK is the largest museum for modern and contemporary art in Central Europe and had displays from artists such as: Maria Lassing, Nam June Paik, along with a mind expander section with a display on performative bodies. I won't lie. Some of it was pretty weird! The Leopold museum, which gives a panorama view of Austrian art of the nineteenth and the twentieth century, held works from Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Kolo Moser, Richard Gerstl, and Oskar Kokoschka. We also visited he zoo! At night, we went to the opera. We saw an amazing performance of Der Freischütz. Der Freischütz is an opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber to a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It is considered the first important German Romantic opera, especially in its national identity and stark emotionality. Its plot was taken from German folk legend and many of its tunes were inspired by German folk music.
In Budapest, we took a boat tour along the Danube river dividing Pest and Buda. We also visited Hero's Square and Buda Castle and saw the baths, the chain bridge, and Parliament. I think Budapest also had my favorite food of the whole trip, but every city had great food!
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