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| Claire outside one of the doors to our hostel The Crown and Bard, in Prague, the Czech Republic |
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| Colourful buildings in our neighbourhood in Prague |
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| The Easter Market |
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| Stunning Baroque church |
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| You could buy beautiful painted eggs at the market, although not this large |
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| Another Czech church |
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| My travel buddy |
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| Beautiful clock (a trumpeter would sound every hour) |
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| Our walking tour of Prague |
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| Beautiful architectural details |
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| Czech street sign |
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| Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter |
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| Jewish Quarter |
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| Jewish Quarter |
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| Our hostel room |
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| The beer train restaurant |
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| Meeting up with Jason and Eddie |
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| Overlooking Prague from the castle |
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| Overlooking Prague |
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| Finally found someone who spoke French whom we could ask to take our picture |
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| Back of the Cathedral |
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| Great hall in the Castle |
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| Noble families' coats of arms |
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| Off for our picnic in the gardens |
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| Springtime in Prague |
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| The incredible windows in the cathedral |
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| Beautiful organ pipes and musical decorations |
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| Sunset as seen from our hostel room |
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| Inside the Baroque church for the choir concert |
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| On the main bridge |
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| Our German friends! |
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| In Vienna |
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| The cathedral (this kind of beautiful tiled roof could be seen in all the countries we saw) |
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| Inside the cathedral |
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| Hanging out in the Hofburg gardens |
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| Hofburg Pavilion |
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| Former royal residence |
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| Royal Library |
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| Globe museum |
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| One of the main squares |
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| Hofburg Palace at sunset |
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| "An intelligent person obtains the best education when travelling" -- Goethe |
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| Sidetrip to Bratislavaaa |
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| Contrast of building styles |
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| A little Slovakian beer |
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| Nuns! |
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| Our ascent towards the castle |
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| Self-timer fun |
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| The Castle (closed for Good Friday) |
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| A view of the communist block apartment buildings ... ugh |
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| Old city centre |
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| Schönbrunn Palace outside of Vienna (the lineup to get in) |
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| Beautiful Victorian gardens |
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| A labyrinth! |
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| The National Art Gallery |
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| Vermeer's "The Art of Painting" |
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| By the door to get tickets to the opera |
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| The line-up |
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| Inside the opera |
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| Our view before people sat down |
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| The orchestra |
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| Outside the opera after skipping out |
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| The Vienna Boys Choir (someone else took this for me, since I couldn't see them) |
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| On our way to Budapest |
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| Budapest Parliament |
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| I forget what this was called |
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| View of the Danube |
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| Gate next to the National Gallery |
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| Crossing from Buda to Pest |
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| The Cathedral |
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| The "Iron Curtain", artistic interpretation |
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| A piece of the Berlin Wall |
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| Oldest subway station in the country |
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