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It dosn't sound too hectic to me, but then again I'm not staying 5 nights in one place at all on my honeymoon.
I suggest look up what you want to see do in prague or vienna and see how long you want to spend there. You may want to even it out more and spend 3 nights in vienna instead.
@Atalanta: In Vienna we'd want to see a classical music concert and go to a jazz club. I love vienna but find it boring for too many days. :)
i love the opulent feel of vienna though and the hotels are amazing!
If it were any other vacation, I think it would be doable. However, from one seasoned traveller to another, and in light of your wedding, I vote to stay in Prague and visit Vienna another time. Anytime one travels and adds on another leg of a trip, to and fro, one ups the ante for the unexpected. Yes, it is exciting and adventurous but you also need to factor in that things might go wrong (delays, lost luggage, etc.) So, just this once for the sake of post-wedding relaxation, scale back. Enjoy Prague. Breathe. Enjoy each other, and let Prague speak to you. :) I'm sure you'll find plenty to do there and not be so frazzled as you instead, soak up all that is Prague and each other on your special honeymoon.
@Cornflakegirl: That is exactly how my FI feels! You guys might be right, but I would just loooove to see that Brahms concert. :-/
@Evie19: Uh oh. I didn't realize Brahms was at stake. Hmm...that changes everything! :) Wow, that would be very special indeed. I totally understand your dilemma now. Well, if you're willing to take the aforementioned risks and it means that much to you to see that concert, et al., make the leap and make the most of it. Use the travel time to and fro Vienna to snuggle on a romantic train ride or drive and make stops along the way to neat places for lunch or whatever? Really look into the details of what it would take to travel to and from Vienna and once you have that outline before you, perhaps the decision will surface more easily.
@Cornflakegirl: :) you understand!!
the train ride is 4.5 hours, and is supposed to be lovely. we wouldnt have to change trains. the view is supposed to be nice. :)
just hope FI isnt going to complain about lack of sleep all the time...sigh.
I would do the two cities, especially if you are only traveling by train. But I also don't like to stay in any one place more than five days. I find at that point I start running out of things to do and feel like I'm wasting my vacation.
But, I think you should think about how your fiance feels about it and how tired you might be after the wedding. Is it possible to leave the last few days of your trip open so you can decide later? I do this fairly often when I travel. I just don't book anything in advance and decide later what I want to do.
@Kewii: Id love to leave the last few days open, but we need to get plane tickets in advance and there is always a charge for changing locations/dates.
I'll have another conversation with FI about it and go from there...but Im leaning towards doing both.
That doesn't seem to hectic at all to me! Plus, a train trip through beautiful Europe would also be a great aspect of the honeymoon!
We went to three different countries and took like 11 plane rides on our honeymoon, and we didn't think it was too too much, so your plan sounds great! I personally would get bored being in one city for that much time, so I definitely think that you should add in vienna for a few days, especially because who knows when you'll be able to go back?
I think because you both have been there before then no it does not sound too hectic.
You'll already know places you want to revisit and any new places you want to go see. So it won't be like go-go-go! to squeeze as much in as possible.
Although this is coming from someone who chose to go-go-go! on her honeymoon for 3 weeks!
And yes, I loved the train rides! So different from here in the US!
Are you guys leaving immediately after the wedding?
Personally I would do Vienna as well, especially since there's something you really want to see there. 5 days is quite a long time to relax and do what you want in Prague, and I agree that a train ride--especially if you get nice tickets could be super fun and gorgeous.
@kala_way: Thanks! It would actually be more like 4 days and 5 nights in Prague, but thats still enough time there I think.
I'm a big fan of a relaxing honeymoon (we went on a cruise for that reason), but that doesn't seem to hectic at all to me. You can still do plenty of relaxing, I feel like it will just be whatever you make it be.
@hilsy85: Wow! You have lots more energy than FI and I have! :) Where did you go?
@Gerbera: Yes I loooove the train rides here as well. We are leaving right after the wedding- the next night.
I think Prague/Vienna is toally doable, just remember, it's not just Prague - Vienna, there's getting to the train station, the ride, getting off in Vienna, finding your hotel --> it's all those little things that make travel awesome, but tiring. Prague is one of my favourite cities to visit, everytime I go I find a new neighbourhood or restaurant - I'd say go for it though - more than 4 days might be too long.
@med700: I have taken the train ride into account but all of that won't exceed 6 hours (unless there is some crazy delay!)
Changing hotels is annoying though-
Another option is to just take day trips from Prague to Cesky Krumlov, etc...so hard to make these decisions. I just wish I traveled every month!
Did you make a decision?
We were in Europe for Christmas and decided against Prague because we only had seven days and wanted to see other places. I'm wishing we had skipped Vienna and stayed in Salzburg and Munich an extra day each or gone to Prague instead of Vienna. Vienna in the winter was bitter cold, about ten degrees colder than anywhere else we visited. The extra travel just made it that much worse, and I was desperate to go home by the middle of our second (and last) day in Vienna. Which sucks, because the trip was otherwise amazing (it's where we were engaged).
@mrscpants: Hello! Yes we are doing 5 days in Prague and 2.5 days in Vienna. I've been to Vienna (also when its cold) and I like the city for a short time. We are going to the Musikverain which is something we've been dreaming of doing for years- also we really wanted to see the Egon Shiele collection.
Sorry you didn't enjoy your stay there though!
I think I would love Vienna in the summer, it was just too cold for me in December. We enjoyed the rest of the trip so much that we're itching to go back for the honeymoon, but decided that since we'll be going in December (again), a warmer locale would be best this time around.
I'm excited for you though- the Musikverain sounds wonderful! A little part of me is totally jealous of your trip. How do you find Prague? My fiance is a little... something... and thinks it would be dangerous because he considers it to be Eastern Europe. Once he has an idea in his head, it's hard to break him of the notion, but everyone I know who has been to Prague has loved it (most even loved it best out of everywhere they went in Europe).
@mrscpants: I'm confused as to why eastern Europe as a whole is considered dangerous?
Prague is technically central Europe and it very safe except for pickpockets, which is something you have to watch out for in any city.
It's a gorgeous, stunning place- magical! I studied for a semester there when I was in college and visited again after with FI a couple years ago. He fell in love with the city hard!
i recommend it, but I hate Prague in summer months- late winter or early spring would be better. The tourists are out of control in the summer- crowds upon crowds upon crowds!
I don't know why he thinks Eastern Europe is dangerous, something to do with it being part of the Soveit bloc. He's weird. But eventually he'll change his mind, especially because he can't really articulate why he believes it's so bad.
Have fun, though! Do they do doner in Prague? That was the best part of Germany for us (food-wise, anyway).
@mrscpants: Thanks! The sausages in Prague are amazing, although they aren't doner kebabs. :)
@mrscpants: I love that your favorite food in Germany is fast food brought in by immigrants! I like them too (better in the north than the south), I've just never heard anyone list them as their favorite food in Germany. If you make it to Norway, try their version of Doener, it's not as good but completely different while still being the same if that makes sense.
Sorry I got off topic. I wanted to support Vienna but it seems you already made that decision. HAve fun on your honeymoon, I too love Prague, part of the appeal is its Eastern Europeanness and that it's much cheaper to stay and eat and drink in Prague since they are not on the EU.
@slicey19: My fiance is Turkish, and no matter where we go we seem to gravitate towards Turkish food. It does seem weird, though, that we would fly all the way to Germany/Austria to end up eating more Turkish fast food than actual German or Austrian food. We did eat our share of Bavarian goodies, though!
I can see the arguments both ways, but I don't think it would be too hectic to add Vienna in (one of your previous ideas for both Prague and Paris seemed too much to though!).
Actually, I think even with the side trips from Prague, AND wanting to spend time in your room that five days will be more than enough and by then you'll welcome the change of scenery Vienna will bring!
definitly doable! I mean after all, you are right there and no matter how much you plan - life takes over and it is hard to get back. go for it.
Do it! We city hopped on our honeymoon and it was amazing. And Eastern Europe is so easy to navigate that you won't feel like you're spending a ton of time traveling from place to place.
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FI and I are big travellers and love to explore a new place as often as we can.
For the honeymoon though, we decided to go back to Prague (a place I have spent a lot of time in and FI spent a short weekend in and LOVED). We think it's a great winter location, great restaurants, atmosphere, shopping, etc...
We recently decided to go to Vienna as well, but FI is now re-thinking it. He is saying we are going to be exhausted and are mostly going to want to spend time in the room and go out to a restaurant and stroll here or there. It may not be worth it to lose a day on a train to Vienna and re-packing, etc.
Does 5 nights in Prague and 2 nights/3 days in Vienna sound hectic? Its like a 4 1/2 hr train ride from Prague to Vienna...
We could fly into prague- spend 5 nights there, take a train to Vienna, and fly out of Vienna..doesn't sound too hectic to me but FI thinks that might make things too active. He's lazy! LOL No but seriously, he just wants things to be low maintenance since we'll be exhausted from the wedding. He left it up to me to make the final decision though...
What do you guys think?