Road trip to Graf, Prague and Salzburg

At N26 (where I work), you have to use your leftover vacation days from the year before by March 31st or you lose them. I had four days and we wanted to go somewhere. We thought about lots of options but settled on a road trip to Prague and Salzburg. Bucky had never been to either place, so we thought it would be a good adventure. 

When planning it, we decided to stop in Grafenwohr which is where I lived with my family from 1976 to 1979. It is on the route to Prague and we thought it would be fun to walk down memory lane. Unfortunately, we couldn't get onto the Post, but we wandered around the old town, saw the famous water tower from afar, and visited the museum. 

We stayed at a hotel in Eschenbach, a town outside of Graf, so visited there too. We had a great time and enjoyed the best Indian food outside of India at Ganesha, a lovely restaurant in Grafenwohr. The next day we headed to Prague and stopped at the Pilsner Urquell brewery in Plzen, Czech Republic. Of course, we bought beer. 

I had visited Prague in the early 90s but didn't have a great time so it had never been on my list of places to revisit, but decided we might as well give it a try. And it was AMAZING. Basically, all we did was walk around, take pictures and eat!! Bucky had investigated what we needed to see and do so we followed his plan. We stayed at Hotel Neruda which was right below Prague Castle. It was ideal! 

We moved on to another spectacular location, Hotel and Villa Auersperg, in Salzburg for the next couple of days. Again, Bucky had planned the itinerary which was impressive. Of course, we did lots of walking including visiting many of the sites where Sound of Music was filled. The hills were definitely alive! 

We headed home from Salzburg on Tuesday, March 7th, but I still had March 8th off so we weren't in a big hurry to get home. Therefore, we decided to stop at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site outside of Munich on the way home. It was definitely a pivot from the lovely sightseeing we had been enjoying over the past five or so days. It was somber and powerful and definitely impactful. 

Me in Grafenwohr - Can you see the water tower over my shoulder?

The Graf musem

At the Graf museum with a replica of the water tower

Old town of Graf

Fabulous hiking trail behind our hotel

In Eschenbach at one of the places our family frequented while living in Graf

Bucky and his beer

Bucky on the Charles bridge in Prague

The astronomical clock in Prague that has to be seen!

Who knew there were canals in Prague?


The Walls at the John Lennon wall

Flowers in Prague

Taking that shot!

Mozart's home in Salzburg

The outside of Mozart's home

Obligatory selfie


Pretty pergola in Salzburg



Picture perfect Salzburg

Doe a deer...

A female deer...

Ray, a drop of golden sun

Me a name I call myself

Fa a long long way to run...

Inside the concentration camp barracks

From the barracks at Dachau showing where all of the other barracks used to be. 

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