Wednesday, October 8, 2025 @ 7:59 PM in 2025 Oktoberfest Trip
Today was another travel day to our final destination of the trip, Prague. It was actually nice for the first time since we'd been to Salzburg but we didn't have any time to do any sight seeing. I had a banana and yogurt for breakfast and then we started walking to the train station around 9:30. The mountains surrounding Salzburg had a lot of snow on them thanks to all the colder weather and heavy rain that passed through. At the train station, we each grabbed a sandwich to eat on the train since we figured we wouldn't have time for an actual meal.
It was supposed to be an easy journey where we took a train to Linz, Austria, then a second train from Linz to Prague. Unfortunately, they were doing some kind of line work on a section so we had to take a bus from Linz to České Budějovice, then another train from there to Prague. It wasn't too difficult, but the bus added an extra hour or so to the trip. We did get to ride through a lot of cool Austrian and Czech countryside which seemed a lot like driving through Kentucky or Tennessee. Lots of rolling hills with farmland and cattle.
When we got to České Budějovice, we only had about 3 minutes to run from the bus station, across the street and then up to the train station to catch our bus. Fortunately we made it and settled into a 6 person seating area for the hour and a half ride to finish the trip. Two other women came into the car at one of the stops and apparently had reserved the window seats. At least no one else came in to claim the other seats we were sitting in. Sam had called me while we were on the train and I got to talk to her and Dakotah while they were getting ready for school.
We got to see a few minutes of sun on the journey, but unfortunately the rain had followed us and by the time we arrived in Prague it was raining again. We walked the 15 or so minutes to our AirBnb which is on a pretty busy street. I'm a little worried how loud it's going to be at night, but I guess we'll see. After settling in, we went to a restaurant around the corner called Hostinec U Sádlů. They specialize in Czech food and were really highly rated.
Ben and I were pretty hungry since all we had for lunch was the sandwich on the train. We both ordered some Budvar beer to start. I got a bowl of garlic soup and a beef goulash. Ben ordered steak tartar and a pork knuckle with potatoes and cabbage. It was an enormous amount of food, but it was extremely delicious. We finished with a dark beer from Budvar and then decided we were done with drinking since we were both so full.
We walked down to the old town and Astronomical clock to help make us feel a little less stuffed, then worked our way over to the Palladium mall where they have a big grocery store on the bottom floor. We each got some breakfast snacks for the next couple of days. We're calling it a little early tonight since we have plans to head to Pilzen tomorrow to do a tour at Pilsner Urquell. Tomorrow night another brewing friend is going to meet up with us after about 9 and we're going to have several days of beer geeking out.
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Posted from: Czech Republic
