Vienna to Prague

I wrote a whole post here the other day, but for some reason its not here , so I will try to recreate it.

I went back toVienna from Oberwart and thought I would make one more try at the State Archives, but when I got there they were already closed.  They have different hours every day of the week, so if you don't know that you're just out of luck.  It was another cold wet day in Vienna and my knee was still bothering me so I took the overnight train to Prague.  It was cheaper than a hotel and I have always wanted to go to Prague anyway.  But just one more stab from Austria, the ticket agent didn't reserve my seat aand I spent the next 6 hours sitting in the corridor of the train. 

When I arrived in Prague it was 3 in the morning and I couldn't even use the toilet without a Czech crown!  So I looked around for someone to change a euro to a crown because I had to go pretty bad.  Then after a shop opened I got a few more crowns and went for a walking tour of the city.  My knee was still hurting but It was to early to do anything else.  I walked around until about 1 in the afternoon.  Prague is a really beatuiful old city but the late 19th century areas look like Liberace threw up!  everything is over decorated.  There are a lot of cool art deco and art nouveau buildings, but I think the best part of the city is the old city and Prague castle.  You can really feel the history there.  The Charles Bridge is one of the most beautiful bridges in the world.  About every fifty feet there are sculptures on either side of the bridge.   

After seeing the old city I took the train to Dresden because I didn't want to change euros to crowns and then back to euros later.