Day: May 30, 2019

Golden Fields

We checked out of our apartment and bid Prague goodbye! After being delayed on the highway for 30 minutes and Google warning us of future backups. Robert plotted another course for us to take to Vienna. It was better to drive through the charming villages and farmland of the Czech countryside.

  • Church spire against the blue sky:
    The sun came out the morning we left!
  • Our apartment in Prague: The balcony on top was ours.
One last view of Prague
After being stuck in traffic we got off the highway and ate launch at a McDonalds! They had some unusual sandwiches and even spring rolls. It was all yummy.

I’m glad we were forced off the highway because the Czech countryside was breathtaking. Our eyes were treated to rolling green hills, colorful little villages, and fields of yellow flowers offset by large sections of woodland. Curious as to what the yellow flowers were we stopped and took a photo. I later discovered the flower is the rapeseed plant used to make canola oil.

Drive through the woods
  • Turah picking a yellow flower
  • Rapeseed flower
Golden fields

Near the Czech/Austrian border we stopped at a local vineyard to have a glass of Czech wine. We sat in the sunshine sipping wine grown in the vineyards beside us on the hillside.  Saduk vineyards and hotel was a small family operated affair and the staff was very friendly.

Saduk Vineyards
30 May 2019
Homemade lemonade
Ah the life! Sipping wine straight from the vineyard!
Just south of the vineyard was this lovely little country church

Once in Vienna, Robert dropped us off at our apartment and then turned in the rental car. Our apartment was little, but right in the heart of  Innerstadt Vienna. Because we had been to Vienna before, Liam knew his way around town. He decided to show Turah around by taking her out to find a local grocery and buy food for breakfast. Turah commented how surreal it is listening to her siblings communicate in German!

Our apartment was on the second floor. It’s the one with the door open. The apartments all opened onto a little courtyard, which had a door that accessed the main street outside.