Holiday March 2014

Since most of you will be reading my blog in chronological order, I figured I'd do a summary post with links to the other posts last, so that it will actually appear above the other holiday posts...

It was recently the "vacances d'hiver" (Winter holidays) here in France (the first 2 weeks of March). I decided to go on holiday to make the most of my time here on the real continent of Europe, so I visited Vienna, Bratislava and Prague. You can read more about the different places by clicking on them. Unlike my trip to Switzerland, this time I wasn't alone; I went with my boyfriend, K, who I met while I was at home at Christmas. It was a bit of a spur of the moment decision to ask him to come on holiday with me, but I'm really glad I did! 

The hostels/hotel:

• Our first hostel was called Wombat's City Hostel - The Naschmarkt. This was a pretty decent hostel with kitchen facilities. The bed was comfortable and it was quite quiet most of the time. You could sometimes hear people walking up and down the corridor with heels on but that was it. We could've done with a Do Not Disturb sign because we slept in most days but the cleaners came round at about 11am and we could always hear them getting closer to the room! It sort of forced us to get out of bed!
• Our second hostel was called Hostel Blues. I wouldn't recommend this hostel to anyone who doesn't fall asleep easily or is a light sleeper. It's in a great location and the staff were amazingly helpful, but the room was small and cold, and there were people making noise until quite late in the evening. There was an alright kitchen available for use though.
• Our third hostel was called Mosaic House. If you're going to be in Prague I'd definitely recommend staying there! The rooms are amazing and it's not that expensive (it was cheaper for us than the hostel in Vienna, and included breakfast and was much nicer). We paid 261€ for 5 nights (52.20€ per night), but that was for a private room; dorm room prices vary between 65€ and 105€ for 5 nights! Only thing that could make it better would have been a self-service kitchen.
• Our hotel on the last day was called Hotel Vienna. As I said in the blog post - not worth 182€ at all. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone!

Overall, the holiday was awesome. I think my favourite place was Prague, and Bratislava was a pleasant surprise. Vienna was lovely but a little expensive and the architecture wasn't mind blowing, but I still enjoyed it there. My main highlight was the free walking tour by our lovely tour guide, Andy, in Bratislava because she made the whole place so much more interesting with all the historical information and funny stories. My most disappointing moment was possibly our last hotel; it was nice, don't get me wrong, but it was not as good as it sounded on the website. If I could do anything again, I would probably have gone inside a few more churches/cathedrals, up a few more towers, and I wouldn't have stayed in the hotel we had on the last night. 

If you would like to see all of my photos instead of the select few I added to the posts, please click on this link: Facebook Photo Album of March 2014 Holiday . You do not need a Facebook account to view the album, so don't worry if you're not on Facebook or don't have me on there!