Schwarzkopf Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Hey! Right... so me and Kir have just got back from our easter trip, which was made up of: Prague, Czech Republic Vienna, Austria Bratislava, Slovakia Budapest, Hungary Pretty much all of the photos are by Kir, seeing as when I tried to take my first photo in Prague I realised I'd forgotten a memory card... duh! On the train to Birmingham airport... On the fab Intamin monorail thing from Birmingham International station to the airport terminals <3. Final cig before going through security!!! Our (Ryanair 3) plane! Onboard staring-at-camera... Kir doing the same. The guy behind Kir on the other side of the aisle had the most PUTRID body odour EVARZ: Yay! After epic confusion and getting on a random bus, which got us to a random metro station, we finally made it to the city centre and saw this weird building: Pwetty... Even more pwetty.... Prague old town with the castle in the distance: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE!!!!! The 'main' bridge, I forget the name... Kir got all arty and took some pics of our favourite bar.... Random culture This was just before some random americans asked us to take a photo of them and we pretended to be related to the queen, oh, and some african guy offering us some charlie, LOL! View from our fav bar, Prague castle... Grainy shot of us at the bar: That's it for day 1, as we didn't get into the city untill about 5pm. Thanks for reading! Still to come: Day 2 - Lunapark and more Prague Day 3 - Vienna and Weiner Prater Day 4 - More Vienna Day 5 - Bratislava Day 6 - Budapest and Vidampark Day 7 - More Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazekiddd Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Awesome trip Jake! I can't wait t o see the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzkopf Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Day 2 Our hostel was pretty cool, we were allowed to smoke in the reception room and we met some Korean, Norweigian and French people who were staying in our room. I think we all came in late and woke eachother up at some point too! The aim of today was to head to Lunapark (which was only supposed to have a kiddie coaster and one old Pinfari), and get our train tickets to Vienna booked for the following day. Conveniently, the train station we were using for Vienna was just by the park. We arrived at the park early (the rides didn't open till 1), so we saw it as an oppertunity to grab a couple of photos and go and get some lunch. The park had this huge concert hall thing (excuse me for polluting the photo) Kir in a random street near the park haha... So we go back to the park, and see this: (Bonus not-on-RCDB-cred-1) This was called 'Amazing Drive' and wasn't bad for a kiddie coaster, it had a weird backwards section and we got about 10 circuts. There was a weird launch section in the station too! And this, which is not-on-rcdb-cred-2: It's called 'Explosion Speed', which sounds like a load of rubbish but it's actually true! This thing was INSANE for a kiddie coaster, due to all the flywheels being cranked up to almost launch speed (seriously, it comes out of the station and up the lift hill at like 30mph). It was brutal! Theres also a Pinfari looper, which isn't on RCDB either: So yeah, the park opened, so we got a few credits and rode the stayflyer, which was one of the tallest i've been on! The ride op was FIT. Shame we never got a photo. He was a FILF (Foreigner Id like to...), which became a running joke for the holiday (same with FF, meaning fit foreigner), haha. From the star flyer we saw this little beast, also not on RCDB: So we rode it. That's 4 coasters now that we didn't expect to come across, and we still had the 2 that we actually expected to ride! Which were: Horska Draka, or whatever it's called: And Jurassic park, a weird circular coaster with one long train (before you scream at me, it IS on rcdb so ner ner): So yeah, we had now done our 6 credits, after which we rode the fab portable rapids (which we never took a photo of). They also had a Topscan, and a slingshot, which re rode because neither of us had done one before... There were also a few other flats, like a Booster. This pic shows the park once it got busier, and you can also see the enterprise and moveit/powersurge thing too: So that was it for Lunapark. We headed back to the hostel to freshen up because it was SO hot we were sweating like pigs. Kir bought some Caffine loaded Coca Cola... After freshening up we headed up the hill to prague castle, which was a KILLER. God knows what i'm doing here: The more out of breath we became, the more of the city we were starting to look down on! And the view from the top: We purchased fab Czech hot dogs: Night fell and we went back to our bar <3 <3. We couldn't be arsed to get someone to take a pic of us (cus they always cock it up) so we just did them seperately. Beer with a straw <3. Oh and Indoor smoking was such a novelty we just HAD to: Thanks for reading peeps! Still to come: Day 3 - Vienna and Weiner Prater Day 4 - More Vienna Day 5 - Bratislava Day 6 - Budapest and Vidampark Day 7 - More Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Sounds like all those bonus credit might be due to a traveling fair based on some info at ukrides.info I know you visited in April but the traveling fair may be there longer. www.ukrides.info/lunaparkprague.htm Located in the suburbs of Prague is Stromovka Park, where'll you'll find the city's Luna Park / Velky Lunapark. The main ride here is the Horska Draha, an SDC galaxy coaster, however late February & early March the rides are accompanied by a travelling fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid_w Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Nice PTR! Can't wait for the Prater pics, hope you had fun... The rides there are seriously WAY to expensive, but some of them are extreme fun! Especially the Boomerang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 That wacked out looking building in Prague is by world reknown master of modern architecture, Frank Gehry. Very famous and quite cool looking if you ask me. Here's some more info on it... http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/dancinghouse/index.htm Prague is one of my fave cities ever, so thanks for the awesome photos. Great photo TR so far and I can't wait to get home from work to really czech out all your photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzkopf Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Day 3. So, we had already booked our tickets to Vienna, Austria the day before, so we hopped straight on the train! The train was to take 4h30, so I bought two sandwiches! We nabbed a 6 seat 'room', so we could sleep. I think we got about 2 hours sleep in the end! When we arrived we went to Mcdonalds to pike their WiFi <3 The arse end of the palace: People chillan... Fountain... We then arrived in the main park - this was the road to Wiener Prater, where there was 10 coasters: Photos taken at the park are a bit scarce, because we couldn't be arsed haha. Rides missing from the TR: The main side friction woodie, which was really slow and uneventful, but fab because it was old. The Giant deathly Pinfari, which was death, but they're on RCDB so you can go look there. Two coasters were closed: The Galaxia thing, which looked horrid anyway The kiddie woodie, which adults aren't allowed to ride anyway. So yeah, I got my 8 credits in. Kir made it clear that he didn't want to ride the Wild Mouse, Spinning Mouse or kiddie coaster, due to the park being VERY expensive (it was a rip off). So firstly I rode these 3 on my own: Not much to say really, pretty standard stuff... We then rode the deathly pinfari, superbahn or whatever it's called. Oh, and this weird Vekoma full of helixes, which was actually awsome! They had this crazy flat ride (also note the mad rapids in the background!) And a screamin swing, which was dead: Then we went to ride the Volare, but it derailed: It took 10 men, a ladder and a plank of wood to get it back on the tracks again, LMAO! But alas, it opened, and we got a semi-night-ride. Of course, it hurt like hell. We then rode the old woodie, which was pretty dull. At least it's another side friction credit though. Again, no photos of this! They had a GANGSTA breakdance: And a cool booster... Last ride of the night, the Boomerang: Out of the 11 Boomerang's i've ridden, this is my favourite. The colours, the lights, and the LAP BARS made it actually fun to ride! No headbanging atall <3. A final photo of the sexy Prater skyline... Back to the hostel for a bedtime cig in the really cool basement kitchen with a window that screams 'we have no security!' haha: Powsh for a hostel? Still to come: Day 4 - More Vienna Day 5 - Bratislava Day 6 - Budapest and Vidampark Day 7 - More Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teacups Make Me Sick Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 The lights on that boomerang are awesome. How does that crazy flat move? Is it a spinny, swingy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzkopf Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 The lightning bolt arm goes round and round, whilst the cables swing the car. The seats also rotate, so it's kinda 4D too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I agree about the Boomerange. I loved it. I could have easily ridden it over and over again, and the Cobra Loop is very unique with the lap bars. Since my cousin now lives 5 minutes away from Weiner Prater, I'll make sure to get all the credits there! I only have like 4. Great TR. Cannot wait for more parts! --James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzkopf Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Day 4 This was just a chillout day in Vienna, which was a good thing because it was a SCORCHER. Statue with tits: Breaking the law, probably... Cancer tram! Thought I could smell horse sh!t... Suck on this buckingham palace! Kir loving life: Church... Rathaus <3 LOLZ VOGUE. Lucky Strike! Still to come: Day 5 - Bratislava Day 6 - Budapest and Vidampark Day 7 - More Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid_w Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I agree about Prater being a rip-off... 3.5€ for a spinning wild mouse? (or was that 3...?) Please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzkopf Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 ^ Speed loop was OK, but I always sit in the front row of the back car and never have roughness on Pinfari loopers... try it! Day 5 The train from Vienna, Austria to Bratislava, Slovakia is a lot shorter than the others (about an hour and a half), which we got for about £12. We missed the train we wanted to get by about 2 seconds, so we had to wait for an hour... ah well. Kir by the train we ACTUALLY got: The Danube river from the train... Quaint little street: Apparently the movie 'hostel' outrages the Slovak population, because it makes Bratislava look like a small, quiet town, when it's actually a more vibrant, built up capital city: The entrance to Bratislava castle (the walk up the hill was death); Me pondering life at the top... Scaffolding spite!!! Old town in the foreground with the new city in the background: More of the same, but this time with a building with a *GIANT* euro on it (Slovakia started using the euro this january and seem very proud of it!)! Some statue tourists were creaming over, so we had to get a pic of just incase it was important haha: New residential areas of Bratislava city, on the other side of the Danube: We had cheap drink and food next to a stag do from the UK. Spot the groom!!! Palace... From behind... ACTUAL DYKES IN THE PRESIDENTS BACK GARDEN!!!! Look in amazement at the BRAM (half tram, half bus): Went out for a drink or two... Then went back to the Hostel basement bar because of the fab theme: No ideas? no horror films ever set in Bratislava? Actual bloodshed on walls. Haha: This guy REFUSED to pay in smaller change: And just incnase you were dumb enough to not realise it was themed after the Hostel movies, heres one more: Still to come: Day 6 - Budapest and Vidampark Day 7 - More Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzkopf Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 Day 6 Again, there aren't many pics of the park, but apart from the woodie and a couple of spin&spews there wasn't much there anyway! Once we crossed the Hungarian border on our 3 hour train journey to Budapest, we saw some cool stuff from the train: Weird art thing... !!!Vidampark!!! (last park of the trip!) The park had a flying circus, which SUCKED: Yay for a side friction coaster that doesn't suck! It had actual airtime. They also had a big apple, which we rode, but have no pictures of 3 They were supposed to have a Schwarzkopf looper and a powered coaster, but these were GONE! So only 2 credits for us 3. There were also a few spin&spews, standard. Just outside the park was a weird funfair that had like 4 rides, obv we didn't bother: Cool bike trick guy: Culture... We then walked down here, and saw someone actually die 3: More culture I guess: The hostel was cute! Although the scarecrows were creepy ;( We found a wine tasting thing <3: My glass took a tumble... Night photos... You can see Parliament on the left: Bridge: Still to come: Day 7 - More Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzkopf Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 Might as well post the last little bit. Day 7 - last day Our flight wasn't untill the evening, so we had one last day to soak up some rays and chill out. We thought we should trek up the hill and see what was up there... Cute! As we got higher, more of the Hungarian capital became visible: Parliament zoomage! More cuteness: Kirry: Bridge: Myspace isn't dead!!! What was on the other side of the hill, pretty urban: And finally, me at the airport: Fabulus trip. Fabulus. That's all folks, thanks for reading!!! <3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisZer0 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Excellent TR guys, I wish more of 18-25s here stateside would go see that part of the world, as it would completly change their world view and broaden their horizons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Great photos Jake! All those capital cities look really beautiful, I had a friend go out to Budapest a couple of months back and he had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 It's been a LONG time since I've been over to the more Eastern part of Europe. I would love to get back there again, and your pictures really reminded me why...so beautiful and amazing. Thanks MUCH for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 where is Amsterdam!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fry Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 ^Uh... The Netherlands? Though, Jake has been - we went... gosh... nearly three years ago now! Loved the trip report, I do miss doing Ryanair-Europe trips together... It still makes me sad I was sat reading books on the history of Prague and Budapest whilst you were there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 You know, I've always wondered what back packing across Europe would be like and seeing these cities through your TR was a real treat. Glad you posted these and gave me yet more good reasons to travel in the coming years. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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