And so the day had come, time to leave Prague (which is certainly now among our favourite European capitals), and move onto Vienna. Of course, we still had some time in Prague to start the day, and so this is where we shall begin (I realise my writing is becoming more and more storybook like, and for this I apologise).
In Prague, we felt like we had hit most of the major sights and shops, the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, Letna Park, just to name a few, and so we were unsure of what to do. Soon, Mollie came to a great conclusion, we should visit the Museum of Communism. Now if you don't know me, I like facts and history and am a bit of a nerd like that, and so this was perfect. We packed up, and then headed out.
Situated near the Wenceslas Square, the Museum of Communism is based on a busy shopping street, more of which we shall come to later, and after you head upstairs, you're greeted by the museum staff, who probably lived through Stalins rule (or at least Dubčeks short tenured one). Next up is the museum itself, where it starts with the origins of communism, both as a theory and in Mother Russia, with Marx and Lenin (Mollie liked Marx's beard). It then moves on to the war, and the growth of the Czech Communist Party, and it's ascension to power under Gottwald. So as not to spoil the rest of the museum for anyone, I'll just outline what was there, there were comments on sport, policing, industry and much more, all to mine and Mollies joy. It was actually well worth it, and the cherry on top was the free postcards (mum and dad, I hope you've got them/will get them).
After the museum, we started to head home, but not before a stop in Tezenis, a Czech clothing shop, where Mollie picked up a few essentials (her words not mine). Soon we were back at the apartment, where we finished packing, packed our train snacks, and headed to the station. Now if you didn't know already, Prague Station has a Sephora (omg), and so with the little money we had left, Mollie popped in, while I supervised bags, and soon enough, she had another item to add to her holiday haul, coming soon to a computer screen near you.
With that completed we jumped on the train, and we were off to Vienna (or Wien as it is called in Austria).
The train was uneventful, but filled with beautiful wifi, and so it flew by, and before we knew it we were at the Hauptbahnhof. We bought our train tickets, and headed to the apartment, where we were greeted by a mildly grumpy Stephan, who quickly let us in, gave us a tour and left. We were bushed, and so we had an earlier night, ready for a day of exploring.
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