1. Budapest - there were plenty of museums in the city especially on top of the buda hill. Ada hospital museum etc. but one that i remember and probably quite good was the terror museum. This museum is dedicated to Nazi & Russia rasanya. Terror Haza. Aku takde lah baca review yg museum ni best, tp aku rasa if i got more time, i'll go.
2. Budapest - Szechenyi Bath and Spa Budapest ni sebenarnya very famous. it's a place for thermal bath. dok mandi ramai2... even masa sejuk pun, it is said that the bath is good. tp aku ni tak lah adventurer sgt nak pakai swimming trunk mandi beramai2... tambah plak mcm mana wife aku nak join. but perhaps, this is one activity kalau korang g sana blh pergi.
3. Budapest - where ever kitaorg g tgk menu restaurant mesti ada goulash soup as the starter. aku ada check dkt kedai turkish if they know any halal goulash soup around, tp depa kata tu makanan local yg takde turkish or halal restaurant. kitaorg ada skali nak masuk kedai kosher utk try, tp kedai tu tutup plak for sabbath day. but the experience was very eerie masa masuk kedai tu, my wife bertudung rasa intimidated. so we decided not to go even when the kedai is open. we got the recipe, so we might try to cook ourselves. anyway, from the recipe mcm masak kuah dalca without santan and dalca je.
4. Prague - I missed to see this:
Prague - kitaorg g kejap sangat. it is a small romantic old town. we tak discover pun the new town. certainly the city deserved a day if not two more days. period.
Vienna - i should have bought the opera ticket, i.e. the cheap tickets. although there's no seat. although u wont understand. although you have to stand for an hour. although u have to dress a bit. it's the experience. and the view and perhaps to see the real thing. the concerto we went, can be missed. don't go.
Vienna - we should hang out more minum2 coffee... (not only in vienna though, in other places as well). but luckily we had coffee at sacher cafe which was good.
Vienna - Bratislava - we wanted to take the danube river boat ride to travel between the two. tp sbb weather and season, the boat ride takde.
Vienna - The Scrobrunn Palace garden yg tutup from November onwards.
All in all - we've been using train to travel between the cities. it was 4 of us, we should have thought of travelling by a car. rent a car can get us to many other side places. tp kalau banyak sidetrack pun tak bagus jugak. so, because of timing kitaorg ambik train. tp kalau ambik kereta, maybe we could explore more on the country side. but sleeping in the sleeper train was certainly an experience which i didn't regret at all.
as i said, ni jalan2 suka2 without any comitment utk cover semua benda. punya relax sampai kenkadang aku rasa mcm aku tak berada kat negara org pun. mcm tempat2 ni aku akan senang2 je pergi lain kali. walhal, this might be the first and the last utk aku pergi i.e. next time baik aku gi tempat2 lain. tp... sebenarnya i've been to vienna before - year 2004 tp for 24 hours je and i think i wanna go to prague again :-)
Day 9 ni, kitaorg plan nak g ke Adrassy Avenue and the freedom square which both located kat Pest. The whole strecth Adrassy Ave ni considered as Unesco site sampai lah ke freedom square. apparently, the metro station underneath the avenue is the second oldest underground train in europe. and bila kitaorg try, mmg jauh beza dgn train yg ada sekarang. in fact, laluan dia tak lah jauh ke dalam tanah, cuma lebih kurang 20 anak tangga dah sampai station. mmg ancient.
It's travelling day today with approximately 5 hours stop at Bratislava, Slovakia. Luckily we decided to stop for a while kat bratislava, sbb mmg bandar ni tak besar mana, half a day pun dah cukup.



then we also went to the main city. tp tak g mana lah, just the main street across the old town. ada satu kedai turkish jual kebab dekat situ yg katanya ada masjid nearby. while we were looking around n tak jumpa aku g tanya kat sebuah lagi kedai turkish and nasib kitaorg baik sbb org yg pegang kunci masjid tgh makan kat restaurant tu. so for you guys yg singgah kat bratislava. go find turkish restaurant near cordoba cultural center. depa tahu sapa pegang kunci masjid. masjid tu terletak di cordoba cultural center. which is on the main street.




after that we took a train utk ke islamic center... aku salah pilih route, so agak panjang gak perjalanan. but we were surprised that the masjid kat islamic center ni besar and boleh nampak from train station. if you go to vienna, g la ke neue donau. dr station tu blh nampak masjid. tak jauh walking distance je.
ohh... sebelum makan, kitaorg ada lah ke opera house, dekat stephanplatz tu. plannya nak g cari tiket tengok opera. and kitaorg beli lah tiket utk show yg gabungkan opera and some ochestra. so mlm tu lps solat maghrib terus ke tempat show tu. the show was ok, tp sgt touristic. byk dr china dtg situ. not really impressive. the set up pun mcm majlis makan malam sultan2 kat malaysia. ada tak sampai 10 pemain muzik. tp yg aku impress is the opera singer sorang ni. kalau dia ni standard show cikai ni pun dah best. kalau the real one mesti lagi best. i do not really recommend korang tgk show ni. and kalau nak tgk jugak, try get the cheap ticket for the real opera. although tak faham i guess the experience to be in the hall pun dah best :-)

kitaorg visit the palace using the audio guide. the audio guide price was included dlm palace fee. it was good 1 hour plus gak dlm palace tu. but we spend another 1 - 2 hours jalan2 dlm garden. ye kami agak jakun tgk daun2 kuning2 autumn ni... so bergambar lah macam2 gaya... the leaves all turn golden... cantik ya amat!!! 

lepas separuh hari kitaorg melepak kat garden tu, we kind of spend byk masa nak cari kedai makanan halal, as we wanted to try schnitzel - rupanya chicken chop je... lepas makan kitaorg terus ke stephanplatz, by then hari pun dah gelap. its the center of vienna town. jalan2... makan2... ambik2 gambar... ooh.. we tried sacher cake masa kat stephenplatz.. very nice chocolate cake :-) and malam tu had dinner at Malaysian restaurant - one of the 3 malaysian restaurants. the food was good - way better than malaysian restaurant kat doha ni... taste sucks... opps sorry ye!!!
by the way, our hotel in prague was Charles Bridge Residence. the hotel was excellent to superb. no services in the hotel, takde reception but i gave them 1 trillion extra marks for tak kisah org check in early. the breakfast was served in a small cafe across the street... the food was good especially the ommelette, quite big and blh tahan sampai tghhari. (nampak sgt aku suka hotel ni, dah 2 entry promote dia)
it was our 2nd day in Prague... it was sunny and perfect for jalan2... as hari sebelumnya kitaorg tak sempat gi prague castle, we did the castle on the second day (above is the picture of Prague castle from Charles Bridge, taken the day before - tu sbb agak gloomy). jalan kaki je dr hotel... took a good 30 mins (x termasuk breakfast) to get there... yeah, kitaorg sesat skit... tp the sesat tu menyebabkan kepenatan maksimum... prague castle ni terletak atas bukit, sbb tersesat tu, kitaorang panjat bukit tu lebih tinggi dr prague castle itself... hehehe...
half a day is good kat prague castle ni... mcm2 ada... see some pictures below (akan upload later) and rajin2 lah tgk 

masa breakfast pagi tu, kat hotel breakfast tu dia promo tgk the best of swan lake. me and wifey mmg minat tgk black swan and thought it would be nice to watch the show... it was a ballet show, the first time for both of us. so masa jalan2 around the old town petang tu, kitaorg cari booth utk beli tiket, it cost us 900 koruna per person for the ticket (around RM180). the show was superb for a newcomer like us. sbbkan tak pernah tgk ballet show before (not even kindergarten ballet show). and mmg the music was exactly mcm cite black swan... and mmg giler2 best best best... worth every penny :-) 
the show was located very near to powder tower, another part of the old town. (in front of the building below) it was not on a big scale stage (music pun bukan live) tp, it was good enough. comparable to the broadway show kat NY. that's the end of Day 4.
the castle from Charles Bridge at night.
back to topic. first day kat prague ni kitaorg concentrate kat old town which started from visiting the charles bridge. Our hotel mmg best, it's located 15 metres from the charles bridge (mmg aku recommend hotel ni) check out
One of the major places to visit kat Prague ni is the Charles Bridge (pic above). Dr bridge ni akn menghala ke old town center square ni ada clock tower and byk2 cathedral. we didnt enter any cathedral but we went up to the clock tower/astronomical clock. As any other old town kat europe mmg ada clock tower mcm ni kat square and bila time2 tertentu dia akan berbunyi n ada some 'movement' kat jam tu. pada aku it is good to go up to the tower utk dpt the view and better still kalau ada lift naik ke atas. tp utk clock tower kat prague ni, the movement/show ni kureng skit. i found the one kat 

at first ingat nak g naik ke prague castle (another must see place kat prague - pic above, the tiny castle kat atas sebelah kiri gambar) tu tgh hari. tp cuaca agak gloomy that day. we cant deny, we were also a bit tired jugak. so we took a boat ride at Vlatava river. frankly, u can skip the boat ride, nothing much. but if you have no plan on what to do and what to see... ok je boat ride ni. at least ada gak org cite skit2 sejarah pasal prague. otherwise, aku pun tgk kat wikipedia je.

Hari kedua ni kitaorg start awal skit. Since we were staying all in an apartment senang nak manage. Apartment ni terletak kat Kirali Utca. tak berapa jauh sgt dr the main bridge. Apartment is a better option utk dok kat budapest. Murah je, around 70 euro for 2 bedroom apartment. 
Since kitaorg akan ada 1 hari lagi utk budapest i.e. last day sebelum fly. At first, we've planned to settle part Buda Hill on the second day and kept Pest i.e. town area on a later day. but considering kitaorg nak check out tghhari lepas zohor, we've walk around hotel area, beli tiket ke prague and bergambar kat parliment dulu in the morning, then only ke buda hill after check out.




After spent half a day kat atas hill to, kitaorg ambik beg and terus ke train station. we took a sleeper train to Prague. Left Budapest around 9pm (rasanya) sampai Prague at 5am. kitaorg ambik 2 berth sleeper cabin. 1 cabin kena charge euro 99 euro per person and satu lagi 79 euro per person. apparently masa beli n masuk cabin tak terfikir sgt harga moreover, we were astonished dgn kemudahan yg ada. the higher priced cabin ada toilet n the other ada wash basin tp both connected with connecting door. so senang lah nak ke toilet. tp bila dah balik (sampai doha) br terfikir, gile mahal sleeper train ni... average euro 160 per cabin that's a 5 star hotel equivalent!!! so the idea that tukar dr tido kat hotel kepada tidor kat train tak lah jimat mana... in fact rugi. cuma nya dpt save time lah. tp maybe kalau tak ambik sleeper, ambik seat boleh berjimat. But satu hal plak, bila dah sampai sakit2 belakang n penat, pun tak save mana...

quick orientation pasal budapest. Bandar ni terbahagi dua, tgh2 ada sungai... part buda, kat atas bukit, mainly bangunan lama - ada castle, cathedral etc... manakala pest on the other side adalah bangunan-bangunan moden. bandar ni kecik je, boleh get around jalan kaki. train dia very effective, tp tak lah cover semua part, takde pun g ke buda hill. so agak susah nak travel around. anyway, train dia ni dah lama wujud, siap masuk dlm unesco list.