29 Days Europe Itinerary: Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Italy (Part 1)

Day 1: Copenhagen to Berlin

We took a morning train at 9.45am and the entire journey was 6 hours 46 min. The train ride was pretty cool as we had to disembark to hop onto a ferry to cross the sea between Denmark and Germany. Stop over at Hamburg for a short while and by the time we reached Berlin, it was 4.31pm. As it was pretty late, we only explored the Alexander platz area before the shops closed at 7pm..

Day 2: Berlin

Joined a free walking tour and this was the best walking tour we ever joined so far! Lots of attractions covered and the guide was knowledgeable in her history of the wars.

Tour starts at Brandenburg gate, at Brandenburger tor station near the Starbucks. 11am, 1pm and I think 3/4pm. Daily whether rain or shine.

Day 3: Berlin

Visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp and East Side Gallery.

Walking through the gate that about 200 000 prisoners walked passed

It says “Work will set you free”

Day 4: Berlin to Prague, Old Town Square, Charles Bridge

Went along to Prague as my friend stayed on in Germany to visit her cousin. It was my first solo trip and I must admit I was pretty darn scared! But I soon realised travelling alone can mean lots of fun as it forces you to speak to the locals and fellow travellers more, gaining a different kind of experience.

Hello Prague! Some people are so friendly and kind to help me with my luggage and directions, seeing that I’m alone.

Randomly walking as I have no map and did not do any research beforehand

Managed to end up in the touristy old town square! Well done to myself!

The famous astronomical clock but under renovation.

Day 5: Free walking tour, Prague castle

With the 3 fellow Singaporeans I got to know from the hostel

Went up to Prague castle with Catriona as she happened to be in Prague as well. Thanks to her, she woke me up in time for my train ride!

Day 6: Prague to Vienna

Vienna, the capital of music!

Day 7: Vienna boy’s choir, Museum, Belvedere palace, Opera house

Such a small world, to have met the same people whom I met in Sweden!

Finally reunited with my friend!

Museum

Belvedere palace

Lunch break at cafe Mozart before we head over to Opera house.

Day 8: Vienna to Budapest, Chain Bridge, Mathias church, Fisherman’s Bastion

Budapest was a refreshing change from all the glorious magnificent cities.

Met these 2 Singaporeans at the train station! Nice
Finally! I can rest my brain and leave it to the guys on where to go!

Was just blindly following the guys, no idea where this is.

Saw some flooding…

Day 9: Free walking tour, Parliament, Market

The free walking tour brought us to the same places we went yesterday.

Walked to the Parliament after the tour but it was closed! What a pity! We walked really far to save on the transport cost!

Day 10: Budapest to Ljubljana (Slovenia)

We decided to go to Slovenia (it wasn’t on our itinerary initially) after hearing a lady from our hostel who raved highly about the Lake Bled.

Stopping by the market to grab some food for the train ride

Once we reached Slovenia Ljubljana, free walking tour as usual!

The guide was good as usual!

Dragon is the symbol of ljubljana!

See the little thingy on top of the hill? We’re gonna climb up there!

Ljubljana! A small quiet town

An elevator but of course we didn’t take it… Save money!

Day 11: Ljubljana to Lake Bled

It was pretty late when we reach Lake Bled so we just rested in the hostel.

Bled- Church island. So beautiful! I wish that my family was with me to witness such beauty…

Day 12: Lake Bled

The next day, we did some explorations.

A must try activity: cycle around Lake Bled!

We also rented a canoe and rowed to the Bled church!

At night, we couldn’t understand the local language and missed our train to Trento! We were planning to visit Verona! We were getting scared as there was no one we could ask, no wifi, no data, no roaming calls. We were stranded in the train station with two huge luggages. Ended up taking the next available train which is to Munich. The Italian guy we met we barely spoke English told us the massive train delay was due to World Cup, not because we missed it. He claimed that the Italians moved the balls instead of the trains. Haha!

Day 13: Munich

We reached Munich which wasn’t part of the plan but it turns out to be awesome!

We joined the walking tour and had really delicious pork knuckles. Watched the world cup while sipping some German beer with German sausages!

Day 14: Trento

Reached at 2pm and did not explore much as Trento was small. We had lots of free time on hand since Trento really has nothing to offer to us and it was pretty late to go Verona so we just played in the playground. Fun to watch the teens play football though.