Safe and Sound in Vienna

Sorry about the lack of a post yesterday.  We were exhausted after a couple of long days.  Definitely recharged our batteries today on the bus ride from Prague to Vienna with a stop in Brno for some shopping.  Once here, we checked into our hotel and did a walking tour of downtown.  This city is unbelievably beautiful with all the Christmas decorations everywhere.  We then visited the Musik Haus, an interactive museum which kept us all intrigued throughout the hour long tour.  Then a nice dinner of Wiener (which we found out means Viennese after the German name for Vienna, Wien) Schnizel and potatoes and a desert which was to die for.  Tomorrow we tour the Schonbrunn Palace and visit the Christmas market downtown then head back into the Czech Republic to Breclav for both games.  Competition should be very good as with the last games.

Both teams lost their games on Saturday, hockey falling 7-4 to a strong team from Velke Popovice and basketball losing a great game 69-59 to a very good team from Kolin, both cities just south of Prague.  I will endeavour to update the blog properly tomorrow, but the internet connection at the hotel here is weak at best. 

Day 1 finished

Well, 20 hours of uneventful travel later, we are safe and sound in Prague.  Checked into our hotel, had a nice walk through downtown to Hockey KA Restaurant for a great dinner and now off to bed.  First games tomorrow, wish us luck.  Check out the slideshow for some new pictures from Day 1 or visit the picasa web album here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kriszelinsky/HSCEuroHockeyBasketballTour2010#

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