Eastern European Cities

My family %26amp; I will be in Vienna in late Feb early March 07 and would like to know best %26amp; closest East European cities to visit. Are they safe %26amp; good value $?

Also what are the MUST sees in Vienna %26amp; area. We will be there for 11 days.

Also my son is leaving soon to study in Vienna any last minute advice?

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Go to Sofia, very safe, really interesting, and very very inexpensive.

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If your son spends an extended time in Vienna, he should look to buy a momthly transport card good for unlimited ridership on all public transport in the city- bus- streetcar, u-bahn, ity train- a bargain at 45 euro per month.

or a Wochenkarte- weeks card good from Momday to Monday for 12,50 euro same usage as above.

If he looks to travel a little- he can aply for a student Vorteilscard- he pays a one time fee for the card and permits about 50% off on train tickets inside Austria-

Must sees in Vienna-

look to the tourist website

www.info.wien.at

Hofburg Palace-and Treasury

Schonbrunn Palace

Belvedere Palace ( Art )

Fine Arts Museum

Just a few places.

the website above gives good description of many sights worth seeing.

defintely an oprea or concert-- nice to take a guided tour of the Opera befoe attening a performance

Day trip - Melk Abbey

Wachau - Dürnstein - Krems-wine growing region

Bratislava.- 1 hour away

all reachable by train.

Eastern Europe - everyone has a different idea of what is Eastern Europe.

some even consider Bratislava in Eastern Europe.

Budapest - 2 1/2 hours by train - a nice visit

also many other places in Hungary - interesting and not expensive.

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I was always taught that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was MITTEL Europe. To me (I have travelled a little bit around that part of the world) Eastern Europe begins at the Eastern Hungarian border (i.e. the Ukraine and Romania),

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Vienna ,Praha and Budapest are Mittel Europe.Sofia ,Skopia,Beograd and Thessaloniki are Balkans.Warsaw,Kiev, Minsk etc are East Europe!!

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I think most people would agree that part of the Balkans, such as Sarajevo, Sofia, Bucharest, are as much part of Eastern Europe as they are Balkan.

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