Packing

I think I have everything I need. I've got 5 days worth of clothes, shower shoes, headphones and an iPod, chargers and an adapter, a rain jacket and a light hoodie, toiletries, a travel book, sunglasses, catch-22 and Adventures of a Female Medical Detective for train rides, my passport and Eurail pass, a laundry bag, two locks, and a money belt. My flight leaves JFK at 11:59 tonight.

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After long days in Prague and Vienna I decided to take it a bit easier. The palace is incredibly far and very busy. I decided I have to go back to Prague one day. There is a museum with Warhol and Dali works that I decided to go see. Dali's art always seems cool and the Warhol exhibit was about him more than his art. From there, I went to the Bob Dylan art museum across the street as I didn't even know he made art. It wasn't bad. From there I went to the old Jewish section of town which is a cemetery and a few Synagogues that have since been made into museums of sorts. It's one ticket for all of them. By this point I was still tired after long days and it was getting a little later so I decided to take it slow for the waning hours and just wandered.















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