Spent a 13-day vacation in Prague and Budapest in Sept 2004. The weather was excellent; 27C and 11 hours daylight. This photo gallery is my traval diary and captures places that I have visited on the trip. A little regret that the trip was too short and too rush.

The capital city was originally two cities on each side of one of the most beautiful stretches of the Danube river ?Buda, the older, more graceful part, with cobbled streets and medieval buildings, and Pest, the commercial centre. The "Pearl of the Danube" is a lively city which has long been a haven for writers, artists and musicians.