Patricia Hanudel & Octavio Lopez

Patricia & Octavio

May 12, 2012

Patricia Hanudel & Octavio Lopez

Patricia & Octavio

May 12, 2012

Hi everyone!

Welcome to our Travelers Joy registry, where you can help us make our dream of wandering Eastern Europe like a band of gypsies come true! Collectively, we have traveled all over the United States, Mexico, and western Europe; and we're excited to expand our horizons to the east.

This will be the first time we will be in the same place in Europe at the same time for more than 3 days. (We once went to Berlin in January 2010, but Octavio went to Milan while Trisha stayed in Berlin.) We'll be covering a lot of exciting and unfamiliar ground, immersing ourselves in completely foreign languages (try saying "rzhez-nyits-tvee"), and trying all the local cuisine.

We are really looking forward to exploring all the tiny streets and alleys, the antiques and curio stores, the local pubs; learning the history of the cities, riding by train through the countryside, and experiencing Eastern Europe together for the first time!

We love you all!
Trisha & Octavio

We're going to Germany, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans!

We will be touching down in Berlin to tour the arts and cabaret scene. After we recover from jet lag with a few beers on the Landwehr Canal, we're off to Poland to visit Warsaw and its castles and cathedrals. Next is Krakow, where we'll explore the cobblestone streets and the Wawel Castle.

After Krakow, we'll be heading to Prague to visit Castle Area, the Charles Bridge and Golden Lane - believed to be home to many an alchemist. We'll be taking a train across the center of what used to be Czechoslovakia to Kosice in Slovakia. In Kosice we'll visit the Hall of Records to try and find record of Trisha's grandfather's family, who left Kosice for America in the early 1900's. After we visit the origin place of the Hanudels, we're off to Budapest, where we'll partake in their famous thermal baths and split our time evenly between the Buda side and Pest Town, divided by the Danube River.

Then we hit the Balkan side of the Adriatic Sea, visiting Zagreb and the Croatian coastal towns of Rijeka, Krk, and Rovinj. After sunning ourselves on the sea rocks of the Mediterranean, we'll be boating across the Adriatic Sea to Milan. We'll wrap the trip up in Munich, a car lover's dream, and home to the Mercedes Benz Museum and the Porsche Museum.

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Airplane tickets from New York City to Berlin. It's a long flight, but at least it's non-stop!
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Bar Jeder Vernunft - a classy cabaret in a mirrored circus tent from 1912. Price includes a German cabaret show, dinner, and drinks. Proosti!
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Relaxing at the Landwehr Canal. One of the best things to do in Berlin on any given night. This covers an armful of beers from the corner store, a couple donor kebaps, and a relaxing evening catching up with Trisha's Berlin friends.
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An evening at Kunsthaus Tacheles and Cafe Zapata. Tacheles is the quintessential Berlin arthouse, and Cafe Zapata is downstairs, and has a working fire-breathing metal dragon built into the bar. Occasionally, he spits fire over the dance floor.
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A day trip to explore the Abandoned Hospital in Beelitz, Germany. Used as a sanatorium in the 1880s before being occupied by Soviet forces, the ghost town that it is today is easily explored and on of the creepiest places on our trip.
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2 European East Rail Passes - the only way to travel through Europe, and the best way to see the Eastern European countryside.
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2 nights at the Castle Inn in Old Town Warsaw, right next to the Royal Castle. Each room is themed and designed by Polish artists, with views of the romantic Old Town. Includes laundry services, which is a hard-to-find luxury when traveling!
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Palaces, Castles, Museums & Prisons in Poland. Help us see the gamut of Poland, from the Royal Castle, the Pac Palace, the Ethnographical Museum, and Pawiak Prison.
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Dinner for two at Fukier. We'll dine amid old Polish charm and elegance on aromatic beef rolls with Silesian blue potatoes and wild boar - a great introduction to Poland!
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Dinner for two at Kompania Piwna - a local favorite, and a great place to relax with hearty Polish beer, sausage & pierogies after a long day exploring Warsaw.
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2 nights at the 4-star Queen Boutique Hotel in Krakow. Located centrally between Wawel Castle, the historic center, and the Kazimierz district, the Queen Boutique is a stylish and friendly place to call home after a long day of exploring Krakow.
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A romantic night at Pod Zlota Pipa in Krakow - plenty of chilled vodka, traditional Polish fare, and vodka chess on the historic Ulica Florianska.
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An evening at Alchemia in Krakow. Let us unwind from a day of castles with a night in this medieval jazz bar. Dimly lit, gothic architecture, moody jazz, and absinthe will make this Krakow night one to remember.
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3 nights at Hotel U Krale Karla, located by the Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral. The hotel itself is set in a Baroque building dating back to 1639.
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2 tickets for the Image Blacklight Theater in Prague. An entire mind-bending dance performance done entirely in blacklight. It's as amazing as it sounds.
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2 tickets to a Classical Concert at the Mirror Hall Chapel in the Klementium, founded in 1232. It's a little known fact that Octavio loves classical music, and this concert takes place in the most historic complex in Prague.
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Dinner for 2 at U Ceskych Panu Medieval Restaurant. Let us step back in time and dine on medieval Czech specialities such as roast leg of lamb and dumplings, surrounded by the lords and ladies of the Dark Ages.
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1 night at Hotel U Kata in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. Instead of making a day trip from Prague, we'll stay overnight to enjoy all that this little Czech town has to offer.
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Underground Kutna Hora - the Silver Mines & the Bone Church. We'll go deep underground in the Silver Mines, then tour the Bone Church, constructed with the bones of as many as 70,000 people.
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2 nights at Penzion Chrysso in Kosice, Slovakia. Octavio really wants to stay here because he loves the bathroom - pictured here. Located in the historic center of Kosice.
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Dinner for 2 at Med Malina in Kosice. We'll dine on traditional Slavic home-cooked fare in a traditional Slavic country home.
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Walking tour of Kosice. We'll wander through the Botanical Garden, visit St. Elizabeth's Cathedral, the Miklus Prison, and take a few stops along Hlavna Ulica for coffee, pastries, and other local flavors
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3 nights in the Executive Double Room at the 5-star Iberostar Grand Hotel Budapest. Features a spa with a Turkish steam bath and massages. We'll definitely need those at this point in the trip.
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An afternoon at the Szechenyi Bath Spa, including a dip in the thermal baths and massages. The first Artesian spa on the Pest side in 1881, its a relaxing favorite of locals and visitors alike.
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Historic Budapest tour. We'll visit the Parliament and the Hungarian Opera House before a sunset cruise on the Danube to relax with Hungarian wine and gaze upon the lights of Buda and Pest Town.
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Dinner for 2 at Paprika in Budapest. Tons of piping hot local Hungarian specialties to choose from, Paprika is one of the best goulash places around.
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1 night at Hotel Jagerhorn in Zagreb. Situated by the main pedestrian street and the historic quarter, it's a perfect place to rest on our way to the Croatian coast.
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An Istrian culinary experience. We'll dine in the best local spots in Rijeka, Malinska, and Rovinj on all types of seafood, smoked hams, cheese from the Krk Island, and of course, the excellent Croatian wine!
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1 night at Hotel Continental in Rijeka, Croatia. The oldest operating hotel in Rijeka, it overlooks the river and is a short walk to the sparkling shores of the Adriatic Sea.
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1 night Island getaway to Krk Island, Croatia. Krk is in the middle of the Bay of Kopar, a romantic Eastern European paradise. We'll stay at the Hotel Pinia, kayak in the bay, visit vineyards, and relax on the white sands beaches.
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3 relaxing nights at Villa Dobravac in Rovinj, Croatia. Located on a family farm and steps away from the Adriatic Sea, we're sure to enjoy some nice down time and home-grown fruits, wine, and olive oil while we're here.
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2 nights at the Idea Hotel in Milan. A short hop to the MIlan Cathedral and the Scala Theater, this hotel will be relaxing to help us wind down our trip.
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Dinner for 2 at the Dongio Restaurant in Milan. Our first time trying homemade pasta and Calibrian cuisine! This also includes Milanese street food as we wander the cobblestone streets.
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2 nights at Motel One in Munich (in no way similar to the American Motel 6!). From the designer interior to the rich breakfast buffet, this is a great spot to wrap up our honeymoon and say goodbye to Europe...for now!
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An evening in Munich's Hofbrauhaus - the happiest place in Munich! Founded in 1589, it's been the home of raucous nights filled with beer and oompah music ever since!
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A package of car museums in and around Munich - Octavio's a huge car guy, and this includes BMW and possible Mercedes Benz. Also includes a visit to the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, the gourmet open air market in the town square.
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