<p>Curmudgeon, I guess I’ll spare you the story about how my flight was canceled in Frankfurt, meaning I missed my US connections for subsequent flights, and I had $13 US. This was in the days before cell phones, calling cards and credit cards issued to college students. :eek: It was a wild couple of days involving planes, trains, buses, the NYC subway police and broken liquor bottles.</p>
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<p>Prague is nice, but I think it is overhyped. Obviously a lot of people would disagree with that.</p>
<p>I have only been to Krakow in Poland. Would recommend that too. Hour bus ride to Auschwitz/Birkenau, very worth the trip.</p>
<p>CountingDown, sounds like an adventure. We just went through one similar coming home from Madrid. DH and I ended up befriending and helping a college kid who was alone with cel phone dead, no charger, etc. Thank goodness even though none of us had an euros left we did get the airline to provide a hotel and I had a cel charger and converter and she was able to email her mom from my blackberry. How that girl pegged us for someone who will help her I’m not sure but lesson learned…if you are a college kid in that situation, find a sympathetic looking person and speak up. (I imagine she figured we were around the age to have kids her age and we were Americans plus she heard me speaking Spanish to the airport personnel…)</p>
<p>@cDown Is your son doing the BSM program? I’m in Budapest right now taking technical classes :)</p>
<p>Glad to hear your daughter is back safe and sound Curm!! And it appears that she had a wonderful trip, some great memories to have before starting med school…don’t think son will end up with such “fun” ones. No budget to exceed!! (no money!)</p>
<p>In a few weeks you’ll be moving all her stuff…</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Fiona, yes, he’s headed to BSM this fall. Plans to revel in mathiness for a semester.<br>
Soccerguy, DH said the same thing about Prague when he was there for work. Krakow/Auschwitz/Birkenau are on the list. Vienna is a maybe, but I think I’d rather spend more time in Hungary and Poland.</p>
<p>Nice… You know, I’m going to be hanging out with some BSM alums this weekend :P</p>