Train from Prague to Vienna


We left Prague towards Vienna, where I will have my last meeting with colleagues at TU Vienna before the Hotine-Marussi Meeting on theoretical geodesy in Rome. We took an ÖBB train and had a pleasant trip enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Czech countryside. During the trip we enjoyed a Svíčková, a typical Czech dish (beef sirloin in cream sauce and bread dumplings), and, while, obviously, drinking Pilsner Urquel.

Saímos de Praga em direção a Viena, onde terei meu último encontro com colegas na TU Viena antes do Encontro Hotine-Marussi sobre geodésia teórica em Roma. Nós pegamos um trem de ÖBB e tivemos uma viagem agradável, desfrutando a paisagem bonita da zona rural tcheca. Durante a viagem desfrutamos de um Svíčková, um típico prato checo (lombo de boi em molho cremoso e bolinhos de massa), e, obviamente, bebendo Pilsner Urquel.






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