Eastern Facades: A Photoverview of Eastern European Highlights -- Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Krakow, St. Petersburg

Statue of Mozart, Vienna

With 139gb of photographs clogging external hard drives, I'm always happy to relive past excursions when prompted by a friend or relative's exciting travel plans.

Such is the case here, as a friend will soon be going on a European trip that will include Prague, in the Czech Republic, and Vienna, Austria.

I was in Prague back in 2004, Vienna more recently and three other great Eastern European cities over the past decade: Krakow, Poland; St. Petersburg, Russia and Budapest, Hungary.

So I thought I would compile some photos of each, accompanied by brief remembrances of each city, although this is not meant as an in-depth Travel Guide such as I recently re-posted about London.

For much better insights, I recommend RickSteves.com, where Rick's tips on the best things to see and do in each European country and major city can now be seen for free. (The Rick Steves guide books are still quite worthwhile for deeper knowledge and guidance on any specific destination.)

With the note that all photographs here were taken by me, Seth Arkin, I'll throw in a page break before displaying the photos. (i.e. If seeing this post among others on SethSaith.com, you'll need to click the prompt below to see more; irrelevant if you're seeing the entire post.)