Madrid, Budapest, Vienna, and Middle Rhine

[uepianogirl]

Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions on my last post! I think we've found a possible itinerary. We're still not 100% sure that we're going to do this but we are looking seriously into it, and we are getting more and more excited about the possibility of really doing it. We are looking at going early to mid-May 2012 and we will be taking our

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[winterbymorning]

I've been to Madrid twice and I'm not the biggest fan of the city, but definitely go to the museums! The Prado, the Thyssen and the Reina Sofia are really amazing (although I liked the Reina Sofia the least out of the three). Apart from that... not sure what to recommend, but again, I'm not the biggest fan of the city. I'd pick that one for the short stay.

On the other hand, I loooooved Vienna. It's absolutely gorgeous. I loved the imperial treasures in the Hofburg (there's an emerald there the size of a baby's head), the Albertina, MUMOK, the Natural History Museum, and Belvedere and Schonbrunn palaces. (Yeah, I'm big on museums.) Your daughter would probably love the zoo at Schonbrunn. Vienna's also a gorgeous city to just walk around for hours in, especially the Innere Stadt. I'd go back in a heartbeat.

We stayed at 2 Style http://www.apartmentinvienna.info/ It doesn't have free food or free internet so it might not be the best recommendation for you personally, but we had a great experience. It's in a quiet residential neighbourhood but a short walk from a metro station (with a grocery store and some takeout places) and maybe 10 minutes by metro from downtown.

[uepianogirl]

Thanks for the info and your thoughts. I will also check out the apartment.