Chemnitz Germany to Prague Czech Republic via Dresden

Friday 19th October 2018
So in true Broadbent style we jam packed our last day, arriving at the airport with the required 2 hours till boarding. The end of the day was as usual a little stressful to say the least.

We woke to a dreary day, the first since about day 3 of our holiday. So we decided to just hang at Benny’s until lunch time. We thought we still had time to go to Dresden and have a look around before heading to Prague airport to fly home.

It took longer than expected to drive to Dresden so we really only had time for a late lunch (which was beautiful) and a quick look as we walked past the old Town square. The buildings were beautiful and old.

Then for the drive to Prague airport, we only had 2.5 hours to get there in time and the GPS said 2.5 hours.

So off we went, knowing that I had to drive confidently and to the speed limits of 120kmh when possible. The first part went well for a while on the freeway, then we were taken off the freeway and drove along narrow, winding streets through the most horrendous fog for the next hour. We finally crossed the border where we had to buy a vignette and whilst Benny did this I checked to GPS settings and realised I had “No Tolls” selected which would account for the back road journey. Once I fixed this it changed the time by 20 mins which gave us a little breathing space. We hit the autobahn running. We still had a little more stress to go, the roads were a little foreign as we had changed countries, Benny could no longer read the street signs and we had to go on automatic pilot, and to make matters worse it was now dark. We made it to the airport right on time but to say I was a little frazzled was an understatement. We said a quick goodbye to Benny and were on our way to checkin. I was little worried about Benny’s drive home but he assure me he would be fine, which he was. It only took him under 2 hours to get home. He was almost there as we boarded the plane. Our checkin was uneventful.

We are now sitting in Dubai airport waiting for our next flight to Bangkok and then on to Sydney. Only 20 hours to go. Can’t wait to see you all.

Love Fiona and Mum.
xxx