Historic bridge over the Vltava in Prague, with statues and street lamps at dawn in the mist

Route 07 · Northern and Eastern Europe Expedition 2 of 2

Eastern Europe

Expedition 2 · From Moscow to Paris

Warsaw, Budapest and Prague · Route 07-B

The second expedition of the Northern and Eastern Europe route: from Moscow towards Warsaw, Budapest and Prague, ending in Paris.

The expedition picks up the thread in Moscow, where the Baltic leg had ended, and turns south: Warsaw, rebuilt stone by stone, and Budapest, divided in two by the Danube, with Buda on the hill and Pest on the plain.

Colourful houses in Warsaw’s rebuilt old town — Warsaw, rebuilt stone by stoneDocumenttemporary image

Prague then appears through the mist of the Vltava, with its bridges and its old town intact. Paris is the documented end point of the journey and, with it, of the entire route.

Commemorative plaque on a weathered brick wall — Urban memoryPersonal presencetemporary image

Hungarian Parliament seen from the opposite bank of the Danube — The Danube divides the city in twoLandscapetemporary image

Visual chronicle

Medieval square with Gothic towers and pastel façades in Central Europe — Kraków and its intact squareLandscapetemporary image

Stone bridge and Baroque towers of Prague with mist over the river — The Vltava at dawnLandscapetemporary image

Avenue of post-war housing blocks with snow-covered tram tracks — The other Central EuropeLandscapetemporary image

Central European station platform at night with empty benches — Night transfersPersonal presencetemporary image

Terraces of Fishermen’s Bastion and the rooftops of Buda in autumn — Buda, on the hillCompanionstemporary image

Thermal bath hall with columns and a skylight, steam in the air — Budapest’s thermal bathsPersonal presencetemporary image

Central European plain at dusk, with ploughed fields and a distant bell tower — Heading back westLandscapetemporary image

Cartography

Map of the route across Eastern Europe linking Moscow, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague and ParisOriginal map retains Spanish and local-language labels, as well as embedded distances and travel times.

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