Blogs from Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 3

(July 7 through July 8 2006) July 7 It was very early when we left Katowice. The ride was comfortable, and we were feeling very relaxed after staying the night at such a great hotel. A bit past noon, we arrived into the town of Olomouc, Czech Republic, and the weather was scorching hot. We took refuge in the station while we got our bearings straight. The information office was helpful, and followed the map straight into the center of town on foot. The walk was great, and well worth it--though by the end of the walk we were both sweating profusely. From the train station we took Masarykova trida, and walked on that street for several blocks, past some waterways, and residences. Getting closer to town, the streets become cobbled, and the atmosphere changes. ... read more

The train ride to Olomouc took about 3 hours. The teachers, Marketa and Malvina, who are about 30-ish and very very nice. They went with us, and had made all of the arrangements. It was nice to have someone else in charge so we wouldn't have to worry as much. Anyway, we arrived to Olomouc and I was pretty unimpressed. The city looked very "communist." (Marketa uses communist as an adjective to describe the architecture--or lack thereof--of places. For instance, when she met us at the airport, she said it was new and better than the "old communist block of lead," she said that the rickety old train car that she thought we were going to ride in was a "communist train," and our dorm in Olomouc was another "old communist block of lead.") Anyway, we ... read more

Sure you've heard of Bohema. Prague's the capital of that region, Bohemian is an adjective that applies to hipsters. But I'm not a hipster. That's why Sam and I went to Olomouc, the capital of the Moravian region of the Czech republic. It is a mid-sized city of 200,000, we were originally planning to stay one night, but we stayed 2 because it was so relaxing. There wasn't really a whole lot to see, it was just the atmosphere and the great people at the hostel, I talked to some Finns about their compulsory army, a Frenchman about the E.U. and Zidane, some Aussies about the West coast, etc. We also went to a tea house with a snobby guy who, when we told him we wanted green tea, said "we have 50 kinds." Whatever, we ... read more

I got a visa for this place just so I could pass through. Crazy huh.... read more