Blogs from New Town, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 2

GÜN 43 GÜNLERDEN PERŞEMBE: Saat 11:00 e kadar ev sahibesini bekledik . Bu arada dünya kupası başlamış.Portekiz İrlanda'yı 3-1 yendiğinde biz yola çıktık . Yolda bir alış veriş merkezine uğradık ..Paranın karıştığı her yerde, mutlaka bir katakulli olacağından ,kasiyer kıza, almadığımız ürünleri, ödemeyeceğimizi anlattım .Nihayet anladı.. Yolda bir de yakıt takviyesi yaptık ..Bu kadar sahtekarlığın kol gezdiği bir yerde acaba aldığımız mazot mudur ? diye şüphelere düşüyoruz. Prag son gördüğümüzden bu yana bayağı gelişmiş..Haliyle yollar da değişmiş.Oradan buradan derken ve MIO’nun (GPS) hakkını yemeğe hazırlanmışken,gideceğimiz yeri çok güzel buldu.. Zita ve David ile kanka buluşması çok heyecanlı oldu..Burası yıllar önce kaldığımız bir kamp ve sahipleri ile o dönemde çok dost olmuştuk .. İlişkimiz kopmadı çocukları oldu …hepsin... read more

Today is the day we leave for Vienna. Since we had reserved tickets for the 2:39 PM train, we planned to at least complete one additional sightseeing item in Prague. Our initial plan was to go to "National Museum'. When I checked online (some folks mentioned this yesterday as well), the main museum is closed for renovation and only annexe buildings were open. We decided to skip the museum and go to Petrin hill instead. This is in an excellent location close to the Prague castle. Gardens, observation tower, observatory, restaurants and other attractions are in this area. There is a small cable car that takes you up from the street. We had to finish our showers, pack and finish our breakfast before the check out. We requested the front-desk to hold on to our luggage. ... read more

Rich people are a riot! Well not really; but they do make for interesting people watching. I've always been a low key traveler; mud floors, hostels, train station benches are not beyond me. So when I joined Trafalgar I had to adjust my thinking somewhat and be welcomed to the high life. I'm staying at the Hilton Prague, which we use for our guests as do other operators, including 2 river cruise companies. Let me preface this by saying all the Trafalgar clients I've met are honest, down to earth, fun people who have saved and worked hard for their vacation with us, and in general are great! But it appears the "other" type of people also stay here; rich, arrogant, snobby this hotel better revolve around my every whim people. Annoying as hell but fun ... read more

Day three Ned travel tip number ??: if you want to find something in Prague, leave the map in your pocket. Sleep was a bit out of whack, but today was my first full day in Prague and I was looking forward to it. Quickly got ready and went down for breakfast. Remember those 500 odd guests checking in I mentioned yesterday? Well apparently they wanted bkft too, the hotel had even set up a secondary buffet and eating area to accommodate us all. Wow! Food was amazing and I stuffed myself realizing I'd not really eaten much yesterday. Then, horror of horrors; I saw them, sitting innocently whispering sweet nothing's in my direction....... Fresh true, buttery, light, European croissants! Damn diet!...... It lost and I happily ate one of those buttery, fresh little pieces of ... read more

Sorry for the gap in between blogs. We have been on the move a lot and have been really busy. In a good way. Last time I left you we had our sites set on Munich and let me tell you it did not disappoint. There are a few suggestions I have for America from this trip and the number one thing is beer gardens. Probably the best invention ever. It's like happy hour but instead of pints of beer they are liters of beer and they are outside and cheap. Half of a baked chicken, fries, two liters of beer 10 euro. America needs to adopt this ASAP. We visited many different beer gardens but the most incredible one was not in Munich. We took a one hour train ride south to a lake town ... read more