Blogs from Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 13

So after a great visit to Berlin including a surprise gift from Claudia of attending the Saturday evening performance, of the theatrical show, Yma, at the Freidrich Platz Theatre. No english required as it was a mix of Russian Circus style acrobats, meets Cirque de Soliel, mixed with Moulin Rouge, a sprinkling of Techno and break dancers with music and singing as well. Unusual but highly entertaining. Sunday AM....... No retail therapy, it's all closed even in Berlin........so we dash about seeing some sights, like the Olympic Stadium of 1932, Schloss Charlotteberg, home of Frederik the Great, amongst others. Waving good bye to Clauds and U at around 5.30pm, it's off to Dresden by train, 2hours away. Our hotel is opposite the HauptBahnHof (main station) and at 8.30pm, after refreshing ourselves, the search for food and ... read more

August 25th-Our morning began with the hotel breakfast. Our hopes were high for a new winner in the Hotel Breakfast Category, but the Park Inn Danube in Bratislava is still in the lead by a lot. The breakfast was good and then we headed out to meet our next tour. We signed up for a Castle and Jewish Quarter tour. We lucked out with a smart tour guide, Blanca, and a small tour (7 in total with Blanca). We met the group at the Charles Bridge and quickly got going. We headed over the bridge as Blanca explained some of the features of this 14th Century bridge. Every ten feet or so, there is a Saint Statue and there are "crap" vendors and street performers competing for your attention. We did stop by the statue of ... read more

Waddup followers, JPhill here, blogging from Andy's Laundry Mat in Prague..Beaz and I are SOOO stoked to get some fresh gear especially since I'm pretty sure I've worn the same set of boxers and socks for the past three days (no joke). Prague is a muggy city, similar to London, and much warmer than Amsterdam or Berlin and we've been sticky and sweaty ever since we arrived...I've come to realize that deodorant and AXE body spray, even when combined, unfortunately has its limits. From the serene canals and smoke-filled coffee shops in "I AMsterdam" to the hipster techno Beats in Berlin and the soaring castles and cathedrals of Praha, our travels abroad have been filled TONS of excitement! In a couple hours we'll be catching an overnight train to Interlaken, Switzerland to get in some outdoor ... read more

Hello my faithful readers, if you do in fact exist, thank you for being so faithful, if you are in fact that. I am in currently in the beautiful city of Prague - YAY!! I arrived yesterday on the train, and fortunately my hostel was kind enough to not include the directions from the main station to their location. So i got off the main train, got lost for a while, walked around, and eventually got on the metro and figured out how to get to the place after asking many people for help. But one guy did send me through a beautiful garden and i quite enjoyed that, although i did get many strange stares as i trekked through the beautiful gardens with my massive backpack with a rather distressed look on my face. haha! ... read more

We set alarms (not too early!) so that we would have time to pack up and get some breakfast before departure. We seem to be starting a new tradition this year, as here too the hotel safe malfunctioned and we required assistance from the hotel staff to retrieve our passports. We returned to Lukac’s (the coffeehouse right around the corner from our hotel) for coffee and pastries and then checked out. We were picked up by our shuttle bus for the five hour drive to Český Krumlov. Although it was supposed to be just our family in the van for the drive, the driver received a redirection as we reached Vienna (about the mid-point of the drive). We were a bit disappointed with the change of plans, but enjoyed re-viewing many of the sites we had ... read more