Blogs from Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 16

The weather in Prague is perfect for November Wow, slept through the night and woke up at 8:30AM to glorious sunshine. We walked to the Palladium (a shopping mall of 200 stores) to have a cup of coffee and free WiFi at Starbucks. I wouldn't normally go to Starbucks in Europe as I love European coffee shops (stay tuned for a story about that), but I feel the need to check my business emails and Travel Blog. All is well at home, so we head to the Billa grocery store 1 minute from the hotel for a deli lunch and bottled water. You have to be really careful of the pricing in Prague. You can eat very economically or be totally ripped off, which I think is true of most cities in the world. I bought ... read more

So I'm finally in Prague. The ride here actually wasn't bad at all. I took a bus with Autobus Oberbayern, it was an amazing deal and I would recommend the company. The ride was only 6 hours from Munich and I got an awesome seat on the bus with a great view. It was a double decker bus and since I got there really early I got a seat on the top of the bus right in the front so I could see out the top windshield. I couldn't sleep on the bus, as usual, but the trip went really well. The countryside the whole way there was really beautiful. We passed a lot of beautiful small towns, rivers, and then through a few Czech towns. Crossing the border into the Czech Republic was just like ... read more

Isso irá soar gay: mas queria estar apaixonado nessa cidade! Praga é uma cidade estupidamente bela. Parece que ela tá de sacanagem com vc, é tanta coisa bonita que agente pensa: putz, nao é possivel... pára... tá bom! Chega!!! Impressionante, nao tem como ficar babando na paisagem noturna da cidade pela Charles bridge: um rio refletindo as luzes de postes e da lua, e no fundo um castelo gigante com uma catedral iluminada ao lado. Dentro da cidade, vários monumentos neo-classicos, estátuas, igrejas, torres decoradas... putz, MTU violento! O grupo internacional de estudantes aqui da Hochschule (faculdade) meio que resolveram ir para Praga na quarta feira, e corremos para ver coisa de aluguel de carros, albergue, etc... fomos 18 pessoas em 4 carros, depois de muita enrolacao para sair de Aalen, e após 4 horas de ... read more

Day 17-Prague 9/2-Wednesday We had overcast weather again today. We started the day with a group tour of the Little Quarter. The first stop was the Wallenstein Palace Garden, the largest and most beautiful garden in the neighborhood. Aside the garden was the most unusual wall. It was an artificial wall of stalactites. Embedded were a few strange looking faces. We never heard the meaning of this wall. After the garden we walked up through the Little Quarter towards the Charles Bridge. As we walked we spotted an interesting courtyard of a restaurant with two mechanical men working as a fountain. The hips of the men rotated from left to right as the men seemed to be urinating into the pool. Instead of being an adults only we could see a “Children’s Zone.” I guess their ... read more

Day 16-Prague 9/01-Tuesday We had overcast weather today with an occasional break with clear skies. We toured in the morning with the entire group in the Castle Quarter above the west side of the Vltava River. This is where we saw the Prague Castle and the St. Vitus Catherdral. The castle is still considered a royal palace and thus is guarded by sentry. After the Castle Quarter, our tour moved down to the Old Town. We passed through the Jewish Quarter to the Old Town Square. There are lots to see in this area with monuments, churches and the Astronomical Clock. The tour group was walking from the Square to the Powder Tower on their way back to the hotel on the Metro. We chose to drop out and do our own thing. We had lunch ... read more