Blogs from Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 6

Tim and I went for an early morning walk so that we could have a quieter, uninterrupted view of the river and its bridges. It was a bit damp and very misty but there were no crowds; just the early morning smell of pastries and various sausages fills the air as food vendors start their day. Sketch artists, souvenir sellers and performers claim prime positions as early morning joggers test their bodies on the Charles Bridge and the New Town hills. A few fisherman and a flock of seagulls provide the only action on the water as the river boats were yet to start their day. We had a coffee in the Old Town before heading back to stir up the others and have some breakfast. After breakfast we all walked to the district across the ... read more

Today we rose at 3.40 , had breakfast and walked to the underground Met train. Three stops later and we arrived at Budapest Central Station to catch our ride to Prague. It was a day ticket in 1st class and there were few passengers so we could spread out and relax. This trip left at 5.25am and pulled into Prague at 12.30 so there was still a little daylight left. Sue had developed a pain in a tooth that had been checked just before we left Australia ( don't you love dentists) so the first priority was to have it seen too. Tim had other things to attend too, so I looked up a few dentists and went to see the guy at reception. He suggested we go to the Prague Emergency Dentist about 15 minutes ... read more

The castle is the official residence and office of the president of the Czech Republic and we saw his guard protecting the palace. Similar to the guards on San Marino they stood rock solid still even when people stood at the side of them taking silly photographs of themselves saluting. Not a grin crossed their face. They looked grey. From the palour of their skin to the moleskin grey of their uniforms. All that seemed missing was a large Russian style ceremonial hat and they would have looked the part . We walked through the gates into the castle courtyard around which was built the Baroque palace which housed the parliament and residency and the payment desks. We parted with 700 crowns which gave us access to the castle, the church, Golden Lane and the museum ... read more

Today we slept in a little bit, missed the pension's breakfast hours, and so we took our time getting ready, and went in search of breakfast or lunch or something. We stopped in at one of the touristy restaurants (I think it was the one at U Prince), and got lunch, which turned out later on not to be what we wanted; the day was very hot, and instead of fueling up for the day, we should have done something light, and then something light later on. Lesson learned. We wandered around Prague's old town just looking at stuff. We stopped at the Týn Church, hoping for a peek inside, but it was closed to visitors, so we stopped and took a look at the concert flyers to see if there was anything of interested (I ... read more

Geo: 50.0878, 14.4205 GÜN 44 GÜNLERDEN CUMA : Harika bir uyku çekmişiz .. Hırvat dostların kahvaltısının sonuna yetişebildik..Sabah sabah, şaraplı et pişirmek ayrı bir kültür mutlaka .. Bu arada bizim elektriği araklamışlar .. Ben kordonumu geri alınca, telaşlandılar …beni susturmak adına, ciğer dürüm vermek istediler ..Kibarca reddettim ..Sabah adetim değil dedim . Bir kez Gaziantep'te cartlak kebabını denemiştik ..Bilmediğim ustayı denemenin alemi yok.. Hava güneşli, fakat bulutlanınca, etraf buz kesiyor.. Biz hariç, herkes, don paça geziyor .Korunan bir tek biz varız ..Bir türlü, bu giyimi, ayarlayamıyoruz.. Öğlene doğru ,yakın bir bankaya gidip Euroları küçülttüm. Öğle yemeğinden sonra, giyinip kuşandık ve kamp önündeki duraktan 11 no lu tramvaya binip şehirde, Müze durağında indik.... read more