Blogs from Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 192

''Magic, golden, mystical Prague...´´ The tourist brochures go into overload when describing the Czech capital, but the city lives up to its hype. Prague is a maze of medieval lanes to explore, beautiful parks, awesome bars and clubs, rock venues, museums and art galleries galore. Most backpackers say you need four days in Prague-- three for doing everything and one for recovering from everything you do! Prague´s number one attraction is the Prague Castle and the Charles Bridge. During the summer the Charles Bridge is one of the most crowded places in Prague and you literally need to push your way through the tourist crowds. The Stare Mesto (old town) holds the cities most historical buildings including the Staromestskenam, the Tyn Church, St Nicholas Church, and the Jan Hus Monument. In Nove Mesto (new town) we ... read more

We set off on the bus to Prague. On the way we stopped in Dreasden which was a quaint little town. Our stop in Dreasden was a new one for busabout and this poor little German woman got bombarded by the hungry tourists. I don't think she had ever cooked that many snitzels at once in her life! We arrived in Prague and found our accomodation, a house/hostel run by an anal Czech lady. Unfortunately for us she knew our names within two minutes of our arrival and proceded to explain every rule/regulation and dimension of the house in detail. Matt even had to pass a test to see if he could get in the front door with the keys! In the evening we went to the square and strolled through the streets and ended up ... read more

I had hoped to get up early and run through the old town square one more time but that didn't happen. I woke up plenty early thanks to a lyrical group of birds outside my window. I kept turning over hoping they would quiet down and tried to go back to sleep. Finally giving up I got up and got busy finishing packing. I had bought two bottles of Kofola last night to use as pillars in my duffle bag in hopes of cushioning any blows and weight placed on top of my bag. We'll see how it works... Walking into the breakfast room I noticed most of the people were rather young, I assumed they were staying in the hostel rooms. After a typical continental breakfast of meats, cheeses, and bread with coffee I asked ... read more

July 27: Prague, Czech Republic at Ariva Guesthouse Now we're in Prague in the very basement of this cave looking arcade place using the internet. We've been here for 5 days now and have not done a whole lot and have been enjoying sleeping in. The place we're staying at looked amazing on the internet but of course we got there and it was this musty smelling apartment and the hostel owner that it was all great because he decorated the room by painting the doors orange! But it works anyways and is a place to stay, plus we have our own room so that is nice. We also have a balcony but whenever we are on it you always have to keep one foot on steady ground because ya just don't know how sturdy ... read more

Today was a travel date, and the 8am bus departure was extremely unpleasant given the night I'd just had. Did pass out for a bit, so I wasn't a complete wreck. We were stuck in traffic jam for an hour, so our stop in Dresden was a ten minute scramble. There was a long break after the Czech border however, and an unexpected one at that. Busabout apparently makes a "bonus" stop for a tour of Terezin. I had calculated my last bank withdrawl so that I'd basically run out of euros by today, and rather unfortunately, I was right on the mark. Hence, I had to borrow money for the tour of Terezin. The tour itself was rather ill-timed. Our scramble to make up time lost to the traffic jam had left us with no ... read more