Blogs from Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 6

Ok I am back After a 4 hour train ride from Berlin I arrived in Prague. After 20 minutes of trying to find my hostel i discoverd it was down the road and around the corner from the station! Oh well live and learn. So Prague....It is like being transported back in time I saw the Astronomical clock and got to see the little skeleton bang the gong and the characters come out when it was 6pm. That was cool. I walked the Charles Bridge I saw Prague Castle and the Cathedral (that climb up the hill was a biznatch!) Ive noticed that there are many Italian restaurants in Prague(go figure) So i had a tortallini with cream sauce and bacon that was the first hot meal that i had had in a while it was ... read more

Amber's Journal: Today was our last day in Prague. We got up this morning and drove to the mission home to attend church. There were a lot of detours so we were lost and late but we finally made it. The people there were very nice and they had an interpreter for those of us who don't know Czech. There were actually quite a few english speakers there, enough to have their own Sunday School and EQ/ RS classes. This is the only ward in the area so they were bursting at the seams but it was great to see people excited about the gospel in a city that is predominantly agnostic/atheist. On a side note I've forgotten to mention that the Czech's LOVE beer and drink it with every mean; a ton of people here ... read more

Hello again, Well it has been an amazing week. I think i last left off when we were about to head to bruge for a day trip. Bruge was fantastci very cute little town with venice style waterways meandering throught the city. Highlights, were the bell tower, which almost made me crap my pants when it went off whilst we were enjoying the view. for those who have seen the 'in bruges' movie of late, it is a bit spooky standing outside the bell tower and imagining that guys smashed up head...its not a great flick, but the town is great. We went for a wander to see the sights, and a really sweet little area, which was many hundreds of years ago, was where the spinsters, widows and women of faith used to live. Scotty ... read more

Great weather. Toured the castle. Dates back to 14th Century. Very interesting. Lots of walking. Included a bear pit with bear. Castle was owned by Rosenburg family initially. Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque. Fairy tale town. Very few people speak English. Food is different - can't read the menu. Beer is good. Off to Prague tomorrow. ... read more

After 6 glorious days in Prague, we headed off to Cesky Krumlov in South Bohemia to find the weather was rotten and the campsite was beautiful, but pretty average facilities-wise. Although on the banks of the misty and picturesque lake Lipno, Coco summed it up by saying "the lake looks pretty from the tent but when you go down there, there's lots of gross stuff" (the lake isn't actually dirty, but loads of fishermen means lots of scales, bones and beercans line the shore). We made the most of the bad weather though, by spending the afternoon "packing our faces" (as they say in Edinburgh) and playing boardgames. The campsite was happy to let people build campfires so we had an awesome evening making gourmet baked potatoes and trying to stop Aidan landing in the fire. ... read more