Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 247

Frankfurt - Prague - 13th June 2006 Talk about security checks! We had so many bag searches leaving Germany it was ridiculous! Especially if you're carrying an excessive amount of carry-on bags! The flight itself only took about an hour. Seems like everything is about an hour from each other in Europe. We arrived in Prague around 8pm. It was pretty quiet when we arrived. Not many people in the airport. We got a transfer to our hotel for 480kc. I think it was only a 20 or so min drive. Our apartment was on Wenceslas Square. Talk about central! Downstairs there were heaps of shops, cafes, restaurants, and pubs! We were actually part of the Marks & Spencer building on the 6th floor. It was a studio layout complete with full kitchen, dishwasher, washing machine, ... read more

在火車上重遇包包，她說這一輛火車很舊，我會說是……「非常東歐」吧。德國與捷克的警員同時在車上進行過關手續。 去了Toy Museum，又到Sparta Praha的主場館看看（似乎比旺角場還要小），回到市中心，只見逢穿上捷克國家隊球衣的，皆神色凝重，我還以為是賽和了加納。 learnt from the lesson in Vienna, we bought 24 hours-tickets soon after arrival, so everything went well, and prague is really better than vienna. in augsburg i came across a roommate originated from hunan, he told me that vienna carried out a programme to promote it's tourism 5 years ago, but maybe doing too much, turning vienna into an artificial sight-seeing scene. i think about the situation in hongkong, so understood immediately. sad but true, today we went to czech, we knew that there's a match between czech and ghana, after the match was over, we returned to the city centre, the people wearing czech jerseys were all looked like depressed, i guessed a draw maybe, it's hard to believe that, they lost 0:2, i didn't know it until sund... read more

Prague is … very cool. The Czech people are easy-going and eager to show off their beautiful city. We took a tour of the most important historical and cultural sites and buildings, toured the castle grounds, tried new foods, and failed miserably at speaking Czech, but really enjoyed our brief stay in Prague. People gather in the Old Town Square for events and just to eat and drink at outdoor cafes, but of course during our visit the city was all abuzz with World Cup Fever, and England’s jerseys were everywhere as hundreds of people sat on the ground and watched the game on make-shift big-screens. The American dollar goes quite a bit farther in the Czech Republic than the Euro does in the more western parts of Europe. Air conditioning is virtually non-existent so it ... read more

Hello. This is officially the most rushed entry ever! Rough travel update: So now we (Cory, Jeff, and my brother) are in Prague after having arrived here this morning in our now infamous manvan. After Gelsenkirchen we made it to Berlin, staying one night at drnojoke.de 's (a guy I met in Turkey) and one in the van, graciously dubbed the manvan. After much congestion, we made it to Prague in the early afternoon. We had a few quick drinks with my Veronika here (a native of the region who is a friend of a friend) and are at the moment watching the England game on a huge TV setup in the old town square. Some quick stories before the second half starts!: After Gelsenkirchen we progressed towards Berlin and slept in the van. We made ... read more

Hey Everyone, So I know its taken me forever to get this out, but this is the first time since Kelly and I have split off from her family (sooo sad) that I have had a chance to get to a computer for more than 10 minutes haha. In a nut shell the trip has been amazing so far. Getting to Milan in the beginning was a bit of a challenge as we missed our last leg of the flight in, buuuut we managed to connect with Kelly's parents before they took off without us. Our first stop was Bellagio Italy, near Lake Como and it was gorgeous, picture perfect little streets and friendly locals. Kelly's mom kept an eye out for George Clooney but apparently we just missed him, as he came in the day ... read more