Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 289

Friday January 21, 2005 Nancy-- This is 1:44 p.m. here in Prague (Praha) and we have been here since 5:30 p.m. two days ago. Our trip on British Air (BA) was really very nice. We now know why everyone says BA is a wonderful airline. The plane itself was comfortable with excellent service and good food. Our luggage was handled well and arrived WITH us and in good condition. We certainly hope to be repeat users of BA in future travels. We had rested more than normal in the last few days before flying so we weren’t exhausted. Despite that we found we were too sleepy to stay awake during our long wait at Heathrow Airport. We put our arms through the straps on our backpack straps and fell asleep for short naps. Bill slept almost ... read more

let me first start out by saying: i want to hear NOTHING MORE about how wonderful the weather is in San Diego or anywhere else. fortunately, now i'm in London where i can walk around without a coat on and only be mildly uncomfortable. Prague was COLD. for some reason it felt colder than Vienna, even though it actually snowed in Vienna. i don't get it either. Courtney and i started Friday from Vienna to Prague, and the train ride that we thought was only going to be an hour ended up being closer to three. no big deal, except that means that the sun goes down earlier, which means the Sabbath begins earlier. so we got to the train station and bought passes for the underground, in which a taxi driver told us he could ... read more

Prague (Sept 13 - 18) Well, what a ride. Getting couchettes (beds) on the night trains is well worth it. Unfortunatley, we did not! The seats don't recline, people smoke everywhere and it was about 14 hours long. We found it best to tie your head to the seat with a sweater to stop the nodding head/sore neck syndrome. Anyway, after 3 train changes, many passport checks and being kicked out of 1st class by the Czech train conductor (our passes were 2nd calss only in the Republic, we didn't realize this), we finally arrived in Prague and were very worn out. Our friends, Megan and Tom were so kind in offering us Tom's parents condo in Prague. The amazing generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Frohlich made the trip to Prague. We were very excited to ... read more

Prague is one of the most interesting architectually of the cities I have visited thus far. Between the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, and the Clock Tower in the Old Town Square, there are countless beautifully stuctured and colored buildlings. With each step, I could barely contain myself from snapping another picture. I finally got to get some good sight-seeing in on Saturday. For about 7 hours, I wandered the streets of Prague in search of the key sights from my Spy Map, which one of the nice ladies who runs the Boathouse Hostel gave me before I left. Each landmark on my map that interested me, I made sure to walk there. I didn't realize that these sights would be mobbed. Absolutely mobbed! I realize that Prague is a popular summer destination for tourists, but I ... read more

This is is gonna be a quick one, suspect that will have to go back at some time to fill it all out a little more for mysef, but sceduled washing of clothes is uup son and this is critical as am starting to get a little ripe I assure you! So I am  on the tour de force! I like to think of it as my heritage trail at the moment Started out Sunday evening in Vienna  13 of us crowded around the table, ad honestly my first reaction was 'oh my lord I don't think I am going to enjo this at all"!!!!!!!!! There are some big and I mean big personalities on this trip, but everone settle in, some people are well, not really my cup of tea, but on the whole everyone is pretty ... read more