http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Czech Republic , Olomouc Region en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 22:48:10 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:48:10 +0000 For the drive to Olomouc we decided to take the highways for the first part of the journey then turn off the highway and program the Garmin to take us over secondary roads. This meant we could see more of Poland and the Czech countryside. All was going to plan as we travelled through the small towns in Poland getting nearer to the border.We took a detour to look at a local site and we turned the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-754674.html La idea de ir a una tienda de equipo local y pagando 1000 para un ordenador se han ido y hay muchas tiendas de informtica por ah que le dar a cambio de 400 libras por una computadora barata nueva. Estoy aqu para decirles que hay muchas otras alternativas que significa que usted puede adquirir una computadora barata por menos de 200Los monitores se describe como teniendo una resol http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/blog-726571.html We left Tallinn by bus after a quick detour to the airport when the taxi driver took us to the wrong place. The trip to Riga was smooth and comfortable flat for kilometre after kilometre. Forests farms and puddles where the spring melt had not yet dissipated.Riga was a great surprise with a beautiful historic centre lots of people and lots of drinking going on. Our digs were quite close http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-611748.html After a stop in Auschwitz i digest all these powerfull emotion of being there and decide to head to Czek republik. My goal is to go to Praha but I know there is interesting things on the road. Finally as it start to be dark I stop in a small village at 10km from Olomouc. There I try to figure a place to put my tent then I finally found a house in construction and decide it will be my place for t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-582448.html I think today I may have been closer to my breaking point than I have in quite a while. Its unfortunate that Im getting fed up with and frustrated by so many little things now but I guess thats a sign that its about time for me to go home. I suppose a bit of explanation would be helpful. To start off with there is a hideously irritating song that one of the Czech students h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/blog-438577.html I got on the bus from Brno and when it stopped in Olomouc I didn't know where the heck I was. I went up to the infor counter where the lady didn't speak English and asked for Olomouc centrum which she understood yay so with some funky hand gestures hilarious really I got the gist of it go out turn left go under the underpass go up and take tram 4. A little more asking around and I was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-373836.html This past week has found me sampling a slice of Czech life. I arrived in Olomouc on Friday and I spent 5 great days there. The family I stayed with consisted of a sweet old grandfather mother father girl 14 girl 17 baby and my friend Martina so it was a bit crowded. However I grew to love them all very quicky and most of them except the mom and baby spoke English. Voila I was able to commun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-360907.html Wow two nights in Prague went by real quick. Arriving into town from the airport which only took 20 minutes from the baggage claim super efficient I was suddenly greeted by the beauty of that town. The energy and vibe was flowing out of all who were around smiling faces and loud laughter. That town was built for good times. There are more pubrestaurants serving great czech beers than I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-345067.html holy moly i've been putting this off first in a week what are you doing man well it serves me right that i come to type this on the most confusing keyboard yet so we'll see how far we get. not too far i would guess so yes as the bit at the side of this entry will inform you i am currently in olomouc czech republic. also as anyone who has been bombarded with texts will also tell you its http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-342640.html So 23 days since my last update What have I been up to... While a short question deserves a short answer so does having to pay for internet. But I doubt that will happen.I left Znojmo on October 10th and made a very long and tiring journey to the student town of Olomouc ollomoats via Brno with the expectation to be staying only three or four nights and a plan inmind to head to Krakw in Po http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-340006.html Groeten uit Olomouc in het oosten van Tsjechi Deel 2 van mijn reis door OostEuropa is begonnen Zondag ben ik vertrokken uit Nederland eind van de middag uit Groningen om in Arnhem op de nachttrein naar Praag te stappen. Yep tijdens de EKfinale reed ik dwars door Duitsland Ik begrijp dat ze van Spanje hebben verloren...Maandagochtend met een ruime vertraging aangekomen in Praag waar i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-294056.html Once back on the more normal tourist trail we spent a couple of days eating in Olomouc and then the better part of a week eating sleeping and drinking in Prague. We tried to offset the aforementioned activities by high intensity sightseeing activities climbing church towers and the like. Unfortunately the beautiful narrow disorienting Old Town streets of the two cities cleverly hide a pletho http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-198184.html The Sun is finally out We have been here almost 4 weeks and until yesterday had only 4 days of sun. Friday was cold and rainy and yesterday we woke up to blue skies and warm temperatures. We have covered a lot of ground in the last several days. We spent a few days in Austria and then drove to Cesky Krumlov in the Czech republic for a few days and now we are in Olomouc still in the Czech Republ http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-181403.html July 7 through July 8 2006 July 7 It was very early when we left Katowice. The ride was comfortable and we were feeling very relaxed after staying the night at such a great hotel. A bit past noon we arrived into the town of Olomouc Czech Republic and the weather was scorching hot. We took refuge in the station while we got our bearings straight. The information office was helpful and foll http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-146536.html In exactly 6 months I will be 21 which means I can legally drink in the US.Today was another day in Olomouc. We had to check out of the dorms by 930. We went to an awesome cafe by a lot of the school buildings in town for breakfast. They had real orange juice basically orange juice that is not extremely watereddown so I was pretty excited about that.We met up for class after breakfast. Th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-77550.html The train ride to Olomouc took about 3 hours. The teachers Marketa and Malvina who are about 30ish and very very nice. They went with us and had made all of the arrangements. It was nice to have someone else in charge so we wouldn't have to worry as much.Anyway we arrived to Olomouc and I was pretty unimpressed. The city looked very communist. Marketa uses communist as an adjective to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-77548.html Hello AllYeah Life has been good. I still yearn for Turkey. Small things as i make my way across these lands. I will return...July is almost through though.I liked Transylvania very much. Quiet and isolated. Not too much in the way of science fiction though but i do see how the region could initiate such ideas and fantasy.I made it to Poland. Night train through Hungary brought me to Krako http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-76914.html Sure you've heard of Bohema. Prague's the capital of that region Bohemian is an adjective that applies to hipsters. But I'm not a hipster. That's why Sam and I went to Olomouc the capital of the Moravian region of the Czech republic. It is a midsized city of 200000 we were originally planning to stay one night but we stayed 2 because it was so relaxing.There wasn't really a whole lot to see http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-75790.html I got a visa for this place just so I could pass through. Crazy huh. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-53548.html Upon arriving in Olomouc Brase and I were feeling the full effects of the lesson we learned in Cesky Krumlov don't drink the tap water We paid many a visit to the Olomouc McDonalds bathroom and the long bumpy bus ride to Olomouc was not a pleasant one. And we could not find a single pharmacy open on Sunday in the whole friggin town So we did not really get to enjoy this quaint yet lively http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Olomouc-Region/Olomouc/blog-21508.html