http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Czech Republic , Prague , Old Town en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:55 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:55 +0000 We over slept a bit as the alarm didnt go off but that was really ok since today was a pretty chill day. We hadnt really planned to do a lot of things but more just stroll around old down and the Jewish Quarter. We are at the point in the trip were we are pretty tired and our feet cant take a lot of walking around well might feet cant. Jerry slept so hard and long in one position http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-785245.html Wiping tears away I couldnt handle it anymore. I was about to break down sobbing. I decided to step onto the bus and tell mom that we were going to leave which was fine with her as well. We waived our last goodbyes as Ava and I walked away. One month has gone by at lightening speed. Mom Ava and I traveled to three countries Czech Republic Germany and Austria and now she was on her way t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-780354.html Ugh Im tired. Tired from doing and taking the big world into a relatively small mind. We had another excellent breakfast at Hotel Aron Muesli Yogurt coffee sweet cakes boiled eggs and bread with jam. Mom still hasnt given into the liverwurst. Then we packed everything back into our bags and headed to Florenc Station. There main bus station building has a baggage room where you can p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-776437.html We had an amazing breakfast at Hotel Aron this morning and headed quite expertly to the Florence station. Then jumped on a tram that went near Charles Bridge. We stopped at a souvenior shop and I bought Ava a small set of Matroshka dolls. Those are the Russian dolls that go inside of each other. The girl at the counter gave her a free sheet of Prague stickers which was really nice of her. We had http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-776247.html A magical city of castles and churches rich with history and blanketed in a foot of freshly fallen snow Prague opens its doors to three days of unforgettable photos and of course pub crawls.Having arrived at 530am in Prague there is not a lot one can do to escape the falling snow then check your luggage in early and prepare for a long day of site seeing and immersing ones self into the cultu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-772772.html Okay so I finished off Part 1 with Jaclyn and I being absolutely exhausted from spending the entire hours between 8am6pm on foot through the streets of Rome. We crashed and burned in our beds that night and were in no mood to hit the town like I failed attempt the night before I hadn39t mentioned it as there was well nothing to mention.The morning of the 29th of January we got up slowly bu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-771282.html Prague Salsa WeekI had booked the AfroBailar Salsa dancing conference in January 2012 when it seemed crazy to think that on the 1st of November so many months away I would be on the other side of the world and already past the half way mark on my adventure. But it arrived 4 days of dancing with like minded people and amazing instructors from all over EuropeFirst night I went to the wrong venu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-767229.html Prague is a city that can treat you well with beautiful sights delicious food good beer and amazing music. We have visited all the main places such as Charles Bridge Prague Castle Astronomical Clock etc. Our hotel was relatively close to the city center so we could walk through the streets and get a broader view about Prague. Since we visited it during the Christmas time there was a very beaut http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-763428.html Quick life updateApologies for the lack of entries since the summer. It was an executive decision on my part to attempt to power through this semester without travelingexploringblogging in order to a save money and b continue to survive the course.Quick course updateAs per the English schedule lectures and clinic for Semester 1 are finished but we have 2 exams 3 essays and 1 case study due http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-762263.html Dec 2011I was sitting in a bus from Rotorua to Auckland New Zealand. Its going to be somewhat 5 hours journey. To kill time I opened my ebook and started to flicker my travel books collection. I stumble upon Prague and started to read.Me talking to myself I wish I could go there one day.M looking over my shoulder Yeah my professor also said that Prague is very beautiful. He sa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-756978.html Em primeiro lugar antes que os especialistas em geografia me corrijam eu sei que a Repblica Tcheca fica na Europa Central no no leste de maneira que o ttulo deste post estaria tecnicamente errado. Sei l pode ser. Minha viso de leste europeu mais poltica do que geogrfica mas isso daria outra discusso que no cabe aqui.Retomando. Acordei perto das 13h e tomei um banho. Peg http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-755383.html Depois de todo o ch de cadeira em Viena encaramos mais de 5 horas de trem at chegarmos a PRAGA capital da REPBLICA TCHECA. O problema que nossas reservas eram apenas para o dia seguinte e ainda eram mais ou menos 330 da madrugada. Achamos que se chegssemos naquele horrio eles certamente nos cobrariam uma diria a mais. Como nosso oramento era limitado decidimos fazer uma hor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-755375.html Prior to retiring we made ourselves a promise if a last minute travel deal came our way we would take advantage and jump on it. We put our every day life on hold and organized a trip based on this last minute deal to Eastern Europe specifically the cities of Warsaw Krakow in Poland Prague and Czecky Krumlov in the Czech Republic Vienna Austria and Budapest Hungary. This part of the worl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-741816.html Day 23 PragueYesterday was a tough day as far as holidays go. It was not a tragic day we were not plagued with some life altering event it was just a bad travel day. 18 hours on trains cars taxis and transit to get to a hotel that was not open only to hop back in a taxi to get to another one. This morning I was still feeling the affects of the travel day but Sydney was so good bringing my http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-734274.html Monday 2nd June 2012It rained again last night enough to have to close one window but at least it was cooler to sleep.By morning it had cleared but we did have a cloudy sky all day. Not to worry it was still warm but not as hot and humid as it has been.I stayed in all of the morning as I had some paper work to catch up on. The Lemons went out exploring Robyn went on the free tour and Lyn sat wi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-727475.html Sunday 1st JulyWe had a little bit of rain last night which explained why it was so hot and humid when we went to bed. the apartment we are in does not have air con so all windows were open so I was woken up by a few spots of rain falling on my face. nice and cooled down a little.After a lazy morning Lyn managed to fit a front rack to my bike will put photo on later but no luck with attachin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-727266.html Saturday 30th JuneAfter a night on the train we all slept a little better than if we had a sit up seat anyway we arrived in Prague on time around 9.30am.Getting the bikes off the train was somewhat easier than getting them on because the platform was on the side of the carrage where the door was actually working. Passing down the panniers which we piled up on the platform and then unloaded the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-727086.html My trip to Romania was now over and I was heading from Bucharest to Lisbon by way of Prague. I had expected that today was going to be spent waiting in airports or on airplanes as I travelled to the opposite side of Europe to visit our friend Maria in Lisbon. I was excited to be leaving Bucharest and get on with this next part of the trip but Maria had emailed me last night and said that the Lisb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-723801.html Finally finding time to talk about Prague by far the coolest place I39ve ever been. I spent the weekend with three of the girls on my study abroad trip Aly Shelby and Erin. We didn39t arrive back in Strasbourg until about 715 this morning and we then had about 50 minutes to dress up in business casual for our professional visit to the Mercedes Benz factory. After spending the previous 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-722967.html Prague is one of Europe39s most beautiful cities ... a big part of it due to it not being bombed to bits in the 2nd European conflagaration of the 20th century.Prague is a wonderful walking city. We got disoriented the first day and end up taking the long way to the old city ... but from then on we quickly learnt all the short cuts to the various sites we wanted to visit. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Old-Town/blog-722695.html