http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Czech Republic , Prague , New Town en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:41:14 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:41:14 +0000 Wow It looks like a magazine Ava39s eyes were wide as we walked into St. Vitus Church. I have to agree it was grandiose. The ceilings were high covered in ornate decorations. The front of the church had an amazing altar. There were ornate and brightlycolored stained glass windows covering half of the wall space. Mom and I spoke about royal weddings throughout history taking place in this http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-776242.html Day threeNed travel tip number if you want to find something in Prague leave the map in your pocket.Sleep was a bit out of whack but today was my first full day in Prague and I was looking forward to it. Quickly got ready and went down for breakfast. Remember those 500 odd guests checking in I mentioned yesterday Well apparently they wanted bkft too the hotel had even set up a secondary bu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-738421.html Day One and TwoA relatively easy journey YEGYYZFRAPRG with perfect connection times just long enough to stretch your legs and not panic about missed connections if flight is slightly delayed.Random Ned Travel TipA great way to ensure not making friends with your airplane seat neighbor is to pull out your hand wipes and obsessively wash your tray table with crazed enthusiasm It worked he s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-738388.html Rich people are a riotWell not really but they do make for interesting people watching.I39ve always been a low key traveler mud floors hostels train station benches are not beyond me. So when I joined Trafalgar I had to adjust my thinking somewhat and be welcomed to the high life. I39m staying at the Hilton Prague which we use for our guests as do other operators including 2 river cru http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-738375.html While I realize this is out of order I will catch up and just wanted to post this before bed. There39s a title to start off with today has been my best day here in Prague not only because of the sights but what I accomplished and how happy I feel sipping on a Czech beer or 2 as per my boss39s suggestion. I39m really struggling with jet lag for some reason and was up most of last ni http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-738280.html Sorry for the gap in between blogs. We have been on the move a lot and have been really busy. In a good way.Last time I left you we had our sites set on Munich and let me tell you it did not disappoint. There are a few suggestions I have for America from this trip and the number one thing is beer gardens. Probably the best invention ever. It39s like happy hour but instead of pints of beer they http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-732258.html Yes Prague is known for it39s Baroque and ugly modern art. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-722717.html The pictures should say it all ... yup ... he went indoor skydiving ... look at that grind http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-722710.html Well we are finally off the river ship. We spent two days in Vienna which was pretty good. Apart from other things I went to where all the Hapsburgs are held in a crypt read your European history on who the hell the Hapsburghs are. 160 of them are right there not buried or in coffins all bricked up but right infront of you in brass sarcophagi that you can touch.2nd last night on the boat was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-716235.html Magnificent Europe River Cruise. The Blog site is set up YEAH This is a test to see if everyone is receiving the blog. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-637487.html I was woken up very early by a couple getting ready to check out. In the hostel world it is known courtesy that if you have to leave early you need get your stuff ready the night before You are usually sharing a room with 7 other people and its just common courtesy. Elyane says she is going to make noiseless zippersAfter they left I couldnt go back to sleep so I got up got ready and at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-625224.html After the touristic washout that was yesterday today could only get better Started with breakfast in the Alton basement. The hotel is 5 floors and I am in 502 on top and over the back rather than over Legerova main street out the front TG. The usual continental selection of cold meats and cheeses that I definitely do not do for brekky. But there were cereals and some fried eggs so had a couple o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-616694.html We are living in the Left Bank of the 90s. For some of us Prague is Second Chance City for others a new frontier where anything goes everything goes and often enough nothing works. Yesterday is long gone today is nebulous and who knows about tomorrow but somewhere within each of us we all know that we are living in a historic place at a historic time Alan Levy in The Prague Post http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-565266.html Prague Capital of Bohemia. Then Czechoslovakia. Then Czech Republic. Not part of the global odyssey this was a little trip away for the new year for myself and ine. I thought I'd give it a write up as practice for the full on blogging lark. We departed from Dublin's new Terminal 2 which is noteworthy for having been incredibly easy and hassle free. Mainly because there were probably max. 100 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-558141.html We posted an entry several years ago about the Carpathian Church of St. Archangel Michael which is located on Petrin Hill. At that time the church was in rather poor condition on the outside. The church except for the glass windows and metal bars over them is totally made of wood with even the 'nails' being wooden. Since the building is hundreds of years old the wood was quite weathered and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-547072.html Hi everyoneI am so tired this morning even though it is almost 10 am. My eyes swell up every morning when I wake up and I can't quite figure it out but it certainly does not help the waking up process.Ok besides that gripe we are doing very well. Finally kicking the cold I've been pushing the water and taking multivitamins and drinking protein powder thanks to Justin and I still don't feel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-541308.html Day 18Prague93WednesdayThis was our last full day of the trip. We decided today to follow the Rick Steves tour of the New Town. It was fun to find all of the highlights noted in his book. We acted like we were on TVs Amazing Race. We started at the top of Wenceslas Square and stopped at all the highlights. After walking north for about a quarter of a mile we turned west to the Vl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-530298.html Well today has been a day that will go down in our minds for eternity It was the hottest day ever in the record of Austrian history at 37.9 degrees. This is all relevant because we caught a train today from Prague to Vienna for 6 hours... the car we were on had no windows that could open Now I cannot convey how bad that was... we were wet with sweat from head to toe within about 5 minutes max o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-423128.html We arrived at 730 am to our hostel Hostel Rosemary I highly really recommend it. After discarding our luggage we headed to the nearest popular area in search of breakfast Wenceslas Square. We found ourselves some breakfast well breakfast for Ahmed included a roasted chicken leg with veggies and taters and about an hour later he had a street sandwich a fried chicken cutlet. I was so http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/New-Town/blog-416394.html