Today we planned for Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp. Cheery subject, eh? Neither one of us has ever been to a concentration camp, so this would be interesting. Terezin is reached by bus, so immediately after breakfast we headed to the main bus station, Florenc, to figure out how to get to Terezin. It turns out, buying a bus ticket to Terezin is relatively easy (probably because so many tourists want to go each day - our bus ended up being packed and only a few were locals headed to different towns along the way), but riding the bus is a bit more expensive than riding the train (although slightly less expensive than driving would be if we had a car). The bus was nice, more like a tour bus than a stinky Greyhound. It was a ... read more

(Even after taking an Advil PM we were only able to sleep until about 5AM local time. Hopefully this does not put a damper on our plans for the day.) Our hotel offers a complimentary continental breakfast, which is not always usual for hotels in Europe. The breakfast is more than what I am used to and it was great - lots of breads, cheeses, meats, cereal, eggs (scrambled and hardboiled), yogurt, salad, green beans, sausage. In addition to coffee and tea, they also had orange juice and champagne. I wonder if it’s like that every day or if today was somehow special because it was Christmas. We shall see. But even the spread was not my favorite part about breakfast - I loved the setting. Breakfast is held in a small cellar, something gothic-looking with ... read more