Blogs from Holesovice, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Heute bin ich zuerst mit der Straßenbahn etwas in den Norden nach Holesovice gefahren. Dort habe ich mir das Kunstmuseum Veletrzni Palac angesehen. In den letzten 12 Monaten war ich ja auch in den Kunstmuseen von Linz, Helsinki, Stockholm, Arhus, Graz und München. Das von Prag ist in einem großen aber unauffälligem neueren Gebäude untergebracht. Während dieser Zeit hat es leicht angefangen zu regnen, aber ich hatte einen Regenschirm, wenn auch keine Jacke, dabei. Im Museum habe ich auch noch Kaffee getrunken. Danach bin ich mit der Straßenbahn nach Stare Mesto und war im Konvent St. Agnes. Das war auch sehr sehenswert, weil sehr alt. Anschließend bin ich noch ins jüdische Viertel und habe dort mehrere Synagogen und Museen angesehen. In allen drei wichtigen Zielen war ich zum ersten Mal, auch wenn ich 1996 in einer ... read more

So we arrive in Prague (or to Prague residents - Praha) we had many laughs over that one. Anyway... wandering through the streets of Praha at night, desperately trying to find our hostel, we finally get there, sweaty as usual and joy to the world they have overbooked themselves (love my life). However, they sent us to their twin hostel about 2 miles away - literally luxury (for the amount we payed anyway). We met some great people in Prague. I think this was due to the fact that there was a pub underneath our hostel with insanely cheap beer = no need to go out. On the first night we met some hot guys from Mexico, did I say hot and Mexico, oh yeah I did. They were crazy drinkers. We educated them in the ... read more

What a depressing day. Considering that I'm supposed to be loving every minute of this city, taking photos galore, and wandering around checking things out, I'm finding the rain quite depressing. I'm soaked. I tried to make a go of it this morning, wandering around the castle for a couple of hours in the rain, but I think I may just give up soon and head back to the hostel for the night. The castle grounds are beautiful, but there were people everywhere. It drives me nuts that people walk right in front of you (or right into you!) while you're trying to take a photo. To walk around the grounds was free, but to go into the castle, or to take photos indoors, you had to pay. It was $10 just to enter 5 buildings, ... read more