Blogs from Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 167

Well Im sorta playing catch up on the blogs so they ll be breef. But man what a fun Bday. We started out with happy hour at our hostel then went for some din. Everything is so cheap. It was like 1$ canadian for 1.5 litres of beer. Then we went to this place that was all u can drink and on man lets just say things got a little out of hand. We had a blast. I even got a sunburn on the walk home. Well here are some pics from Czech republic. Enjoy. Sean... read more

Hello everyone, Everyone said that Prague is beautiful and I agree. It didn't suffer a lot of damage during WWII. Except for an incredible amount of graffiti (worse than any other city that I have visited) they keep the buildings painted and in great shape. Czech Republic has been a democracy since 1989. It was a peaceful transition from communism, called The Velvet Revolution." Enjoy the pictures. Bye for now, Donna... read more

After three flights, we're finally in the Czech Republic! I'll spare you the details...it was a lot of waiting...that was not fun. Today we have spent time getting to know the other people in the program, including the Czech students. We arrived in Prague (or Praha), went through customs, got luggage, met with the students and teachers we'd be working with, and got in vans to our dorms. Check in took a while at our dorms...apparently they had mixed up all the groups or something...I don't know. Anyway, our dorms are in this beautiful building. Right now the majority of people living here are American students on programs similar to ours. We are living in a three bedroom place, which also has a kitchenette. Pictures to come later...you know, after I take them. There are seven ... read more

yesterday was an early morning after a night from hell. first there was the drunk girl singing alanis morisette outside along with other drunks and their chatter...then was the tolling of some stupid bells...then was the 2:30 intrusion of more roommates who decided to make as much noise as possible and shine flashlights everywhere...last but not least was the freight train snoring that woke us up around 4:30...earplugs hardly helped... after having a breakfast of warm milk with corn flakes and tang, we showered and then headed back to bohemia bagel since kasia was still hungry. i wrote postcards and journaled. then it was off to albert's, the grocery store, since we had decided to be frugal. i bought dried fruit, nuts, some kind of cheese-bacon bread, and a bunch of chocolate. then it was off ... read more

Our drive to Prague was very interesting. Our GPS tried to send us on roads that didn’t exist and we ended up driving through cow paddocks and hay bales. The funniest part came when Pip said “I think that you can expect all the roads to Prague to be like this!” In all seriousness, I also programmed the second cars GPS to speak in German so watching them pull over completely confused was piss funny! We eventually got to the Czech border and got pulled over for passport checks and cavity searches. Quite nervewracking but I made friends with a big Czech woman with a moustache called Frieda!!! We got to our hotel in Prague, The Savoy. We were greeted at the door like royalty, staff came running from all directions to cater to our every ... read more