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Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 27th 2006

I'm posting a lot of pictures of Prague because the architecture made it a really beautiful city to photograph. I'd read about how Prague hadn't suffered much damage during World War II, so the city was a mix of different periods from Barogue to Renaissance to Gothic. But walking through the city, it's not like you look at a building and think, "Wow, what an interesting piece of Gothic construction, how fascinating that it's right next to a Renaissance church." Because I really couldn't tell you what style I was looking at or when it was built. I just know there were a lot of cool ornate buildings and old churches. Seven years ago when I was in Europe I heard about how cheap the Czech Republic was, with beers for 25 cents. It's not as ... read more
Charles Bridge
View from Charles Bridge
Charles Bridge

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 25th 2006

Day 50: May 25 - AUSTRIA - Vienna, CZECH REPUBLIC - Prague Accommodation: Hotel Patanka, Prague Our time in Austria was at an end, so we all got back on the bus with our bags and we were off again for another day to be spent mostly on the road. I was thankful of the bus driver's mandatory stops every 2 or 3 hours because I certainly needed them today after last night's effort. The most memorable stop was at the Czech Republic border. Travelling over road borders from France to Italy to Austria we drove straight through without much realisation of the fact as these were European Union countries who no longer required border stops, however the Czech Republic was only a recent addition to the EU and had not yet abolished their border control ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 25th 2006

I arrived in Prague on the 23rd of May our hostel The Golden Sickle is the worst hostel ever!! The 1st night we got here we got our sheeets and the laDY led us to our room and she had to take off dirty sheets off the bed and try to figure out which beds were being used and which weren't ! We had almost gotten one of the beds made when a girl comes in and says thats my friends bed! Its late and were tierd so the girl has to go to get another set of sheets and we make the other bed and just sleep in it. Then Yesterday we saw some of Prague the castle , and the astrom\nomical clock..its a beautiful city!!! Well today we were woken up by someone banging ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 23rd 2006

Cerveny Ujezd is located about fifteen to twenty miles west of Prague and is surrounded by rolling hills of farmland. Oil rapeseed is in full-bloom this time of year making the countryside a patchwork of bright yellow and green. The green is growing wheat and the yellow is the flowering rapeseed. If rapeseed is not the brightest yellow blossom in nature I am not sure what is brighter. The bright yellow of flowering rape and fields of green wheat growing always make me think of Brazil and the Brazilian flag. I would think any Brazilian traveling through the Czech Republic this time of year would be delighted. Cerveny Ujezd advertises itself as a castle. On their web site they use the terms Hrad Ceveny Ujezd. Hrad is Czech for castle. The layout is like a castle. ... read more
In the Courtyard
In the Courtyard
In the Courtyard

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 22nd 2006

Today we coughed up for a walking tour around Prague * started at the Old Town square where the famous astronomical clock is * took a boat ride on the river * wandered through the Jewish Quarter where there was Jewish Ghetto setup in about the 14th century (I thought it was Hitler's idea) and saw where the legend of Golem originated and the synagogue where it is buried in the attic * walked across Charles Bridge, gave some statue a rub for luck * caught a tram up the hill where Prague Castle is situated * had lunch in a little restaurant * had a look around Prague castle, big and pretty spectacular * had dinner in a restaurant in Wencelas Square and bought some souvenirs ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 21st 2006

I am getting ready to strap the pack on one more time and catch a train from Prague to Munich. If it weren't for my eurrail expiring tomorrow, I would stay in Prague longer and this will definitely be a city that I return to in the future. Its really hard to believe that less than 70 years ago this place was knee deep in communism and the second World War. The culture that is present here rivals any "Western" European city. (Prague is actually futher west than Vienna). I only got to spend one full day in the city but I covered a lot of distance in that day seeing the Prague Castle, the Karlov Most (Charles Bridge), the Old Town Square with the astronmical clock (chimes on the hour and little figures come out ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 21st 2006

Left Berlin and headed for Prague. Had lunch at Dresden - this place was totalled during WW2 and they have rebuilt the old buildings without cleaning up the original workk so you can see the damage that was done. Got to Czech border, had to get the passports out for a stampin. A few kms over the border there were these little huts with big windows, a closer look showed that there were some ladies sitting there waiting for some business (weird, it was the middle of nowhere) and one place had them dancing outside right near the road. Made it to Prague, had a bohemian dinner at the hotel, hotel was good because it had a kids area near the bar and kept Michael busy while Mum and Dad unwound with a few quiet ones. ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 20th 2006

We went to the zoo here in Prague today. We knew approximately where it was located, but not the exact location. We also knew that we could not get there by tram or by subway, that we would have to change from the subway to a bus. We took the subway with no problem. But at first we could not find the bus stop. Just outside one of the entrances to the subway there were long distance busses, but we knew a drive of a mile or two was not on their schedule. Finally we found the bus, number 112. As we approached the bus the driver opened the door and I climbed in showing him my ticket. He said something to me in Czech and pointed off to his right. So, I stepped down off ... read more
Penguin seesaws
Big sister and little brother
Asian Eagle

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 20th 2006

Yup, went here too. More later.... read more
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Europe » Czech Republic » Prague May 19th 2006

Just arrived in Prague today after a very sad good bye to Blair and ALyssa who are headed to Dacchau and then Ireland and Scotland. Good thing for free Internet or I would still be crying my little eyes out because I miss em so much... Our last few days travelling together were in two of the neatest towns--Gimmelwald, Switzerland and Rothenburg, Germany. We stayed two (way too short) nights in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, and old garming town nestled in the Swiss Alps just below Jungfrau, one of the highest peaks in Switzerland. The town is just 200 people and there are only 3 different families that reside in the town. In order to get there we took a train from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen and then a gondola from Lauterbrunnen a thousand feet straight up into the ... read more
The storybook town of Gimmelwald from above.
Schneeballs...
The rooftops of Medieval Rothenburg...




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