Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 14

-SP- Otro despertar difícil. A las 8:30 en marcha y ha ido todo bastante bien unos pocos km, hasta una avería en el cambio trasero. Esta un poco flojo y creo que ha cascado un muelle. Lo he vuelto a poner donde toca y la mugre y el óxido evitan que se mueva, por ahora. En previsión de que la chapuza no aguantará indefinidamente he pasado por el decathlon de Olomouc y me he comprado una pata de cambio de repuesto. Soy 23 euros mas pobre pero la tranquilidad tiene un precio. En Olomouc he comido y la tarde ha sudo una sucesión de cuestas, más para arriba que para abajo, y viento en contra. He llegado a la divisoria de aguas continental (mar báltico/mar negro). Pero no por ello quiere decir que sea a partir ... read more

Running on three hours of sleep, I got my ass up and ready. Everyone else was still sleeping. I felt like that asshole in a movie theater trying to not make noise when opening a bag of chips but is super loud anyways. I grabbed breakfast and a snack for the flight. Security is pretty relaxed and is not anything like when you leave Canada. I slept for almost the entire flight after some jackass dropped a full water bottle on me trying to load his bag in the overhead compartment. The lady at the metro kiosk in the airport was a bit rude, but maybe that’s the way people are here. The bus driver was equally as rude and drove like mad man. The metro train I got on after the bus didn’t stop where ... read more

-SP- Esta mañana a las 8:48 salia el allgauer express (ALEX) * de la estación central hacia praga sin cambiar de tren. Iba petao, se ha montado el follón de los que pretenden meter una bici en los últimos 5 minutos en el tren (es a estas alturas parte de folklore alemán) Chukuchukuchuku durante 6 horas eternas y llego a Praga. Sin incidencia. Una vez en Praga llevar todo bien guardado y bien atado para no darles pie a los chorizos. Sacar dinero (me han clavado un 6% de comisión de cajero, viva Praga!). Y fuera de allí. En una hora estaba al límite de la ciudad y empieza la república checa rural, que es como de colinas y con pueblos en los que hay castillos y palacios enormes, todo en ruinas y hecho polvo. Y ... read more

I found my hostel in Prague, and was instantly made to feel very welcome. The people who work there have a few nights that they make food for everyone (which can be up to 200 people), and they put activities on every day & night. That night was free food and a musical talent show as there was a piano and guitar for people to play. All the people staying at the hostel were really friendly, and it’s the best hostel I have stayed in so far. After dinner I was taught how to play the card game, Irish snap…(which if you don’t know it, causes potentially severe injury to fingers!) and then a group of us went out for drinks at a local bar. The bar may be the strangest place I have been! It ... read more

The bus departed from Municipal Square at 9 o’clock and went to the Old Town Square and picked up more tourists. The guide was a multi-lingual speaker – he is a native Czech/Slovak speaker – and gave English/Spanish commentary throughout the day. While the bus was driving through the city centre and along the riverside, the guide pointed at several historic attractions – Charles Bridge, National Theatre, Dancing House and Vysehrad, where Prague’s history had begun. He told us that it would take 3 and half hours to the destination, Cesky Krumlov, including the stop at the Drive Through (where all the passengers were allowed to have a break and go to the restroom). On the way to the destination, he talked about Czech Republic’s general history, economy, industry and politics in English and Spanish. It ... read more