Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 244

Well I've only been here for like 8 hours but man, craziness. Mad cobblestone streets with wild old buildings. We checked out basically the whole city today with the exception of the castle. We're saving that for tomorrow. Charles Bridge is nuts as well as the museum. We found a good deal on an apartment for a couple of night.s about 15 euro a night. Everything is screwed up with using check money. 28 czechs equals 1 euro. So its tough. Happy to have the appartment for a couple of night to relax and keep of the drinking train. I know were in the beer capital of Europe and its like 2$ for a pint but I gotta keep my game face on for my birthday. We're moving over to a happening hostel in the pub ... read more

With only three days left before heading home we decided to return to Vysehrad where the Peter and Paul Church is located as well as remants of a fortress that was constructed in the tenth century. Also the Vysehrad cemetary where many famous Czechs are buries is located here. As we approached the church I noticed the stone faces on either side of the three doors and decided to snap pictures of them. Some carry a Biblical theme that I could identify. The symbology of others were a mystery to me. ... read more

Prague - a very interesting place indeed. The boys and I spent the most time here. 5 nights. We were under the impression that it was very cheap there, but in reality it was basically the same. Our hostel was awful. No street sign outside, and a rickety old elevator that took us to our room on the 5th floor or the bathroom on the 2nd floor. At least we had a bed to sleep on, even though there were no curtains on the window and it became 30 degrees by dawn. We went on some paddle boats up and down the river which was beautiful, saw the Charles Bridge. We visited a night club which is the biggest club in Europe, it had 5 stories, each level had a different type of music. I got ... read more

So, a few months back, after I'd recieved the booking confirmations from our travel agent, I was sitting and sifting through the paperwork when I came across the info for our two flights around Europe. Now, when you see airlines going by the names Easyjet and Smartwings, it tends to give you pause as you stop to consider the possiblility that maybe these Barnum and Bailey names don't bode too well for your travel experience, but if you're anything like me, you follow your belief that bad things only happen to other people and you move on. Luckily for us, the flight from LA to London let us carry on everything (British Airways; a nice respectable name), and gave us hope that maybe the rest of the flights would be similar. Easyjet (From Paris to Rome) ... read more

Day 32, 2nd July. Prague - Kolīn - Pardubice - Sezemice At last! We are on the road again, I was going a little crazy staying in one place for so long. I said farewell to Klara and we headed off for our rendezvous at thr Russian Embassy. It was quick and easy to pick up our visas, they were all in order except Scott’s which was just a direct copy of his original one! The staff assured me that it could be extended once we were in Chelyabinsk*. So, we headed off into the centre of town, Scott picked up new pedals from Tesco cos his other ones he bought in Germany were already kaput! We ate pizza slices before setting off and Rowan took some photos of us in Wenceslas Square. Then we headed ... read more