Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 289

Prague is one of the most interesting architectually of the cities I have visited thus far. Between the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, and the Clock Tower in the Old Town Square, there are countless beautifully stuctured and colored buildlings. With each step, I could barely contain myself from snapping another picture. I finally got to get some good sight-seeing in on Saturday. For about 7 hours, I wandered the streets of Prague in search of the key sights from my Spy Map, which one of the nice ladies who runs the Boathouse Hostel gave me before I left. Each landmark on my map that interested me, I made sure to walk there. I didn't realize that these sights would be mobbed. Absolutely mobbed! I realize that Prague is a popular summer destination for tourists, but I ... read more

This is is gonna be a quick one, suspect that will have to go back at some time to fill it all out a little more for mysef, but sceduled washing of clothes is uup son and this is critical as am starting to get a little ripe I assure you! So I am  on the tour de force! I like to think of it as my heritage trail at the moment Started out Sunday evening in Vienna  13 of us crowded around the table, ad honestly my first reaction was 'oh my lord I don't think I am going to enjo this at all"!!!!!!!!! There are some big and I mean big personalities on this trip, but everone settle in, some people are well, not really my cup of tea, but on the whole everyone is pretty ... read more

Becca and I have arrived in Prague after traveling through Dresden and Frankfurt.  There is definatly a certain magic to the city... also a certain fakeness to it.  You get the feel that no-one actually lives in the city center..it's all tourists.  Despite this Prague is really easy to enjoy.  And the beer is so cheap in the czech republic..  I have never found a half liter of beer over a US dollar and this in in bars and restaraunts. The food is also plentlyful and cheap.  Just don't go see black light theature because it's horribly bad.  ... read more

So, having finished school at University College Utrecht(passed with flying colors by the way), it was time to head out into the world and see what their was to see. And where better for an American to begin his journey than Prague, home to more ridiculously drunken Americans and Brits than anywhere else in the world, outside of America and Britain of course. Here is how it went down(NOTE: I wrote these as emails while doing the traveling, so outside of the intro these are basically copied and pasted, with some ever so slight proofreading, mainly to protect the innocent who will be reading this and guilty who lived it. Proceed.) Our story begins on a beautiful Sunday morning in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I arise at 9:00 in the morning to prepare for the previously discussed ... read more

A short trip away with my sister has taken us to Prague. 12 hours train ride from Pecs, changing at Budapest. The city of Prague is truely beautiful. The central square, Old Town Square, is full of restaurants, and cafes, and surrounded by magnificently lit churches. These aren't the cheapest place to eat - most of the prices are double what you can pay a kilometer further away, but the square is the place to be as a tourist. Talking of tourists, I've not seen as greater concentration of tourists in one place since I was in London. The streets are heaving with tourists and the street vendors, cafes, pavement tables that go hand in hand with them. On the negative side, groups of drunken twenty something British guys wander the streets like packs of hyeanas, ... read more