Blogs from Europe - page 14114

I entered the Czech Republic from Poland. I don’t know what it is, but my Canadian passport freaked out the border guards. They had to take it into the main office and confer with their colleagues. I guess they don’t get many Canadians. Fortunately, I haven’t had any troubles. After a few moments, the passport gets stamped and I’m on my way. Unfortunately, I haven’t been as successful in my money management. I have currencies from five different countries in my wallet. I never seem to spend it all before I’m into another country. It reminds me of the days before the Euro. The Carpathian Mountains are but mere foothills by the time they reach the Czech Republic. They still make for some wonderful motorcycling roads, though. The Czech roads are the best I’ve encountered in ... read more

June 5th, 6th, and a little bit of 7th, 2005 I had a 48 hour day today, it was nuts! Left Regina at 2:30, arrived in Calgary by 3:40, W-A-I-T-E-D … Then Anne came at 6:40 and we hopped on the plane and took off at around 7:40. We got to London early by about 45 minutes, so the flight took a little over 6 and a half hours. There was very little “night,” as we chased the sun right across the earth, but it was really neat seeing Ireland and England from the sky! We then took a bus from London Heathrow to London Gatwick and w-a-i-t-ed (the flight was one and a half hours late!) … We then flew into Venice and landed at 10:22 pm. When we walked out of the airport, it ... read more

Miss Streger goes to Europe! Here is the plan: June 8th at around midnight I leave from PDX to JFK in New York. Since I have an eight hour layover I'm planning to visit Manhattan and see the Empire State building, New York City Library, and such. Then I get on a Czech plane to Budapest. June 10th I will arrive in Budapest in the morning. June 13th I fly to Prague and meet up with my best friend Bethany. We met when we were roommates for a year (2001) in Brno, Czech Republic. June 16th Bethany and I head back "home" to Brno. June 25th Our friend Jana is getting married. June 29th I start the long trip back to Oregon. ... read more

Well reality, excitement and fear are slowly kicking in as I have accepted a offer on my house. I am in fear of starting too many plans in earnest as they could always pull out so I hope to exchange contracts and set a date so I still have a base to conduct all the admin I need to do to get going. My biggest outlay will be the course fees and I don't want to pay them If the house does not sell as it is non refundable. I have visa's to sort out kit to buy to travel with shed loads of things to sell here or move into storage somewhere don't know where yet though? Well I am gonna crack on with working earn some more money and wait for this rollercoaster to ... read more

Can you believe these pictures are all taken inside the Prague city limits? Is there any other city where I am within half a mile of a major street and yet feel as if I am standing in the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia? There may be another city with such a vista, but if there is I do not know where it is. Though there is a major street within half a mile of this spot the only sounds heard are the sounds of nature. The Sarka Valley can be seen snaking its way between the two mountains. It was up this valley that the 53rd Russian Tank Division used to hide from the Germans when they liberated Prague. The German plan was to destroy Prague as they retreated from the city. Fortunately the Russians ... read more