Czech Republic Travel Blogs

saving the whales...in the Czech Republic??
Nov 29, 2007 (15 photos)

... to stay on task since Dec 4 is right around the corner.   I've now met Greenpeace activists in Hungary and in the Czech Republic and I think they're doing some really good and important work....makes me want to see what we're up to in the states ...

Pedaling To Prague
Apr 29, 2004 (7 photos)

... /arboriteum. In the little bar by the castle, I discover from the barmaid that the Ice Hockey championships are on in Czech Republic. She is very enthusiastic and produces a programme which I peruse over a couple of pints. Apparently this place is very ...

Detour!
Sep 28, 2005 (21 photos)

... Their currency is the kronun, and CZK 20 equals one Canadian dollar. We did find it to be somewhat cheaper here in the Czech Republic than in the Netherlands or Germany, particularly the beer! (Our hotel room was also cheaper than in Berlin - $60 CDN ...

missing Zuzka
Aug 3, 2008 (79 photos)

POLSKI: W nocy dojechalismy do miejscowosci Hely (?) i tam nocowalismy na pobliskiej lace. Rano przeszlismy chyba najdluzszy odcinek do jak tej pory z plecakami, na autostrade - ze 4 km. Stamtad zabral nas... ksiadz - Polak, na stale mieszkajacy w ...

Prague
Jan 10, 2004 (83 photos)

... . The first night, I went to the Estates Theater for a performance of Mozart's Magic Flute. It's an opera performed in Czech with German subtitles. I've never appreciated a libretto more. It was fun to watch the ballet corps alternate with the opera ...

Party Time in Prague.
May 4, 2004 (17 photos)

... cycling, why I do it etc, the kind of questions I should probably asked myself!! Then we both ended up chatting to a retired Czech electrician who looked a bit like "Grandad". aAt one point he talked for 10 minutes about the use of the articles, a, the ...

Metamorphosis
Apr 20, 2005 (10 photos)

... asked "are you going to have one or two pieces of medovnik today?" What the hell was that about, I pondered? I responded in Czech hesitatingly unsure of her intentions and then smiling said, "Yes, perfect -two slices, please". She's mocking me isn't she? ...

From Koftas to Kafka in an Absinthe Haze
Apr 17, 2005 (22 photos)

... my reservation. I was disenchanted. It was just as she said it would be. The Slavic sun was warming the medieval Czech capital and setting ablaze in the reflection of the Vltava the pink and yellow blossoms along its riverbanks. It was Saturday morning ...

GIVE ME AN EGG, PAINTED
Apr 13, 2007 (1 photos)

Life is good! as I've been back to living in the Czech Republic for three weeks now.  In our small town (Rýmarov) of 10,000, you can walk everywhere - to the three-story-tall high schools, to the quiet dark "borovice" (pine) woods, to a friend´s ...

Oh great - beer capital of the world?
Jul 11, 2006 (41 photos)

... . And so to the Top 5. Well, a new country, a new music top 5 right? Um... no. See, although technically the Czech Republic is a different country to Germany, I thought I should recognise it as a new member of the EU and consider, for the purposes of ...

Prague, Czech Republic
Aug 1, 2003 (15 photos)

... go back for a longer trip to see more details as well as some of the 5 recently designated UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Czech Republic. Before we had left Amsterdam, many people told us how beautiful it is - and we agree. If you ever get the chance ...

Pickpocket, couteaux et autres horreurs...
Jul 11, 2007

Oui oui Prague a un cote sombre... Rassurez-vous je n'ai ete ni victime ni temoin d'horreurs quelconques (such a good karma!). 3 danois, moi et un Georges Bush sommes sortis hier soir. Les danois sont alles au guichet et se sont fait menacer avec un ...

HAPPY PEOPLE
Mar 11, 2008 (4 photos)

... dollars. That was enough, though, thanks to good luck hitchhiking, to get me through mystical, eastern Slovakia and into the Czech Republic.  It was February 1st when I arrived in small-town Rymarov.  This year, in the hazy, sunny hills ...

SLOW DANCING
Mar 29, 2007 (1 photos)

... me, but it went well; I camped in my tent before reaching Italy´s Alps, then made it through Austria the next day to the Czech Republic, where there were places I could sleep.  The next day, I was back in small-town Rymarov, a European home for me, ...

off to the homeland...
Nov 15, 2007 (13 photos)

... on the traveler.  With the right money, I could've gone to the bathroom in Slovakia.  But Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, and Slovakia all use different money...and none of them are particularly into accepting that of their neighbor.  & ...

"Every Picture Tells A Story"
May 30, 2007 (12 photos)

... areas of inner Prague today, starting in the Old Town Square at the Astrological Clock built in 1490. Our guide was a young Czech girl with a strong accent - enthusiastic, but unable to tell us how to interpret the clock which told the time for a number ...

BRATRI ORFFOVE, IN CONCERT
May 27, 2007 (8 photos)

... I would've told her how great she is, because people can always use confidence. The next day, I was in the Czech Republic's second-biggest city for my first Bratri Orffove concert. The band's eight-minute, lullabying first song began slowly ... ...

Kutná Hora
Dec 21, 2005 (18 photos)

In the morning we wake. Up. We pack our things. We want to go explore the outside. There is a church made out of bones. So they say. I never heard about this. But I'm eager to see it. A bone-made church. Baidi had read about it somewhere online. Chinese ...

It was about time...
Jun 4, 2006 (21 photos)

...that I finally made it to Prague. One of the classic beauties of Europe, a city everyone now seems to have visited. I am here for work, a so-called Global Summit where I get the opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world. Many of them good ...

Where the Beer Flows Like Wine
Jul 31, 2006 (52 photos)

... beer there was not only delicious, but cheaper than bottled water. The legends, I'm glad to report are true. The Czech Republic is clearly a country with its priorities straight. I had been genuinely excited about reaching Prague. Everybody who's ever ...

Parlons argent
Jul 15, 2007

Hola amigos! Etant brule au 4ieme degre par le soleil je me suis enferme tel un hermite pour faire le point sur mon budget. Ce pourrait etre interessant pour ceux et celles qui voudraient faire un voyage semblable. Sans plus tarder voici les chiffres ...

Pilsener, castles and crappy campgrounds...
Jun 17, 2007 (29 photos)

... of the new highways. (S) My thought for the day: It would seem German border guards are a tad more dilligent than their Czech counterparts. Of course, I had just a "couple more things" I wanted to see in Berlin - like more Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, ...

HAPPY PEOPLE? THE SEQUEL.
Jul 9, 2008 (2 photos)

... to buy ENORMOUS motor vehicles, which are ugly and wasteful. So, I flew to Europe this late June. I returned to Rymarov, Czech Republic, a small town with a daily fruit market and very few corporations, where I believe the people are happy.  My best ...

Yay! I made it!
Aug 28, 2008 (9 photos)

The third UNESCO city of this trip: Cesky Krumlov.

Same old, same old
Aug 29, 2008 (12 photos)

Many of the cities I am traveling to are about 3-5 hours apart, so they are not far enough to take an overnight train/bus but far enough to eat up my daily sightseeing time. Therefore strategizing the timing of the transfer is crucial in maximizing my ...

the last stopover...
Aug 4, 2008 (188 photos)

  POLSKI: Szukanie taniego hostelu zajelo nam wiecznosc, a dokladniej - cale przedpoludnie. Przeszlam ze 4km po to, zeby dowiedziec sie w kilku hostelach, ze nie maja juz miejsc. W koncu zatrzymalismy sie w hostelu ...

Cesky Krumlov
Aug 5, 2006 (11 photos)

... supposed to be heading on to Amsterdam for a few days before making my way to London to meet Nick on the 11th, but have decided to stay put in the Czech republic instead and spend more time in Cesky Krumlov, and then head to Olomouc in the east of Czech

J'aime Prague!
Jul 10, 2007 (4 photos)

Je suis toujours a Prague. J'ai fait une visite organisee hier et je connais maintenant 12 milliards de choses sur cette magnifique ville. J'ai visite le chateau de Prague dont la cathedrale est assez impressionante! Je me demande toujours ou ils ...

Prague
Aug 2, 2006 (14 photos)

Prague well and truly lived up to expectations, even despite the hoards of tourists and the overcast weather. I haven't seen many palaces before, so the palace was a highlight, looming over the city from a hill accross the river. To get there you have to ...

Prague, Czech Republic
Mar 27, 2006 (10 photos)

... us to the best meal I had so far on this trip - crispy duck with red cabbage and potato dumplings, a traditional meal for Czech people. The Pilsner beer in Prague rivals the best German Heffeweisen, and since George was driving, I enjoyed a litre or so. ...