Bohemia
Travel Blogs from Bohemia, Czech Republic
saving the whales...in the Czech Republic??
... 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 ...
Detour!
... .) 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 ...
Metamorphosis
... 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 ...
From Koftas to Kafka in an Absinthe Haze
... drink of choice at the turn of the last century for the intelligentsia, artists and well, Bohemians. Now in the capital of old Bohemia I took a glass of the green fairy as it was known to Toulouse-Lautrec, Wilde, Van Gogh and Prague's native son, Franz ...
Oh great - beer capital of the world?
... near future. 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 ...
Church of Bones
14.7.06 Kutna Hora CZ The pair of white swans swam up with their 3 cygnets in time to quack us goodbye. The drake was lucky enough to score a biscuit from our neighbour but the cygnets stayed in the river copying their mother who was teaching them to ...
off to the homeland...
... 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. ...
Camp Kotva
... staying OVERNIGHT in TENTS - to guard well all their belongings leaved inside. Thanks for Your comprehension." The boys had heard that Czech Republic made the best beer in the world, so couldn't wait to try it and they weren't disappointed. After the ...
Prague, Czech Republic
... 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 ...
Kutná Hora
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...
...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 ...
Cesky Krumlov
... 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 ...
Prague
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 Castle
... but insanely expensive marionette dolls. We also stopped to check out the statue of two guys pissing into a fountain in the shape of Czech Republic, called the Pissing Statue. We don't understand why it was made, it's just odd and the guys' hips even ...
Same old, same old
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...
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 ...
A Messy Night In Prague
As I sat on my train bound for nowhere this morning, staring out the window puffing on a smoke and listening to mixtures of music from Coldpaly, Missy and Pete to Air and Cannon in D I remember being amazed at life. Indeed initially I wished my life, ...
Where the Beer Flows Like Wine
... 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 ...
3 weeks to go and still going strong
So, here I am in the Czech Republic. Prague has been a lovely place visit, with only just under 3 weeks of travel left before heading through to the mother ship I have purposefully slowed the pace alittle. Soon enough I will have to rejoin society and ...
What I Have Learned (Episode IV)
... dessert is a coconut milk/corn flake casserole called Om Ali and it's surprisingly delicious. Part II * The most famous of all Czech desserts are the fruit dumplings served with a dollop of sour cream and whipped cream. It is a boiled piece of ...
Hah Praha...
Now that I have spent a night in Prague, I see why people need to wind down in Cesky Krumlov. Curtly and crudely put, Prague is a shitshow. I arrived and settled in around 8pm last night, and by 9pm I was drinking with my new ...
Golden City of 10,000 Spires
... 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 ...
Pretty Prague
With my pal Becky from home in the USA, we travel the 8 hours by train from Budapest to arrive in lovely Prague. While on this trip I am no longer hanging out in youth hostels but doubling up with my pal at the American Courtyard by Marriott - with a ...
Party Time in Prague.
... 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 ...
Exploring C.K. and rafting through the hills
The next morning on the 20th after a snooze we got up and there was this dead bug of somekind absolutely flat on my stomach which i must of squished in my sleep the night before! haha. We got up and went for a walk to get tickets for the English tour of ...
Praha - The Golden City
... the people, not solely for making money. Labatts and Molson please take note! I was a bit worried about eating in the Czech Republic. Not because of the language barrier and the possibility of ordering cow's eyes or something even worse but the guidebooks ...
