Praha, Czech Republic Travel Blogs

Praha
Dec 20, 2005 (18 photos)

Arrival in Prague. We feel the freedom. We feel the difference. The world is not so shiny anymore. Not so much color. Just old things. Old trains. Old signs. Old benches. Old train station. Somehow lovely. The sun is not shining. Rain is about to fall. ...

Prague...rough halfway point of the tour
Apr 11, 2005 (4 photos)

Used up an Austrian phonecard we had before we crossed the border into Czech. Was good to hear my mummabears voice, even though it was only briefly. Prague it is then, and the rough halfway point of the tour. It took us an amazingly long 6 days...although ...

nite nite, sleep tight....
Apr 29, 2007 (18 photos)

... in Paris, as well as a giant metronome sculpture that doesnt work... but I think that might be more of a memorial thing for the Czech composers instead (Chopin, Dvorak) but the jurys still out on that one. To its credit, it has a cool castle up on a ...

Prague
Jun 22, 2007 (1 photos)

Praha was beautiful. We had tons of free time in Prague and it was great. I do have to say that on the first day I got separated from my tour and was left wandering around Prague on my own. I know, good job...chalk one up to me but it was actually a really ...

Snowy Capital!
Jan 24, 2007

January 24 It's another slightly snowy day, that's lovely! I missed snow so much! So later on today I will be meeting with Daniela (hc: dadla) in Prague. Its great as we have been exchanging emails but never met so far, so I'm quite looking forward to ...

But wait... that's not all!
Oct 2, 2006 (5 photos)

... feel the city and hear its sigh. Enjoy while you can, in some hours it will be dead again, trampled by the tourist herds... Praha is overcrowded and is overhyped, but in the end it still is the most beautiful city I have ever seen. Getting ready to fly ...

Czechy Us Out!
Jul 30, 2007

Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back later!

...To Czech Pont Charley
Jul 29, 2005

So we got off the train in Prague, and were immediately struck by the language/currency barrier. The ATM only gave cash in huge bills (2000 crowns, or whatever the currency is here), and the ticket machines took coins. Buying Fanta at a local shop didn't ...

Prague and Beyond
Jul 6, 2005

... Simen in Norway, we left on the night of the fifth on a twenty-four hour journey to the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic. After passing through towns such as Berlin, and making friends with some Germans, we finally made it to the city on the ...

Praha
Jan 6, 2006 (23 photos)

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Paris of the East
Oct 4, 2006 (14 photos)

... that stuff from St. Louis) was excellent.   After lunch we ambled over to the famed Charles Bridge, another landmark of Praha. I'm not sure about it's engineering pedigree, but I do know it's one of the most artistic bridges around. It is lined on ...

Predcestovni potize
Jul 14, 2006

Co se muze pokazit se pokazi, zejo. A hlavne ze jsme o tom vcera s Frantou mluvili. Franta povida "to se mi stalo, ze mi normalne z baglu vypadla to zelezna podpera." Ja na to "me se jako prorezala ven, ale nevypadla". Franta "ty mas bagl Doldy ne? No tak ...

fun wif night trains
Mar 4, 2006 (7 photos)

We left on a night train from krackow to praha. The night train thing was something that takes a bit of getting used to.. at least on some of these eastern european trains. \we got on earlz enough to get our own box... but unfortunatelz ě more ...

Trip to Czech Republic
Aug 27, 1999

Participation to the World Goldpanning Championship. Learned to goldpan the same day. I did quite bad...

Another touristy day
Sep 12, 2009

... Damn you, Lonely Planet! You said that there were tonnes English speaking people in this place! Not that I can complain, I am in the Czech Republic, not the English republic! That pretty much sums up my day in Prague. Sunday should be interesting, I have ...

Wow... exhausted
Sep 10, 2009

Well i flew into Prague yesterday... I was going to write my daily blog but I got to the hotel and was like hmmm i will just put my head down for a nap, then ill go out. Checked in, got into bed and bam... was out until 4 oclock the next morning... Dammit ...

You are nothing without Slovakia.
Jul 2, 2009 (34 photos)

... than Prague, too, and felt much less overrun by tourists. I regret that the only time we were able to spend in the Czech Republic was in Prague (besides the one day in Kutná Hora)—the same could be said for Hungary (Budapest) and Poland (Kraków). The ...

Czech Republic
Jul 14, 2005

wonderful old prague

A trio in eastern Europe - 1
Sep 23, 2004 (12 photos)

Set off with Ronan and Nico for a little tour in Eastern Europe. We rented a car (a smart !) for the 3 of us, and that proved to be a nice option, for the freedom it granted us.

Praha
Jul 24, 2006 (8 photos)

... of Telc. Frankly, I found it much more enjoyable to drive about the countryside stopping that places that caught your eye rather than pacing about Praha--and there are no speed limits in the Czech Republic's motorways (at least none that I could see).

letiste
Feb 24, 2009

Prestup v Miami probihal docela dramaticky. Dle letenky jsem mela 3,5hod Pristali jsem sice drive, ale nase misto na letisti bylo zabrano polamanym letadlem. Chvili trvalo nez nam nasli nove misto. Pak sme cekali, az se dostavi obsluha a necha nas ...

Back to Praha
Jul 29, 2006 (7 photos)

... as I felt overall that the prices were similar to Wien even though Austria has double the per capita GDP of Czech! Which just proves that Praha was overrun with tourists. Our last night, Navin and I hopped about the bars and clubs looking for Praha's ...

Czech
Jun 28, 1998

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Praha
Sep 13, 2003

Landed in Praha

zoologika zahrada v praze
Apr 6, 2008 (5 photos)

last easter, i had friends from leicester, u.k came to spend their easter holiday in beautiful and classical city of prague. they were very excited to see the whole prague themselves. the first place they are going were the must go in prague which were ...

Praha...
Jul 11, 2009

Wow. I don´t even know where to begin. Prague was the most beautiful city I´ve ever been. I can´t describe the feeling walking through those narrow streets looking at enormous, elaborately decorated buildings. The first evening we just played lacrosse in the ...

Praha
Aug 20, 2005

Praha

Catching Up
May 20, 2006 (4 photos)

... drugs to do their thing. I'll get this to the net when possible and when I do, the baby will be here! Cheers, Barker Praha May 20, 2006 Anika Michelle came into this world @ 21:15 last night. A healthy, 3.0 kilo's (6.6lbs). Michelle is fine but a tad ...

Late arrival in Prague
Jun 8, 2006

... All the time, trying to figure out where our hotel was with only the rough directions given us by the hotel over the phone and asking a Czech man with a violin on the bus, where "this street" was. FINALLY MADE IT! What a day! More later. We'll post a ...

prace
May 2, 2007

Jak mnozi vite, praskla sem do toho taky a nastoupila do pracovniho pomeru. Mohu Vas ujistit se salodlouhymi cestopisy Vas jiz bavit-obtezovat (zalezi na uhlu pohledu) nebudu. Spis tu budou nejake ty drobnustky, zazitky a zajimave vecicky.