Apartments Ericsson Palace Prague

Its been almost two weeks since we started this trip and yet I feel we have seen and done so much already.

Within 30 minutes of arriving in France we stopped at Carrefour and stocked up on cheese, meat, bread and beer. Before we knew it we was driving in a wonderful countryside of Belgium on our way to Brussels. "Yes" the so called boring Brussels but we were pleasantly surprised how enjoyable it was to be around the centre ...

... opulent tombs of the kings... we detoured a little to go to one of the absinthe shops in the Castle Quarter...it was more for the sake of curiosity than anything else...I first tried absinthe last year in London, and although I can't say that I am crazy about it - I still like it well enough...It has only recently become legal in the United States even though in Europe it's been legal for quite some time...in Czech ...

... so his feat could not be repeated. But he got his revenge later, when it needed to be fixed he "broke" it and it was unable to be repaired for many years. At the Town Hall there were lots of Wedding Cars, many weddings that day, we were told they prefer to marry here, and there are a lot of divorces, few church weddings. In the photo of the bride, she has to walk to the ceremony quite a distance, the man behind carrying her train. Other sites ...

A flaw in our oh-so-wonderful GPS... it only has limited maps for some eastern countries, like the Czech Republic. So, trusting our guide, we followed its directions. Well, we reached our destination, but through winding back roads. Apparently it does not have the freeway loaded yet. Oh well... we got the scenic route. Our first stop (and my priority stop) was Kutna Hora, to see the Bone Church. This church was THE PLACE to ...

... moved towards the river a bit right into the old Jewish sector of the city. Here lay the oldest synagogue in Europe. When the Nazis came through Czechoslovakia they left this synagogue standing because they were actually going to make it into a museum for an 'extinct race.' It's amazing to think that Hitler really thought he was going to be able to do such a thing. Outside of the synagogue we saw relics from other synagogues across Europe ...

... closed most of the time. That was her stance for most of the concert. It was made worse by her accent. You really cannot get away with singing I Don't Know How to Love Him from Superstar in a Czech accent. It was awful. There was no passion because she was just singing words that I am sure she did not understand. Her voice was adequate but would not have passed the preliminaries on the X Factor. Then it was time for Martin to take the stage. He must have gone to the same ...

... uploading photos, but i still dont have that option :( The weather here was SCORCHING.. around about 30c and i probably reek right now. ive been trudging around all day in my long sleeve tshirt and backpack, unsuspecting the heatwave. Also so the monument today where two students burned themselves to unsuccessfully protest against certain government attitudes back in the sixties, as well as a walk through Wincelesas Square. The day also included a fantastic river cruise throughout ...

Another gorgeous city. Again, i didnt know much about the city, so had no idea what to expect, and once again, i had a brilliant time there. Firstly, the czech crown converts really well, so i was rich for three days, always a bonus! We ate out in style (!) for about seven quid on the first night - i am talking three course meal, two glasses of wine and a shot of god knows what to start... mmmmm!! OUr hostel was in a part of town i like to call the ghetto, but was nice in itself, with ...

... journey with a trip to Turkey and Greece, because after only a few weeks, and many cities and towns with castles, you almost become blase about them. You have to remind yourself that indeed this monster of a building has been here for over 600 years, and indeed the older buildings in your hometown were constructed some time last century (five and a half years ago). But after a while you almost feel as if you are taking happy snaps of just another castle as if you've seen them ...

... is pretty flooded. On the train ride tpo Cesky Krumlov, we saw a town that was about 2 feet under water, just completely washed out. And in Cesky Kromlov, lots of the houses near the river had sandbags by their doors. Even the river here in Prague has gone up a few feet. Yarrow has decided to return to the US, and she leaves today. That came as quite a shock, and Lisay and I are both sad to see her go. But we ...