Hostel Prokopka
Travel Blogs from Prague
Stunning city, even the 2nd time around!
... old & new town, spending time in it's many gorgeous squares and strolling across the amazing St Charles bridge taking in breath taking views of Prague Castle.
We found a great family run authentic Italian restaurant at the end of the bridge and had dinner there courtesy of Kristy and Cindy's Dad (Thank you vey much Bruce) and enjoyed a nice glass of red before wandering back ot our hostel for face masks and an early night. We ...
PRAGUE - Older & Better Preserved Than Me!
... old cities in Europe especially unique because it had experienced minimal damage during WWII.
We never did stay a second night in Prague - but Henry did say, that had we arrived in Prague early on in our trip - not after we had already seen so many old cities - he would have enjoyed it more, as it was nice to see an original old city and not another reconstructed after heavy war damage.
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A look at Eastern Europe.....
... and I congratulated a few of the couples. They seemed to appreciate that.
After that I made my way back to the Hotel via a different route, and found myself in the same area where I had visited the ATM earlier in the day. It was an easy walk back to the Hotel. I wasn’t able to get the Internet working, so I’ll have to ask the Hotel staff about that in the morning. I’m finding that I DO miss the TV, even if I can’t understand ...
"Czeching" out of Barcelona and off to Prague!
... use Crowns and it is hard to make the mental switch from Euros to Crowns, considering a bottle of water is 14 crowns. Good thing for us, a dollar is roughly 17.5 Crowns and so things are a bit cheaper here than they would be if I was still in Barcelona. It was still a wake-up call to see the cheapest thing on the menu was 92 crowns (which is what I got because I was scared!)
It was an early night for Natalie and me- we were both exhausted from the ...
Travel Break: Oct.26-Oct.28
... We watched Wedding Crashers twice while we waited for our taxi to come at 2AM. He finally got there and we all piled in and headed to Auschwitz. I sat in the middle in front with the driver. It was a crazy ride. He went 160km/hr the whoooole way there! That's 100mph! It was the craziest car ride ever. We even made it to Auschwitz an hour earlier than we were supposed to! We got there at 7AM instead of 8AM, thats including a pit stop.
Onto Poland! The final part of the trip!
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