Hostel AZ Prague

... intact, as the Soviets had not used it following the finish of the war. In some ways it was even more difficult walking through this camp, as we were shown the actual living quarters of both the political prisoners, who were treated "significantly" better than the Jewish inmates, ie the political prisoners had bunks to sleep on and toilets, whereas they crammed as many Jews as they could into a very small empty cell, without any bunks or toilet facilities. Hence why typhoid and other ...

... Hostel), it's not directly in the center so the surrounding area is less touristy and cheaper. All in all, Prague is not the dirt cheap destination we had hoped for but the prices are resonable and the beer and food are both good. For the rest of the day, we'll be regaining our equilibrium and preparing to travel south to Cesky Krumlov tomorrow, where we'll stay for a few days before embarking towards Slovakia.

... popular pubs and ended the evening off in Prague's top dance club. We also met a great couple (who were not actually a couple), Megan and Bobby who are both in the US Navy, based in Germany and visited Prague on a short vacation. During our walk home we all passed a little tent that was set up in protest against US nuclear or radar sites in Czech Rep and when I asked for details the chap manning the tent was rambling on and making no scenes but ...

... we went back to her house where she cooked me breakfast which was really nice, and were about to go to bed when Norm rang and reminded that NRL grandfinal was starting in 30 minutes! He is a staunch manly supporter( hence naming his bar after Fatty Vaughtan)I had promised him the night before that I would be there to also support them as there was a huge number of bloody victorians left over from the AFL grandfinal! As you all know manly were flogged so straight after the ...

... cream for desert. This goulash was a little more up-market with carrot, beetroot and onion shredded on the side of the plate and an unidentified round meaty type thing that was sitting with the dumplings. It tasted good so we ate up. Trent again had a half litre of beer, and along with my juice the total was under 500kc (around 20 Euro), so seeing that was all we spent today we were well under budget, and full!!! We then headed down to the ...

During the month of September I enrolled in a Teaching English as a Foreign Language course. I thought it would be a good way to travel around and teach English. I like teaching. There were some cool people in the course and some not so cool. Most of the people where British or American. I was the lone Canadian. The course was ...

... lunch on another river island in the middle of town. On the first Monday of each month, the state museums are free, so we headed up to the National Museum, which was predictably, if unfortunately, closed by the time we arrived. It was very hot, so we headed home for a cooling ale and a power nap, then headed back into town for dinner... at a restaurant!!! Happy days! We ate at a place called Bar Lavka situated just below Charles Bridge. The food was adequate ...

... et jõudsime enne teda kohale ja saime jälgida ööelu. Inimesed sebisid ringi, kes peole, kes koju. Mõni pidas vajalikuks veeretada keset teed rehvi. The usual stuff. Ööbisime Sirle juures, kus väidetavalt elas veel kaks inimest, aga oma ihusilmaga neid ei õnnestunud näha. Korter nägi välja suhteliselt venepärane: lakitud sektsioonkapid, kääksuvad uksed (selle järgi oli öösel kuulda, et Sirle ei elanud kujuteldavate kaaslastega!) ja põrandal laias ...

... a beer and hot wine - needless to say we were often in pubs and very seldom cold. We then caught the bus from possibly the most dodgy bus station in Prague (florenc) to Cesky Krumlov - a beautiful little town about 40 km from the Austrian border. Cesky Krumlov looks exactly like the little town out of the movie chocolat. We visited the castle complete with real live bears in the moat, we went for alot of walks and discovered the most excellent hot wine i had tasted thus far (and ...