Hostel Downtown Prague

The directions to our pension were hilariously wrong. It didn't seem hilarious at the time, as it was hot and we had our bags with us, but the "ten minutes from the train station" was really (even if we hadn&#8217;t gotten turned around) at least twenty-five. <br><br>We visited the Museum of Communism our first day here. It very nicely focused on Czechoslovakia, making my Eastern Europe Communism tour pretty much complete. The video in the museum on the Velvet Revolution (their revolt ...

... A big weekend was planned from back when we were in Australia in April. We spent a day hiking at this fantastic national park just over the border and north west of Prague, with big cathedral spires of rocks and the remainder of forts build in the Middle Ages, and then contacted Vicky to find out where in Czech she was with her parents. By chance, she was less than an hour away in her parents family ...

... fire-breathing dragon from a traditional glass-blower - very cool! After it got too cold for me to stand out there any longer I took a bus and train and bus to find a house that had been recomended for the ministry. Unfortunatly the directions were not entirely clear so I never found the house itself but the area was not suitable for the ministry anyhow so its alright. It was, all in all, a very long day!

... effects were cool and I liked the music too. One day we did the Ultimate Tour that took us for a four hour walk around the Jewish quarters, the palace, the beautiful main squared and Wenceslas Square. With our ticket price we also got a boat ride along the Vlatva River, lunch, and a ticket for the evening ghost tour. The cathedral in the royal palace ...

... espresso. Not as bad. Maybe the Algerian coffee is better :) I will taste that tomorrow! Wandered through the streets of Old Town Prague today... majestic, midevil beauty everywhere. It's all so picturesque. We took so many pictures today... and, of course, I forgot to bring the camera to the internet with me this time. I will try to upload the picture here soon! The architecture is so finely details, each building and square weaving in and out of of each ...

... Now that we'd sorted out this problem, we wandered around the train station to get some money and underground tickets. In our wanderings, we noted the internet cafe that was also a sex shop; the prolific posters of a 12 year old girl smoking a cigarette; and the casino. Interesting. 4. The hostel Before I start, I should mention here that last time I was in Prague, Mum and I had some difficulty finding the hostel I'd booked online, and ended up moving to ...

... out of it. disrespectful or not, it was totally worth seeing. (and you can see it too, as soon as i can put the pictures up). now for something completely different, i'd like to share with you an exchange i had last night... i'm sweaty after going for a run around Prague at sunset (beautiful) and i'm walking to the shower in my boardshorts, towel in hand when i pass a group of Dutch kids about 18 years old, who are all ready to go ...

... of the last 15 years. They arey very happy to have moved on from communism but have a certain nostalgia for the pre-advertising days that I can understand. Also, there seems to be a feeling amongst the locals that tourists like their city too much and don't see the darker side of it. Wars, purges all the time, good stuff like that. I got a book on the history of prague as cafe reading and to arm myself against further outbursts of history ...