Vesta Railway Hostel Prague

... chocolate etc, but not too much crazy jazz... must do better next time Albert. We bought some beer for Dad and took it back to the hotel to chill out for a bit. Quite surprisingly it didn't actually rain at all, and we had dinner outside again in the main square - pizza this time, but it definitely wasn't impressive enough for a picture. After a couple of ...

... which table is in which place! Our table was in front the majority of the time and anytime someone overtook us we'd all skull and fill up so we were ahead again! We ended up winning, we drank just under 30 litres of beer in under 3 hours between 5 of us! And it was 10 litres more than any of the other tables in the room! YUSSS! When the bill came it was quite hilarious trying to figure out who owed what because the Czech Republic don't work on Euro's ...

... of St. Nicholas nd the church of the Infanta (home to a strange little Jesus doll that has over 400 lavishly bejeweled little outfits. People apparently love to take pictures of it. And finally, Mrs. Hayes and I got to do some shopping in the many, many Bohemian souvenir shops around the city. We ended our night with a delicious dinner at "Red, White, and Blues," a down-home Cajun-ish restaurant complete with live blues. The ...

... been polished to a shine by the multitude of tourists touching it over the centuries. Touching the image of the legend of the saint inscribed there ensures good luck and a return to Prague. We did just that!! And we have photographs to prove it!!!!!!!!!!! (In case we are refused a visa next time!) The Czech countryside receded into the darkness as the slow soviet-era like train arrived at ...

... you sit and talk etc), an internet cafe (!), a breakdance room and foozeball tables. I think that's everything. So we go there at 1230 after saying we would meet our friends (first Europe friends yay!) at 1130. We thought we would find them in there but we sort of underestimated the size of the place. We finally caught up with them at 0330 and they left soon after to get up early. We actually had a really good night just the two of us, mainly dancing in the 80's room. My ...

... traffic getting into Prague, after about an hour we manage to move a little and pick those people over at a suburban Prague station before at last arriving in the Central Station. I then ran to the meeting point next to the museum square, under the statue of a king on a horse 'the pony tail'. mm I wait, wait, but obviously I'm too late :S I didn't know at all how to communicate with her again and how to find an Internet cafe to do such. I finally go back to the station, use some ...

... my sorrows. And in the morning, drunk out of our heads, we all went to the British Embassy and the Police Station to report my stolen passport. A really fun trip - though I don't think the British Embassy were too impressed - which really helped me forget. Later that day, after a few hours sleep at the hostel, I woke to find that someone had taken my rucksack. It was nowhere to be seen and no one knew where it was. Aaaggggghhhhh!! Then, in the same day, I got locked in ...

... yet equally detailed and brilliantly constructed. It is difficult to believe that this city cradled a society at war not more than 15 years ago. Just amazing. I think we will return to Prague someday, and we'll alot for more than a day to really experience it. We were very glad we had hired George, he was worth it. By 7pm we were in the air again, headed for Dublin. Czech airlines has a nice fleet, and the crew of the older 737 treated us well - and even fed us dinner.

... church on Sunday. We made some strange purchases today: rubber sink stoppers, padlocks, and chains. Because most hotels don't have stoppers in the sinks (in Naples we lost the toothpaste cap down the drain) all the guidebooks recommend having a "universal" sink plug. Well, we couldn't get a universal one, so we got two that we think should fit most sinks. The chains and padlocks are for chaining our backpacks to the luggage rack in the train. Also highly recommended by the tour books.