Ibis Praha Wenceslas Square Prague

... keep meeting really interesting people from all over the world. Have a great circle of friends now; and over the last week I really appreciated the friends that I have &#8211; people have been helping me move, remove, offering me a place to stay, offering storage for my boxes, listening to me whinge over coffee/beer and generally keeping my spirits high!<br><br>I ...

... got louder and louder. Next thing you know, hundreds of auto workers from at least 3 countries (Czech Republic, Croatia and Bulgaria) streamed by on their way to a mass demonstration in the square outside the Castle entrance. We managed to get around the protesters to get into the Castle, and I was a bit amused to see some of them touring the Castle and gardens a bit later that afternoon.<br><br>The Castle complex was mobbed. The line to get into St. Vitus's ...

... A remarkable place consisting of a cloister, the church of the Lord's Birth, a Holy Hut and clock tower with a world famous chime that has been situated in Prague Hradèany for more than 300 years. www.loreta.cz, Loretanske nam. 100, Praha 1 Powder Tower A monumental entrance to the Old Town built by Matej Rejsek in the gothic style in 1475. Once it served as a gunpowder depot. In the late 19th century it was rebuilt by ...

... most of the things we came to Prague to see. We arrived at the clock tower to find our tour and there was a wedding procession. We watched the wedding and the clock chime then headed over to catch our tour. On the first part of the tour we took a cable car up to Prague Castle. The castle was very ornately decorated and was the largest I've seen yet. We where allowed inside one of the cathedrals within the castle, St. Vitus Cathedral. The entrance to the cathedral is a mosaic ...

... anyway. Before the show it had stopped raining, and the show ended at 9PM, so we headed back to Old Town to catch the 10PM ghost tour. We had received free tickets with our Ultimate Walking Tour (the six hour tour we took yesterday) and this tour is worth $10 so we thought we better make use of the tickets, especially since the weather was now cooperating. First we waited for 10PM to strike on the Astronomical Clock, which was right by the tour meeting point. The bells ...

... is art everywhere and just about everything seems to be made to be pleasing to the eye and to fill up the space with beauty. Prague is pretty expensive so it was nice that we ate at the hotel buffet for most meals, which was really good, it was even better than our hotel's buffet in Berlin. September 16 I went on a tour of two more churches today with Dr. Burke, the dean of GIF. We went to the first eastern orthodox church in the Czech republic ...

... it and not have to carry it around anymore. It was pretty good. Tara and I then went out to scope out the night scene...turns out there isn't one. There is all of 1 bar that is open past 10 o'clock so we just hung out there for a bit but made it back in time before 12 (we are such party animals I know) Anyways, sorry this update couldnt be more exciting. We'll see what Munich has to offer tomorrow.

... and got on the metro. It's hard to describe, but the communist vibe is still very present in Prague, and I felt it strongly on the subway. However, even while I was soaking in that atmosphere, there was the younger generation which had never lived under communist rule. Indeed, there was one teenage girl wearing jeans that said "Look Me" across the ass. That says capitalism to me. While we're on the subject, allow me a moment of sexism. I wanted to come to Prague for three main ...

... staying in our hostel (he was full-on insane, but what a helluva character - he spent time one night explaining how his photographic memory destroyed his marriage but he has remained friends and lovers with his ex wife) assured us we could swim in the river, Wikipedia disagreed, so we decided against swimming. Also, the river was brown and kinda icky looking. So we paddleboated along (after having rented from the cheapest place - about $4 Canadian for an hour) and stopped for a ...

... walking up in circles forever. It didn't have to much room in there, with little ventalation, so you can imagine what it smelled like! :o\ We arrived up the top, and from this you could see the entire of Prague and its a really good looking city i must say with nearly every building consisting of a red roof. But time to head back down the stairs! I'd love to chuck a ball down there when its empty and time how long it would take to reach the bottom ...