Barcelo Praha Hotel Prague

... very yum). The meal was completed with a couple of drinks, for a whopping total of 600 Krownes (only $40 Aussie bucks, and we had entree!!!!). If only we could eat this well back home for that sort of money!

Incidentally, both of us were unaccustomed to being surrounded by smokers during our meal, you can smoke anywhere in Czech and it made things interesting... We must say, we did miss the smoke free eating environment of Aus, even if it is a little more uptight.

Anywho ...

... is photobucket.com/j_sax87 Finally; Tuesday afternoon. Gary (the Canadian guy who now possesses my old jeans).. Hmmm, on a side note, I currently feel like the offspring of Carmen San Diego and Where's Wally. Carmen San Diego... becaused, well I'm changing cities every few days. And I'm pretty sure Interpol are after me for robbing that bank in Paris.. And Where's Wally because I've started lightening my load. Intentionally of course, they were jeans I hardly wear at home, let ...

... done lots of touristy stuff really, not a fan on tourists, there are too many of them in Prague, especially in the centre. Been here for about a week, and so far its probably all of our favourite city, just really nice, and our hostel is on the side of a hill, so we are only a short uphill tram ride to the lookout. We met a good bloke from England by the name of Matt, who became part of our troupe for a few days. On Saturday night we had to go to ...

... t know much else. From start to finish I was amazed by the beauty and athletic ability of these horses. Their intelligence is displayed in every gracefully executed move they make. The harmony between the rider and the horse is also something very special. The riders, starting at age 15, train and ride a horse their entire working life and the bond between the human and animal is obvious from the moment they step on to the perfectly groomed sawdust ...

... I would be happy. I ended up with a lamb, beef and pork meatballs in a mushroom and zuchinni sauce with suateed vegies and some traditional dumplings( which I usually hate but not these ones) my meal was absolutely delicious, I couldnt stop raving! I really hit it off with his barmaid whose name was Lucyn, a beautiful czech girl( I have photos so you can judge for yourselves ) but to me she is everything that I imagined a pretty czech girl to look like and act like, she ...

... dumplings, Andrew had his soup in bread bowl thing, and Penny tried the goulash, so we ate like peasants but felt like kings afterwards and were able to face the tourist trap of Charles Bridge and Old Town Square. As usual, it was crowded, but Prague is so glorious at night that it really doesn't matter. I'll leave the photos to speak for themselves (but ok, we probably do need a tripod, these ones are tricky to ...

... off at the little open air market in the courtyard outside the building to gather some fresh vegetables. Then I headed to a butcher shop just around the corner where I did fairly well by just pointing at sausages that looked good to me. Next door there was a wine shop where I procured a bottle of local red at a decent price. And so I spent the night grazing on my sundries and reading. It was a surprisingly nice change of pace. Besides, I had to be up early the next ...

Prague is sort of like HK Island but with much less cars. In addition, its got an excellent subway and tram system. The ticket system is quite unique. U buy a ticket and it is valid for tram, subway, or bus... for a certain amount of time. I walked from my hostel to the city center and generally explored it... and it only took 2 hours. The ...

... rääkis ka, et hetkel ei olegi võimalik saarele minna, kuna seal valitseb ravimatu epideemia. Selliseid tegelasi kohates alles mõistab kui vähe me tegelikult teame sellest, mis mujal maailmas toimub. Kokkuvõtvalt oli see üks väga mõnusalt aktiivne ent lõõgastav nädalavahetus. Kel plaan Prahat külastada, siis ärge rahakotti maha unustage ning maksimaalselt kultuurist osa saamiseks tuleb ilmselt kulutada rohkem aega kui kolm päeva, sest tegemist on mekaga!

... And we hadn't yet gone on a great hike through the woods and seen an old paper mill on the edge of the pretty stream. But we did do all those things, and then before we knew it we boarded another train that took us all the way to Dresden, in Eastern Germany. We love the train. It is the best way to travel. For the first half of the journey we had a room all to ourselves and were singing and joking away. It was fabulous. As was Dresden. It exceeded our expectations by leaps and ...