Hotel Evropa
Travel Blogs from Prague
Red rum! red rum! Here's Johnny!
So, here we are in Prague, having a blast. We rolled in without reservations and a tall man in a floppy leather hat handed us a brochure for Hotel Evropa. When our plans to go a particular hostel fell through, we directed the cabbie to the place on the brochure. Scenes from Mission Impossible were filmed there and the dining room either looks like …
Prague
Prague, Czech Republic I had always heard great things about Prague, especially from Brad King and Aaron Wood- my soon-to-be traveling companions- who visited and tore the city up a few years back. It was definitely a great place to visit. The architecture alone should merit on any visit to Europe, and for me as a Cold War kid, it was really …
Prague - The drama
I just find it bloody difficult to write a blog. I won’t stop thinking that and I won’t stop bothering you by repeating it.My week end looks already like it’s going to be a bloody nightmare!To start with yesterday in Prague as the result of a general strike all trains in and out of Prague were cancelled including ours. I had to …
Midget Hunting in Prague
The beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic. The UNESCO World Heritage-listed centre boasts a fairytale castle along with a profusion of golden spires, Gothic churches, and historic buildings contrasting with modern architecture from the post-Cold War era. There are hundreds of museums, concert halls, galleries and movie theatres, along with …
The Monkey Effect
... as the clock pulls out all the bells and whistles on the hour, every hour. So, we were waiting patiently for the show at 1150am, along with 50 other keen tourists. Right on midday, the skeleton danced and the 12 apostles appeared one at a time in a window. Then a real person bugler at the top of the tower finished it off with a short song. Having ticked that off on the to-do list we moved along to Wenceslas Square, which we had ...