Grand Hotel Spa Marienbad Karlovy Vary

we finally arrive, after twisting jules arm relentlessly, but too late for the bus, cannot wait for two more hours, so we jump in a taxi only to find we have booked ourselves into the gulag, no i mean it. we are staying in prisoner cell block F. we think of crying, but dont want to show fear to the locals.<br><br>we do manage to find a ...

... the whole hotel is empty! We get room 16 on the 3rd floor. We go up to see it and when we open the door it smells of smoke, so we go back down to ask for a non-smoking room. We are now on the 1st floor in a non-smoking room. It is huge. All the furniture looks hand-crafted.<br><br>We notice the man has several large ...

... There is a normal pool here (he shows us on the map) and a pool here with only 30% water from the springs, the rest is normal water. We tell them about our Lake Manitou and the young chap googles the spa and reads about the water and sees in black and white that their town is noted as a place having the same water properties. They think there is a mistake and it should be in Budapest, Hungary where the waters to float in are ...

... 5.30am. Not having had much sleep on the 11 hour flight it was a bit of a struggle to function like a normal human! But Munich was fantastic, a great combination of old and modern...everyone gets around on their bikes around the city which is pretty cool. Jarrad has spent a fair bit of time in Munich so was great to be there with someone who knew all the places to go. Felt obliged to induldge as the locals do so we went to a great gourmet market and had beer ...

We took a day trip to this beautiful crystal and spa town. It is noted for its water. People come from all over. It is suppose to help ailments of all kinds. There are several places in town that sell ceramic vases to use to drink from the fountains throughout the city. We strolled around for several ...

... where we marvelled at the gorgeous mouth-blown and hand made creations and finally realized the beauty and value of the glasses we had received from Mirek's parents. Despite the high cost, we treated ourselves to a set of glasses like the one's they had gotten us years before and will use and enjoy them even more now. Mirek's extremely generous and sweet Aunt, Uncle and cousin also bought us some so we are looking forward to drinking in style from now on ...

... Boheminan Crystal and Czech porcelian as well as Moser Czech glass. Karlovy Vary is the town that I grew up in as a young boy (even though I always say I grew up in Penticton). I'm somewhat familiar with the area but it has been great having Teta Kvyeta as a tour guide. She is a dedicated history buff and also worked for her whole working life in a glass and porcelian store so she is also very familiar with the history of these ...

... is famous for its rodeln track. Of course I had to try it once as well. Fun, but not fast enough for me. The next day was my first and only 'I don't like this cycling' day...Every hill seemed like the Mount Everest and I felt all grumpy and annoyed. So when I cycled through a forest and saw this lovely lake I decided to stop and camp, even though it was only 14.00 o'clock. That day no more cycling, but taking an afternoon nap, reading ...

... calling card from my room it is a lot for 'phone set up'. I can watch CNN and fortunately it has been interesting with gear up and now the results to the US mid term election. Also never any shortage of bombing it appears in Israel and Palestine. Lots of interesting looking Czech and German programs one is an American Idol type which includes the same music lead in as the US American Idol which I found interesting. There also is Family Court. Not too ...

... After remaining in the water the rose becomes hard and it looks as if it is made of iron.<br>And get one of those small pots they sell in the souvenir shops and try taste the water!<br>The pots are designed in such way that it is as if you drink out of a straw.<br><br>I would definitely like to visit this place again and probably spend ...