Hotel Central Karlovy Vary

... pan and cook our first dinner this week, so not all bad.<br><br>in karlovy vary we buy the teeniest tiniest cup and try some water from every fountain. some taste like blood and we wonder if we have reached dracula country early. oh well, at least we will probably live a few extra years according to the, ah hem, medical advice.<br>

Back in Canada in the Province of Saskatchewan there is Lake Manitou. The water in this lake has lots of minerals, similar to the Dead Sea properties. You float in it. We have been to the Manitou Spa several times and enjoyed the uniqueness of free floating. At the spa they advertise there are only three places of water in the world with the same properties, one being Manitou, the Dead Sea and the waters at Karlovy Vary, Czech ...

... sausages for lunch. Was half cut - half a litre of beer with jetlagg...interesting combination.<br><br>Flew from Prague on the dodgiest little plane, Jarrad was pulling sticky tape off the cabin and announcing outloud that we might not make it alive. Hmmmmm they also made the mistake of asking him to complete the customer survey...<br><br>Went out on the bikes yesterday to explore town. Amazing - bus loads of tourists arrive here daily. Photos don't do it justice.

... then enjoyed a lunch of duck,dumplings and sweet and sour cabbage. I swear Greece and Czech Republic have the best food in the world. I am going to miss it. We will return tomorrow to Amsterdam to connect with our flight home. We are hoping to make the Anne Frank museum if the lines are not too long.

Wow! What a gorgeous town this is! The accomodations and hostess have been amazing and there are so many neat things to see and do here. We have spent our time visiting family and friends and at each we have been enjoying reminiscing about Mirek's family's time living here and looking at old photos which has been so interesting! One of our excusions was to a look-out above the town and took a cable car to get there, the veiws were beautiful especially of the ...

Well folks, sorry we have not had a more recent update upon our return from Croatia (we're thankful that the flight was a safe one, the take off was rough., we took off in a windstorm and weren't sure wether we would lift off or be blown off the runway). Upon our return we spent several days hanging out with the various relatives in Prague. We made another visit to Wenceslas Square and tried to visit Jaromir Jagr's bar on the square ...

... London I flew to Stockholm and met up with Pauly, Katie, Kate and Marcus at the bus station. It was awesome seeing them again after such a long time. We soon found out floating hostel for the night and over the next few days we hit the sights and ended up with nine people from Aus cruising the streets. After Stockholm a few of us flew to Copenhagen for ...

As we, well me and my boyfriend actually, would stay in this country for 5 days and that's way too much time just for Prague, we decided to look around for a bit. We thought Karlovy Vary and Kutna Hora deserved a visit. So, after discussing with our friends, we all headed for Karlovy Vary together and left Kutna Hora for another day. Karlovy Vary is a little over 2 hours by bus (low cost - great service) but looking back, I'm not sure it was all worth it. You see, it's one of ...

... bones of some 4000 people and made chandeliers and other decorations out of the bones. Evidently he had his young children help him out with the sorting. I really really couldn't get out of there fast enough. This ossuary is absolutely creepy. The rest of Kutna Hora was sleepy and half-closed because evidently most things are closed on Mondays, but I did get to see their museum of Alchemy where ...

This day trip to Karlovy Vary is a must.<br><br>It is such a beautiful city famous for its hot springs. Nice beautiful houses, and the river running through the city makes the place a paradise.<br><br>Don't forget to buy (a rose).....it is about a real flower rose which is left for quite a time in the hot springs and the result is amazing ...