Hotel Christie Prague

... I had bronchitis and no problems with my ear (had been worried after my diving attempt in Iceland), and that my hip is probably just the arthritis kicking in due to all the walking we have been doing.

After the doctor, just headed towards the main part of Old Town and stopped for a sausage and baguette. It wasn’t quite as good as the one we had yesterday. Wandered ...

... On the other side of the bridge we started up the hill towards the castle and, to be honest, left the tour. It started with about 50 people and by the time we left it was down to about 30. The guides jokes were dry (British guy) and he had no real command over his tour group. We returned to the castle later on our own. The main points of interest inside the castle walls were the palace gardens and the cathedral. The palace gardens ...

... had to use a camera flash to see where we were going.  It was a hugely sketchy place, and we realized that we were getting ripped off big time.   We packed our stuff up and went back to the hostel because we were either going to demand a different room or get our money back and leave.  We return to Emma Hostel where the night shift receptionist was working the desk.  Apparently, no one had told her about the "water damage" so she told us the truth which was ...

... We spent some time in the cathedral in the first courtyard of the castle, St. Vitus Cathedral, which had beautiful stained-glass windows everywhere. It was pretty impressive. We walked around the castle grounds a bit more, and ended the tour in the gardens. There is definitely some interesting history here in Prague, and we saw quite a bit on our six hour walking tour. After the tour group dispersed, we decided to check out the hot air balloon that had ...

... early again, checked out and took all our bags to the train stn lockers, then waited for a train to Kutna Hora...where there is this church that the whole interior is decorated with human bones....there were somany people dying that they didnt know what to do with their remains so the decorated a CHURCH with them......lol it was only finished in the 19201s!! amazing to see....kind of eeiry. then back to the city to Catch an over night sleeper train to krakow poland..............

... didn't think it was such a good idea. The rough start aside we heading to the Communism Museum next. I hated history in high school...HATED IT! But I had to admit that it was pretty interesting and the hard core American bashing was pretty funny too. It mostly covered the history of Czech communism but China also got a couple of props - woot, alright!! We then hiked our way up a gigantic, GIGANTIC hill to this famous library - the name escapes me ...

... town and navigated our way to our hotel - which was really nice. We had a bit of a rest and then hit the town. We found Prague to be a pretty place, but very crowded when we were there - not our favourite thing. That evening we wandered the streets, through the main square, up the town hall clock tower, and walked through heaps of shops, looking at fantastic glass creations. Come dinner time, we went into and out of a couple of ...

Day 8: - Met friends for breakfast in the morning - Andrew, Frank, Lo, Heather, Lindsay, Christine, Kara and I went to climb the clock tower and had some amazing views of the city, - We went to the bridge, saw some little bands, had pizza, bought posters - We went up to the ...

... reign. I should inject here that during this tour all of us were wearing out the shutter button on our camera. As every direction you looked was what looked like a postcard. Castles, spiers, churches all incredibly beatiful and individual. Next we headed across Charles bridge, and up to Prague Castle. According to our tour guide and The Guiness book of world records it is the largest castle in the world. The castle was beatiful, at least from the outside. We could ...

... as close as they can be fitted in. So old that the writing is often rubbed off, and only vague Hebrew imprints remain on the famous Bohemian granite. Covered with the little pink and yellow snails that make their homes here. On all gravestones reachable from the path, little pebbles have been placed by passing tourists.. I'm not sure of the purpose - a sign of memory or respect? Walking back to the hostel I followed a sign on impulse ...