Hotel Continental Brno

I'm actually typing this between Prague and Brno, but I will change buses a Brno, and head towards Vienna from there...<br><br>I love internet on buses, but this one isn't that great, and cuts out pretty often...<br>I'll bein Vienna around 3:30pm this afternoon<br><br>word.<br>

The queue for tickets snaked out of the door. We seemed to be behind a German biker gang, all keen to see the caves too. The cable car down to the entrance drops precipitously. It is far scarier than the one in Zakopane, because it is so steep. <br><br>We had to wait for the tour to start. I bought Mel a green adventurine elephant for his collection. I also worked out why Eartha has started ...

... built in the Dutch style with a rotating top so the sails can always face the wind. <br><br>The old guy serving was friendly and gave me a photostat of information about the windmill, which I was encouraged to read out loud to the children. This I duly did and they sat through it uncomplainingly. On the back was a story marked "Humour" which I can only assume is a true story or some local legend. It had clearly been translated by someone not all that good at English, and I ...

Frankly, Johnny and I could not wait to leave the Czech Republic; we had nothing but problems in this country and the people were unhelpful and unfriendly for the most part. On our last day in Brno we decided to go sightseeing and managed to see all the major sights within a few hours. Probably the most interesting place we went to was the Capuchin Monk Monastery, where there are many dead preserved bodies of monks on ...

Well, I'm packed. I spent most of the day in my room, relishing the view and what's been my home for the last 4 months. I'll check out in the morning, head to Prague, and await my parents on saturday. People have been falling like dominoes around here the last 2 days. It seems every conversation I have will be my last with that person. New York. New Orleans. Colorado. Georgia. Slovenia. Germany. France. England. Australia. North Carolina. Nebraska ...

... Paris. Matt and I have to be in Munich by that friday, so we're probably going to train through France, stop in Switzerland for a day or two, then move on to Munich. It will be about a 3 week trek. Matt's parents will be with us for the last 2 days in Paris, and his dad will be in Munich (which is why we're going).

... up for his own enjoyment. Either way, it was bad news. Well, while I'm talking about class, I might as well say that the initial feeling of being overwhelmed has remained strong, and actually given way to a sad acceptance of defeat. Not a complete defeat-I know my Czech is stronger than before, but I just kind of hoped to be better than I am. But at least now I have a lot more resources and a better understanding of how the language is constructed so I can study ...

... den". So anyway she escorted me down the stairs, back past the construction men and pointed at a open door leading outside to a grassy field. Apparently it should have been obvious after walking inside and paying that you had to go back outside and around the building and through the trees before you got to the pool. Whatever. Here are a few random observations at the pool: they have diving platforms but the water is only 6 feet deep, people change on the side ...

After my brief and only occasionally life threatening visit to the mountains, I decided there wasn't much else in the country that would appeal to me at this time of year (not actually having a death wish, despite how it seems), so I spent a long and boring day travelling to Brno, just across the border into the Czech Republic. Brno - for those of you unable to roll their r's, it sounds a bit like brr (as in, it's so cold!) -no. Or, failing that, Bruno ...

As i had waved Christine goodbye at 5:00 in the morning, I slept through most of the bus trip to Prague. In between I talked to Nelleke, who was studying in Prague for a while already. In Prague it turned out I had to change busses, well actually, it seemed more like a downgrade from good ol' big Eurolines bus to narrow lil' Eurolines mini-bus. But no complaints... There was 1 girl going the same direction, so we started talking. Which didn't end all the ...