Hotel Golf Praha Prague

... met some new friends from Greece. The xmas markets have started to come out and they had just opened one in the old town square, so we had our fill of mulled wine, market food (YUM!) and market desserts (more YUM!)

So remember how in Vienna I was talking about the universal male language of soccer, well, it got used again in Prague. In fact, I think Jason found his Greek counterpart. After meeting for like 5 mins, we were all ...

... wrapped in like a red silk cloth which I found morbid, yet fascinating. Also fascinating was this display which showed all of the marks or signatures of stone masons who had worked on the Cathedral which you could find on pillars and stones and stuff. I canŽt post any pictures at the moment because I need to buy a converter to charge my computer so I can transfer some of the pictures. IŽll hopefully get that done in a day or two.

... and have a little rest before heading out for dinner and La Traviata. After being very impressed with last night's restaurant, we found its sister restaurant, Celnice, not far from the opera building. Again it was a great and reasonably priced meal, and this time we shared a dessert - blueberry crumble and sour cream. Actually Darren turned up his nose at the whole dessert menu and Penny ordered it, and reluctantly agreed to the waiter's suggestion of two forks, then ...

... cafes, the warm evenings in the plazas, the festivals, the bountiful countryside.... all this in the company of 6 gazillion other tourists. We had heard about the high season in Europe, but gave it our typical dose of nonchalance. Wowee, there must be a LOT of other nonchalant people in the world. And what are the chances that we would all congregate in Prague at the same time?!!! Fortunately, Prague has several large plazas and pedestrian boulevards, and accomodates the ...

I still don't know how to say hi in Czech! Today we took a 3 hour tour of Prague. Half of it was on a minibus and the other half by foot. This city is incredible, and so different to the cities in Italy. The city is covered in a cold haze (5 degrees!) that only adds to the atmosphere. The city was formed from four different smaller towns that grew together and the tour guide had a very good ...

... a most welcomed effect on me. Later, after breakfast on the computer, I was looking at the web site, www.spolujizda.cz a ride share site here in Prague that matches riders and drivers traveling into and out of the Czech Republic. On this particular day there were over a dozen destinations with a particular one listed and leaving just two hours later. I went up to my room and threw together enough together for a three or four day trip ...

... spot or 1000-7000 CZ fine at the police station. Additionaly, several of the girls had no ID's or passports. They were taken off the tram esscorted back to the hostel. total damage 1500Cz($75) Buy the way I was seated about 4 seats away and not asked for my ticket. And yes, I do stamp my tickets, always. Today, I will be contacting Chuck a friend of mine to check with him to see if I will be heading to see him in northern Italy on the 3rd of July.

... who heather and jenn new drew. Drew pulls up at the bar and offers me and Adam a drinking contest. Yeah sure why not so Adam launches into rounds of 80% absinthes with wormwood, now i hear u say what is wormwood well i don't really know except that it is a hulicigen and Chzech Republic is the only place that still sells 80% absinthes and wormwood legally. Cut a long story short we got to 4 shots plus a free shot of i don't know what it ...

... not believe we were from Australia and had bought our own mobile home!! I kept paying Wayne out about looking French as years ago I used to tell him that he looked like a French slime bag when he didn't shave and had a moustache!! We spent ages talking with the neighbors and playing with their dogs (we miss Ruphus so much!!). Then we headed off to town to find the tourist information. We found out that we had actually arrived on the first day of a massive week of celebrations (what ...

... get an excellent tip. We go to the pivarsky dom. Eating gulasch and drinking beer. We recover. Recover from the first etap of a crazy travel. After eating we explore the city. We have a map. We walk everywhere. No aim. No goal. Just inhale the spirit of this place. We arrive at the Carls Bridge. Then we continue up the hill. We visit the castle, the church. It's such a wonderful place. Just a little bit cold. We ...