Iris Congress Hotel Prague

... quite nontraditional. His web site (http://www.davidcerny.cz/) is quite a laugh and has lots of photos of the work we didn&#8217;t get to see (or, nobody got to see&#8230;many projects were scrapped due to the controversy they may have caused). See my photos for more great &#268;erny sculptures and stories. <br><br>The John Lennon Wall, one of the last things we saw in Prague, is nothing special&#8212;certainly not worth your time if it is precious&#8212;but is neat in that graffiti ...

... the tram there was easy enough, but it took 3 tries to get on the right one to get back to my hostel! I've just been taking it easy otherwise. It's weird to not have people talking to me constantly now. The only people who have approached me on the street seemed to have mistaken me for a local! Tomorrow I'm going to try to get up early to beat the rush of people to the Charles bridge. And now back to thinking about my future! Still feeling down, hope I can snap out of it...

... qui m'attend en bas. Tsé, pourquoi résister inutilement... A mon retour à la chambre, mon ami Allemand (qui, en passant, étudie pour devenir prêtre... mais en attendant que ses cours reprennent en octobre, il est sur le party à Dresden) est réveillé, je lui jase un peu avant de partir, la première véritable fois depuis que nous sommes arrivés. Des fois je me demande si je profite vraiment pleinement des occasions qui me sont présentées de rencontrer du monde, d'habitude l ...

... was raining so we just went to a bar and picked his brains about how the city works, and what to do and not to do. We went home quite early Friday and went to bed. This whole time I have been trying to get a cell phone and finally got one yesterday morning. It is about 75 cents a minuet to call, and free to receive calls (but the caller has to pay and I don't know how much that is). That is ...

... to be confronted with St Vitus Cathedral. This is an awe inspiring sight, even to a heathen like me. We lined up to get inside, which meant waiting in the rain for about 15 minutes. Eventually we got in and walked around the various chapels and statues, paintings etc. We noted the tomb of 'Good' King Wenceslas and resisted the urge to break into song. After this we bought a 'short tour' ticket that gave us entry to the palace, St George's Basilica and Golden Street. The palace is ...

... torture equipment on display. It was slightly disturbing, but definitely memorable. From here we walked through the gardens and then left the castle and walked toward the Charles Bridge. Along the way we stopped for a true Czech dinner, which was really good, and again, CHEAP! I think our meals each came to about 8 Euros (with beer), which is easily half of what we had paid in most other countries. It's nice to finally ...

Well, the flight wasn't very long, the bus into the city wasn't very long, and it only took about twelve seconds on the subway for my wallet to get stolen right out of my back pocket. One guy barged through toward the door actin like he was just getting ready for the next stop, and one of the many, many people near me just reached right in through the velcro and poof it was gone ...

... about wanting to smoke (but not while we were eating) so they went upstairs for their drinks and dinner. Oh well! After, we walked around looking for a club (girls wanted to dance so who was I to refuse?). Pretty lame - bad music and venue. Prague is not known for clubbing. I think Naoual had a little interest in me ... until she saw my lame "white man" dance moves. Jonathan was just as bad so that was good for me. Off to bed ...

So here I am in the Czech Republic. Let me give you a break down of a little Czech culture. Basically 1,000 Czech Koruny (Ka-roo-nee) is roughly 40 American dollars. A decent sided meal ranges from 100 to 250 Koruny. So that works itself out roughly at about 4 to 8 American dollars for a meal you walk away from feeling full. I guess when you think about it and consider the history of the Czech Republic and it's break from ...

... 14th century(recently in prague time) a rogue sort of fellow got his arm caughtin a statue of the virgin mary while trying to steal some jewels from the church. The virgin mary proceeded to rip his arm off to teach him a lesson. Whether or not you believe that I can vouch for the fact that a 600 year old arm is hanging from the wall from this particular church...a very creepy site. In fact most of the sculptures and artwork in this city deal with similar themes. As soon as I ...