Marriott Prague

Prague is lots of fun! We arrived on Friday night and have had lots and lots of beer! We've walked around quite a bit and have been eating in delicious restaurants. We wandered across Charles Bridge and looked at Prague Castle at night. We'll go back in the daytime to explore the castle.

I used an ATM where a scammer had placed a piece of hard brown plastic with a sticky back in front of the cash slot. The plastic looked like a part of the machine, so it was intended that you would as...

Today was another really fun relaxing day in Prague. We wandered through Wenceslas Square and around Old Town Prague. We also visited the Museum of Communism and saw some interesting artifacts and videos about communist control of Czechoslovakia.

We went to the Strahov Monastery where the monks brew beer. We enjoyed delicious beers at a couple of restaurants on the monastery grounds. After dinner and drinks, we took two trams down the hill and across the river -- it was a bit difficul...

Prague is the capital of Czech Republic, which is located in central Europe. It's a small city, that the visitor can easily walk through the whole old town and the castle in one day. There are plenty of buildings, monuments and churches to visit and get some idealic photos! Souvenir shops are all over the city and amazing cafes and hotels are waiting to make your stay unforgetable...

Ok, quick, quick update from the Bohemia Bagel internet cafe. We did the "planes, tranes, and automobiles" thing all day Thursday to get here. Train to Paris, put girls on the plane home, hopped a Lufthansa flight to Munich, ran to make a connection and ended up in Prague by 5ish in a rainstorm. Major results of the day, KC discovers that he likes turkey sandwiches (thanks Lufthansa!) and somehow falls in love with tomatoes as well. Friday we hit Prague Castle, Charles Bridge and Old Town, fi...

Prague at Thanksgiving

Well, here goes my first blog. We have titled it our great adventure as Kelly and I have set off our honeymoon journey to Eastern Europe. We left Sunday afternoon and it was beautiful that day. John and Gerry fed us and took us to the airport (thanks John!). We had no issues as we flew from Pittsburgh to Atlanta, except for the cold I could feel coming on. We will talk about this later... Anyway, we left for Prague at about 7:30 and arrived with no issues at about 11:00 AM local time . There ...

Arrived at Prague Holesovice station from Bratislava at 12.30pm and took the metro to Namestie Republiky station then walked to our hotel, Marriott Prague. After the hotel eventually found our reservation we were shown to our room by one of the porters who then lingered in our room in search of a tip. Even resorting to the fake coughing to alert us to the fact we may have forgotten something. He left empty handed. Settled into our room then walked down the street to a sandwich place for lunch...

Got up at 8.30am and had breakfast before walking to Namestie Republiky metro station to buy a 24 hour metro pass and catching a train to Malostranska station. Caught bus number 23 up the hill to Prague Castle. Walked down to the castle entrance past Cernin Palace>, the Loreta and the Archbishop's Palace. Arrived at the castle entrance just before the Changing of the Guard at noon before going on a tour of the castle visiting St.Vitus Cathedral with its excellent views over Prague, All Sai...

Got up at 7am and had breakfast before catching the metro to Staromestska station and walking to the Jewish Quarter. Toured the "open air museum" that was the Jewish Quarter visiting Pinkasova Synagogue and Old Jewish Cemetry before walking on to the Old-New Synagogue, Maisel Synagogue and Spanish synagogue. Caught the metro back to the hotel to get our day pack and have lunch at the nearby sandwich shop before walking to the main train station to catch the slow train to Karlstejn.

Arrived back in Prague at 5pm and dropped our bags off at the hotel then went out for dinner. Stopped off at the supermarket for some supplies on our way back to the hotel.