Primavera Hotel & Congress Centre Plzen

... of old time beer making equipment, and beer bottling equipment and capping. We also got a small coin which was used in payment in olden times. Workers with this coin were entitled to a beer. We turned in our coins to get a nice beer. As we were running behind, our guide asked if it was ok for us to eat here as well. We each got a nice bread bowl full of goulash soup and then a plate of bread ...

Today we went to the Pilsner Urquell brewery in Plzen. Pilsner, the type of beer, originated here, where Pilsner Urquell was brewed from local crops and local mineral water. The tour was awesome. We saw the traditional brew kettles and the modern ones, as well as a very modern new packaging plant. We also tasted some unpastuerized beer directly from fermenting barrels.<br>

... nipped in the bud. Czech is a whole different ball game. Like cricket. It sorta resembles something familiar, but you soon realize everything is differnt. Differnt field, different rules, different variations on familiar things. Even the liquid refreshment is different ...rather than breaking the action for tea, they break for beer here. And sadly, I have NEVER figured out cricket. Perhaps the beer will do the trick and I will eventually remember how to say hello without my crib notes.

Arrived in Karlstejn on the "City Elephant" train at 1.20pm and walked 2km to the Karlstejn Castle. Went on the 2.30pm English tour of the castle which took about an hour. No photography allowed inside the castle. Took in the views over the town before walking back to the train station and catching the train back to Prague.

So where were we, beer that's right. The Czechs drink more of it per head than anyone else. The have it morning, noon and night. They say it has more minerals than water. It's their excuse anyway. I can report it does't give you much of a hangover so I guess they put a lot less chemicals in it than normal. I'm about to do a brewery tour so I'll let you know. Back to Prague which I still haven't covered yet. We met our Intrepid tour group at the appointed ...

Hello again, I'm in some sort of postcard paradise! Everywhere I look is stunningly beautiful. It is blowing me away every mintute. This trip is a winner! I've just got back from a mountainbike ride through forests of copper, gold and red. It was inspiring and uplifting to be out in the middle of nowhere enjoying views to die for. The weather is following me and Clare ...

Well, here i am on 13th October...a few days until I approach the 6 month mark on living in Prague! So 6 months on...how do i feel? The answer is tired!! Work is taking its toll. I started full time for Caledonian school on 3rd September. I now have about 22 teaching hours a week which range from kids, business english, adults to exam prep classes. I am really enjoying the job thogh, its a fun job and very rewarding. I have some great students ...

... kids walk through 2 at a time and we scare the **** out of them. Unfortunately its pitch black and i didn't have a torch, on the 2nd one i was finding a place to hide and did a mjor home alone style slip on my **** and had to do the rest of the game covered in mud. So camp brought many laughs in the staff rooms eveyr night. We sang, we danced..generally made tits of ourselves on numerous occasions infront of 115 people. My lessons werent as serious as they are in ...

... en una pelicula de vaqueros, se abren las puertas y todo el mundo nos queda mirando, hasta la barwoman, de verdad que en este pueblito no tienen que hacer, sino no me explico tanta atencion(supongo que ya les quedo claro que eramos los unicos turistas en el pueblito). Al dia siguiente tratamos de ir al cine para matar el tiempo, pero al llegar ahi solo habian 4 personas, y habia 1 pelicula al dia, segun el dia era la pelicula que proyectaban, le preguntamos a ...

In DelzWorld (DelzIndia) you will find the product of a month spent in India, July into August 2006. Though most people might think that travelling in high summer in this vast sub-continent would be just a little insane, it is monsoon time and a very special period in India. The land has been scorched and parched for five months since the end of a short winter, When the rains come, people's moods suddenly change from a state of depression and ...