Residence Vita Prague

... went out to a small restaurant just down the road from the hostel and had dinner. I had chicken pasta with 2 beer and it cost me 180 koruna which is equivalant to $11 canadian dollars. This was extremely cheap and it was very good food. After dinner we headed back to the Hostel and went downstairs to the bar which was called Johnny Drama's. This bar was small but very cool. A beer was 20 koruna which is just over a $1CAD ...

June9thKirchdorfin Tirol, Austria to Prague. We stop for two hours at Mauthousen concentration camp. From the outside it looks like a prison, big stone walls with barbed wire around the top.Inside we watch a very graphic and moving video about the concentration camp, afterwards everyone is very quiet and not a alot is said. We continue stopping to look at the gas and cremation chambers. Very ...

... Elizabeth, they do a mean bagelwich there), we headed back across the bridge to the old town.  Prague has a ton of museums and galleries to check out.  We decided to head to one that was a little more unique.  We managed to find the Museum of Communism ironically behind a McDonalds and next to a seedy casino... fitting.  It was actually quite amazing.  It has an incredibly comprehensive chronological history of Communism in Czechoslovakia.  It was extremely ...

... ve had to deal with in the US. Drew, Ashley, and I headed back to the hostel around 1:45am, not sure what time the rest came in. Its now about 8:45am here, so I am going to grab breakfast and head off to see some art at the National Gallery. p.s. Since Drew has been spending a lot more time with Andrew during the day, he has far better "Boyink" stories, so he will be writing those up when he gets back to the US on Sunday, and I will get them posted on here.

... we had no visit from the easter bunny - no chocolate eggs - but we had a great day. We just took it easy since we were pretty tired and walked up to the castle and walked around the grounds. We wanted to check out the incredible cathedral etc but it was so crowded and the queue was ridicously long so we decided to just enjoy our time walking around admiring the architecture instead of being frustrated stuck in crowded queues. It snowed lightly but didn't last for ...

... for us, it turned out to be super close to our hostel. Back to the train station though, we were in a little bit of shock. Moreso me than Cammy.. she said shes seen places like this before in Europe. Anyway, this place was so dirty... the transportation system was super confusing. It was so frustrating becuase NO ONE spoke english. As we wandered through the crowded station, we spotted a guy (about 20 or so) standing by a ticket machine. He had a one liter beer in hand and ...

Another day of wandering around Prague, seeing where the whim took us. We ended up at the Old Town Square, a massive expanse of cobblestones surrounded by impressive buildings, including cathedrals and clock towers. The Orloj Clock is here, and was created in the 15th century (or thereabouts), and displays the time, day, lunar cycle and the zodiac sign. So complex is it that it's kind of hard to actually tell what time it is. The ...

... people involved are autonomous agents, interacting. In post-communist Czech republic, on the other hand, you have to go to the main hospital, to the special foreigners section, where they will tell you where to go and what to do. No autonomy, but organised, efficient equanimity. In the UK, with capitalist ideology running a nationalised service, there´s no autonomy and no organisation, but at least its expensive. In the afternoon I went to see the castle and ...

... as archaic paging tones reminiscent of the old Eastern Bloc era filtered through overhead speakers around the terminal. About to walk outside and find the accomodation myself, i heard to unmistakable voice of a Canadian calling my name, brandishing a sign that read 'We are looking for a crazy Australian that we lost in Spain. Have you seen.....Cam Hassard'. It seemed that they waited for me in the one exit that i didn't walk through. Apparently, as Pam and Phil ...

... just off the famous Charles Bridge. It is an awesome location...right in the center of Mala Strana and is surrounded by beautiful buildings and streets. Sometimes in class I hear church bells ringing. It's so European and just great. The food is pretty good but I find it easier to find Mexican, Italian, or Chinese then Czech food which is kind of ridiculous. Beer here is really delicious and really cheap ...