Prague and Cesky Krumlov

Trip Start Feb 01, 2005
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Trip End Dec 31, 2008


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Saturday, August 6, 2005

We took an overnight train with hard seats (not sleeper!) from Krakow in Poland to Praque in the Czech Republic. What an amazing uncomfortable but unforgettable night! We hardly slept at all with many officials boarding and checking tickets and passports combined with very cramped conditions. We arrived in the morning to a magic, beautiful and mystical city. The city centre is a smorgasbord of stunning architecture of all different types. The patron saint of Czech Republic is Good King Wenceslas of the Christmas carol fame. Czech Republic has just joined the EU and the dark times of the Iron Curtain are behind them. However it is still cheap for travellers to live.

After a few days in Prague we went to a small country town called Cesky Krumlov which has a fairytale castle, medieval townscape and remains much like it did in the 18th century. Our hostel was very basic and in another life it had been a leprosarium! We were in an 8 bed dormitory which meant we didn't get much sleep but we made lots of friends. We even met up with a girl whose sister lives in Dongara. There were mainly Australians at our hostel and on the 2nd night we had a wood BBQ and enjoyed the feeling of being a little bit like home. The Barbi was not actually planned, we had asked about lighting the fire (it was very cold) so we could drink outside but were told the wood was only for BBQ's. So Avan and another guy raced down to the supermarket as it was closing to get some cheap snags and couple more bottles of red.
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