Hostel

If you've ever seen the movie Hostel you saw a little bit of what we witnessed today. And no I'm not talking about the gory stuff.. a scene from that movie was actually filmed in Cesky Krumlov, a beautiful small town three hours by bus south of Prague. That's where we are now.

We really like it here.. still a little touristy but not close to the amount of people as in Prague. Had a fantastic lunch.. garlic soup and Bohemian feast. Visited the castle trying to avoid a gaggle of camera happy tourists.I Then walked around the old town. Tried to book a bus to Vienna for tomorrow, buy they were all full! So we adjusted our plans again and are staying here one more night.

Struck out twice trying to go to dinner.. all full; no space for us :( So we went back to our lunch spot and had some more yummy garlic soup. Sitting in our hostel drinking wine we bought in Kutna Hora and writing blogs.

-- Post From Gerhard

4 Become 3, and 5 Become 4

Corm has gone back home to Ireland and so we're back to being just the three stooges. We also decided to change our plans and drop the fifth country, Italy, in favor of staying longer in the Czech Republic. Caught a few more Z's after Corm left, then got our butts in gear and took a bus to Kutna Hora, an hour east of Prague. Finally got there just before 14:00 (that's 2pm for the folks back at home). Ambled around the old town for a while.. pretty cool! Then headed to the main attraction the "Bone Church"!! Something you don't see all the time.. a church decorated with the bones of 40,000 people. Spooky? Actually it was very cool.. sorry, you'll have to wait a bit for us to get to an Internet cafe to post pics.. trust me, it will be worth the wait :) After Kutna, we took a train back to Prague, dropped off some stuff and headed for a final nice dinner. Char almost starved to death because we got lost taking the tram but she was very happy after her garlic soup. Since we were still sick and had an early morning, we headed back for some shut eye. Prague is really bad with people smoking everywhere. It is hard to tolerate smoke in your face while out dining. Guess we are spoiled with California laws but we easily lost years of our lives with just the second hand smoke........geesh!

-- Post From G & Rob

Farewell to the Corm :(

Saying goodbye to our good friend the “Mad Dog” Cormac (a very sad moment but we’ll see that guy again I’m sure).....Good times buddy.

Day 2 in Praha - The Castle!

Because Corm had to sleep, we waited an hour for him and he never showed...but we eventually found him. Thanks Corm.

Rob pondering in his thoughts as he enjoys being on Charles Bridge

Prague Castle

Side of the Cathedral

Inside the Cathedral....Astonishing!

The 3 Stooges....

Some weird wall sculptor

Prague at night

Goofballs....

Happy Birthday Adina!

-- Post From My iPhone

It's your Birthday!

A special birthday greeting from Prague..Happy birthday brother Nene.





-- Post From My iPhone

Beautiful Prague......

Gorgeous day. Hope you enjoy the pics! Even though we are sick, we still had another awesome day in Praha.

This was the Old Town Square - The oldest and most important square in historic Prague, dating from before the 12th century, it was originally a market place where merchants from all over Europe gathered. The square has witnessed many events of historical importance including the execution of 27 Bohemian squires in 1621 and the installation of the new city council in 1784 after the five districts of Prague were united. It was also the epicenter of the Prague Uprising in May 1945. The Hus Monument (1915) stands in the square..

The Prague Astronomical Clock

Clock with Tyn Cathedral in the back

Charles Bridge - Crosses the Vltava River built in 1357. During the night Charles Bridge is a quiet place. But during the day it changes its face into a very busy place, with painters, owners of kiosks and other traders alongside numerous tourists crossing the bridge.

Street performer video - press play!
Charles Bridge & Castle - The Corm finally got up and met us!

Char happy after a snack for lunch

The Hard Rock CafeMarionettesCemetery in the Jewish District

The bar was closed...will come back tomorrowA cellular tower that has babies crawling all over it......very strange!The best dinner so far with some delicious Czech food

Somebody was hungry!

Gerhard meditating after a long day....

Cormac entertaining the crowd in the music room at Sir Toby's