Prague

The train ride from Vienna to Prague took around 4 hours and there wasn't a whole lot to see unlike other train rides we have dome before. Still it was nice and relaxing and again I managed to get some sleep... Am I ever awake on this trip?? It took us around an hour to walk to our hotel from the station which believe it or not was way easier that dealing with the locals and their transportaion system. Nath I know you moan about Adelaide and Girv you do about Sydney but try Pragues and I guarantee you won't say a bad word about them again.

Firstly their machines only take coins which isn't unsusual however we only had notes. So off to the first ticket winbdow where the woman (possibly the rudest information atendant I have ever met) said we couldn't get a ticket from her and told us to go away. Right, off to the next window and then another (all of which have the big 'Tickets' sign on them). Not to be out done each was ruder than the last so we thought stuff it we'lkl walk.

On arriving at the hotel we unpackegd and ventured out onto the streets firstly to fnd a place to eat and secondly to see what was around our area. Not a lot where we were staying but we were only a 20 minutre walk along the river to the Charles Bridge and the old town. We were lucky though to find a top shelf Japanese restaurant right next to our hotel. The bill came to 1290.00 which luckily is about $90.00 Australian. We spent the rest of the night inour rom watching CNN (the only English speaking channel and a Czech station which had the Olympics highlights from the day before.

Sunday

We were uo nice and early so it was time to see everything we could in one day. We managed to take in Parliament House.Gardens, Prague Castle (with the changing of the guard at 12:00), The Golden Gates, Charles Bridge, Wenceslas Square where a guy in 1969 set himself on fire in protest to the Communist regime... he was a smart cookie, The Astronomical Clock and a Jazz festival in the square where the clock was. I have to say a pretty successful day although by the end my feet were killing me. This is the first day I haven't wore thongs in about 3 weeks and I was paying the price for it.

Dinner again was close to the hotel at a little Italian cafe. Wouldn't recomend going there but it was convenient and cheap as. I thik we had a few drinks, entree, mains and Jane had a desert all for around $35.00. Add that to lunch where Jane managed to get a 3 course meal for $12 and you can see why people love coming here. The beer is cheaper than water, coke and anything non alcoholic. I guess that makes uop for the rudeness we experienced on the first day. They're lucky : )

Monday

As I sit here on the plane we have had a pretty easy morning. The taxi picked us up at 7:45 this morning and our flight wasn't till 10:50 so we've been hanging around the airport and now almost half way to Copenhagen. I think we'll spend today wandering around the city then catch a train to Sweeden tomorrow but only time will tell. Can't belive the is only 7 days left....

Ahoj!