It was only a two hour flight in a new Airbus 319 and putting our clock forward an hour and we were in Praha. The real trip starts now. (have set my laptop to local time so hopefully the posts will be chronological)
Our eldest (who has been traveling for a couple of months already) met us at the airport and had brought some dinner (rye bread with salami and cheese with a beer to wash it down) and had organised tickets for us to get to town (a bus halfway in and then about 4 stops on the metro). Up a very long escalator (keep to the right if you’re not climbing) and into the old city at Mustek station. Another reality! Everything is cobble stones, windy (like, all over the place), buildings 3-5 stories high, lots of different smells, beggars, tourists with maps and all a fair bit to cope with at 11pm after traveling for about 32 hours! We walked through the old town square on the way to the hostel and it was packed with people for the millennium clock to chime the hour. Lots of languages being spoken, tour guides spruiking to tight knitted groups and the ubiquitous digital cameras flashing for all their worth.
Checked into the Tyn hostel after a few minutes walk from the sqaure and paid our 4600Kc (thank goodness for ATMs) for three nights. Had a great hot shower and washed off a fair bit of travel grime before crashing...
Our eldest (who has been traveling for a couple of months already) met us at the airport and had brought some dinner (rye bread with salami and cheese with a beer to wash it down) and had organised tickets for us to get to town (a bus halfway in and then about 4 stops on the metro). Up a very long escalator (keep to the right if you’re not climbing) and into the old city at Mustek station. Another reality! Everything is cobble stones, windy (like, all over the place), buildings 3-5 stories high, lots of different smells, beggars, tourists with maps and all a fair bit to cope with at 11pm after traveling for about 32 hours! We walked through the old town square on the way to the hostel and it was packed with people for the millennium clock to chime the hour. Lots of languages being spoken, tour guides spruiking to tight knitted groups and the ubiquitous digital cameras flashing for all their worth.
Checked into the Tyn hostel after a few minutes walk from the sqaure and paid our 4600Kc (thank goodness for ATMs) for three nights. Had a great hot shower and washed off a fair bit of travel grime before crashing...
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Well done Vanders & thanks for letting us "travel" with you. Glad good old rueben came to the rescue with the phone incident at tulla.
Have a ripper trip and pass on our love to all "our rellies" in the homeland when you get there!!
regards, vander plum
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