OnTrails

PRAGUE
This is a bit af a test; Ian can't log into the Blog with our PDA despite
finally getting onto a wifi internet connection here at this Prague
campsite. So Ian is trying the email blog upload fearure for the first
time. So, still no new photos for you. Yet.

I'm writing this while Ian and I are enjoying our last night in Prague,
sitting at a restaurant in the beautiful Old Town Square at sunset,
surrounded by lovely baroque buildings, watching life go by. Today is our
final day in Prague, I guess we could stay our whole 5 months in one
country to be able to see it properly, but we are just having a sneak
preview of the the countries of Europe that we are visiting.

Prague is a beautiful work in progress, meaning that unlike the old East
Germany they haven’t had the same financial funding to get their whole
city up to scratch yet. The main tourist areas are great and they seem to
be busy working their way out from the city centre, repairing and
re-painting buildings. Another 10 years and they will have made huge
changes, hopefully all for the good of the city and it's residents. We
were lucky we didn't have any really bad experiences (like pick-pockets),
only attempted overcharging in some restaurants.

We have found that all through mainland Europe (unlike the UK & Ireland
which are expensive), the price for food and eating out has been very
similar to Australia if not cheaper, beer and wine have been cheaper (so
far). Even food at supermarkets is similar priced or cheaper. This has
surprised us. So far we are under budget. So far.

One annoying thing is the price of water in restaurants in mainland
Europe! You can't get a free glass of tap water, you have to buy flat or
sparkling mineral water at exorbitant prices ie. €5.80 for a 750ml bottle,
€2.80 for 2OOml. Ian & I refill our 5OOml bottles all day from taps.

It's been a really warm, sunny day today; tomorrow we are heading to near
Cesky Krumlov in southern Czech Republic for a couple of days of R&R. We
haven't really had a rest since we began all those weeks ago, and we are
finding we are becoming a bit jaded - can't have that! We have read about
a nice lake in the south of the country with lots of camp grounds, which
sounds perfect before we head on to Vienna.

# posted by OnTrails : 4:56 am