Prague is great.

I mentioned earlier that beer is cheap in Germany. Well, I was wrong. Beer is cheap in the Czech republic. It is definitely the highest quality beer you can get for the price. You can get a 0.5L of beer for 20-25 CZK ($1 CDN = 18 CZK) at a bar and 5-10 CZK in the grocery store, and the beer is excellent. No wonder the Czech's place first in beer consumption per capita. Wikipedia has a pretty interesting list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita). Unsurprisingly, Ireland places second and Germany places third.

I went to Prague this weekend with Jae (a coworker). I've been to Prague 3 years ago as part of my trip around western Europe after my graduation and I figured that I needed to see it again. Unfortunately, there was a setback very early on. We thought the train left the station at 9:09am, but that was the time for the main station in Dresden, not the Neustadt station we were at. So we missed that train and had to take the next train 2 hours later. We both felt pretty bad about that, because Jae's friends were waiting for us in Prague.

I had a pretty interesting experience this weekend. Jae's friends were traveler's he met while he was backpacking through Nepal and Tibet, a couple consisting of a British guy and a Czech girl. They are travelholics. They've traveled to so many incredible places: Nepal, Tibet, Indonesia, Philippines, Africa, and the list goes on.

They gave us a day tour of Prague, or as much as they could, since our time was cut short due to our inability to catch a train.

I forgot where this is, but it's representative of Prague's beauty.


A cathedral facing a square with a famous clock. Every hour, on the hour, the clock rings and a some colourful dolls come out. If you look at the huge crowd gathering around this clock, you'd think they're expecting to hear a speech from the pope. It's actually quite underwhelming.


A view of the famous castle from across the river.

This bridge is always packed. There are a lot of vendors on this bridge selling paintings and other sorts of art.

A picture of our group: Monica, Alan, Jae.

A great view ruined by a crane.

Chillin' at a Czech beergarden.

At night, our tour guides took us to a concert at a small bar in a small town 40km from Prague. Here's a picture of the last band that played. They're a ska band and they were really good. They reminded me of the Might Mighty Bosstones.

There were a few dogs running around the bar, which I thought was funny. It seems to be pretty common for the Czechs bring their canine family members to the bar.

Monica and her parents fed us and put us up for the night, which was really nice of her. If you're reading this, thanks again, and good luck on your next trip!

EDIT: Here's a link to Allan's blog. He's traveled to many interesting places...