Czech Republic

Evening All, we have spent our last 2 days in the tiny little Czech town of Cesky Krumlov. We have pretty much been taking it easy in the cobblestoned streets and castle gardens of the town, composing ourselves before our Polish quest (with a quick stop over in Vienna first). As the Euro soccer tournament is currently in full swing, we have been watching a heap of soccer with some fantastic games on offer. The Dutch side are quite unbelievable at the moment, thrashing both the Frogs and the Wogs. I certainly enjoyed the later win, especially after Australia's world cup exit a couple of years ago. While Italy has probably been our favorite place so far, I still love seeing their diving, whining mob of soccer players have a cry when they lose ! Back to Cesky Krumlov and the highlight has to be the castle's bear pit. I often ask myself how to best protect a castle but building a pit and chucking 4 bears in there never came to mind. Still a fantastic sight though ! Tomorrow we are off to Vienna for some schnitzels and plenty of soccer (since they are the hosts).

Until then stay beautiful.

Ahoy All (yep, hello in Czech is Ahoy) todays update is from the pretty city of Prague. Being lucky enought to avoid an major damage in all wars, the majority of buildings in the Old town are quite old and are very interesting to look at. One individual said "it is like being in a fairy tale". While I wouldn't go that far, the set up of Prague is very welcoming and there is plenty to look at. Wehave wandered over a bridge from the 15 century, walked around a castle on top of a big hill and seen the brilliant astronomical clock in the old town square. While we missed the puppets coming out on the our, the design of the clock itself was amazing (telling you the time, month and day is a quirky manner - we will attach photos soon). We also experienced what Prague is truly famous for, its nightlife. We joined a pub crawl and lets just say we didn't ruin the Aussie reputation of having a good time and putting away a few, especially with our Dutch/Belgium friends. Not sure if an of the footy boys read this blog but if they do, 2009 footy trip should be to Prague.

Next update from Cesky Kremlov soon (we head off tomorrow)

See you all later