Anyway, have to blog about Czech as promised cos I'll be flying off to Berlin this coming sat and I'm pretty sure by the time I'm back I wouldn't blog about it anymore!
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We were pretty worried that our flight would be cancelled due to the snowing, but instead we waited about an hour or so in the plane before it actually took off. Got worried about missing our bus to Český Krumlov, but the plane touched down on time. Managed to find our way to the bus terminal with Mel's awesome directions and even had one hour to kill before boarding the bus!
When we finally reached Český Krumlov, we ate sandwiches in the petrol kiosk where I bought my favourite twister ice cream!
I've been eating it everywhere I go around btw.. Somehow I just can't find them in Singapore anymore!! The rest thinks I'm insane cos I keep eating it despite the fact it's winter.
Made our way to Hostel Skippy and I'm very proud of ourselves.. Managed to find our way there! Our room was very nice and comfy, very homely! The owner was also super helpful and recommended lots of nice restaurants for us to eat at. Seeing we were Chinese, she recommended us this Chinese restaurant where she claimed the duck was fantastic. The restaurant was closed by the time we got there though.. So we made our way to the bar which was very near our hostel.
Taken with my very awesome camera which is very good for zipai-ing. LOL.
The language barrier was super bad though. We tried to ask the bartender what the drinks were, but he just couldn't understand us. So we just went with the safest and got beer. It was really cheap though, paid about $2+? Went back after the drinks to rest and have a rough plan for the next day's itinerary.
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Was in a bit of a fluster in the morning cos we realised we booked the bus to České Budějovice for the wrong day. But all turned out good cos we managed to cancel our bookings in time. Made our way to find ourselves a good breakfast place recommended by Skippy the night before.
Really liked the decor of the restaurant, with all the b&w photographs.
Omg please spot the awesome honey! It was so good!
Breakfast Set A which I ordered (:
Made our way to the castle after, the walk there was very pleasant with the sky clearing up. I thought the town was beautiful and had this fairy-tale beauty to it. Took so many pictures while walking to the castle cos everything was just spectacular to me. We kept popping into the stores and a short 10 mins walk to the castle probably extended to almost 30 mins? Lol.
Finally reached the castle! Again, taken with my awesome camera. Lol.
The disappointment set in when we realised that castle was closed until 31st March, which was a real pity! Shall make it a point to travel back here when it's summer, should be even prettier!
But we had fun trekking up the castle, taking photographs of the amazing view we had and eventually taking lots of photos where we played in the snow. Think snowball fights, snow angels and jumpshots! That took up quite a bit of our time.. Lol. We got hungry and made our way back down for lunch. Btw, I swear I ate so much in Český Krumlov, felt like I put on 2kg or something. But everything looked so good, and not to mention so much cheaper than Copenhagen!! We realised the pictures we took Český Krumlov were mostly of food.. Haha.
We actually had two dinners..! First one was at this place which Skippy (again) recommended. Apparently it has been there since 200 years ago or something? Okay, might be wrong on this. But the food was really amazing!
They cook the food in front of you!
One of the best pork chops I've ever eaten!
Felt so full after.. But we still made our way to the Chinese restaurant after we walked around a bit to digest our food. I'm too lazy to post up the pictures of what we had. We were such carnivores that day! Ordered duck, curry chicken and sweet&sour park! And we each had a favourite dish! Poor Nora had to bear with us while we enjoyed our Chinese food.. Can't believe we ate so much that day. Gosh.
So that's Český Krumlov for you, here's a promise to myself where I shall go back in summer. But don't get me wrong, I love Český Krumlov in winter as well!
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Took a bus down to České Budějovice, was rushing to catch our bus cos we were a little behind schedule. The weather was really good though, didn't feel cold at all. Or at least while we were in Český Krumlov. It was a different story altogether when we went České Budějovice though. Lol.
Had a little adventure trying to figure out how to get to the Hluboka castle. Took a picture of the castle which was inspired by this postcard I saw in Český Krumlov.
John and I were so determined to get a proper picture! I actually kneeled down to try and take a picture of this. Haha. Poor Mel and Nora got so bored waiting for us they decided to build a snowman. Haha.
There wasn't much in České Budějovice though, took the bus back to Prague after we had our lunch. České Budějovice couldn't compare up to Český Krumlov at all in terms of the scenary and all though. But still, good for a day trip! (:
Reached Prague in the night, and tried to find our hostel, Plus Prague. The directions given to us were totally wrong though. Thank goodness we found someone who could speak English and pointed us in the right direction! Finally got to our hostel, which was kind of far away from the station we alighted at, but I have to admit the hostel was very clean and the rooms were cosy as well. A completely different feel from Hostel Skippy's though. But there was free breakfast and a pool table just for Mel! Haha.
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Made our way to the town area for sightseeing. Our resolution of the day was "don't get lost!" Lol. I think we should be proud of ourselves cos I think we acheived it! Well, more or less.. Heh.
So we made our way to the Municpal House, which was our first stop of the day. Made our way to Old Town Square where the Astronomical Clock, Church of Our Lady before the Tyn and the Old Town City Hall Tower was located.
Astronomical Clock was really overrated though, at every hour there would be a "show" which lasts for all but (probably) one minute.. Okay, but of course the history behind was so much more interesting. Not that I knew how to read the clock exactly though.. Lol.
We decided to climb the tower up the Old Town City Hall Tower. Amazing view I must say. We paid for a tour around the place which started at 1pm, so we had lots of time where we spent it at the tower. Thank goodness for the clear skies, photos turned out pretty good. John used his camera to take quite a few awesome shots, which I'm waiting to get from him! Heh.
Here's some from my camera..
So after spending a long time around the Old Town Square area, we made our way to Charles Bridge. Again, I'm so proud of ourselves for successfully finding our way there! Haha.
Had to rush through Charles Bridge cos we wanted to get to the castle which closes pretty early. But we didn't know the walk to the castle was so far away! By the time we got there, the castle was closed for the day. So we had to return the next day.. Walked around the area and okay.. We kind of got lost at some point in time. But since we already had no plans for the day, it was okay just walking around aimlessy and taking photos. We stumbled upon this place where there was an amazing view of the city as well.
Sometimes getting lost might just be the best way to explore the place.. Of course getting lost when you're trying to find a place is never a good thing. We managed to find our way back to town and found a Chinese fast food place, where I had sweet and sour pork again! Which was really good!
Okay, so after dinner we wanted to make our way back to the hostel to defrost ourselves cos it was getting really cold and maybe head out to find a bar to chill and all.. That was when we encountered some really bad luck. We bumped into the train inspectors and got fined for not buying the train tickets. We actually bought tickets earlier in the morning to use at night but we forgot to validate it when we boarded the train. Ugh. Well, lesson learned. Never again! We always have such bad luck with these stupid inspectors. Some of you might know about the fine I got in Copenhagen before, but that was another stupid mistake we made.. Gah.
So the night ended on quite a bad note, went back and instead of going out, we just stayed in the hostel and had an early night.
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Set off early in the morning to get to Prague Castle.. We were actually a little behind schedule cos we reached the castle kind of late. Spent quite a long time at the castle too, which came as quite a shock cos we actually had quite a lot of other places we wanted to go to.
St. Vitus Cathedral was really quite spectacular to us, but Nora said it was quite common in Mexico :o but to us it was really quite grand, filled with rich decorations, which is apparently what it's known for. We also explored the castle grounds, such as St. George Basilica and the Golden Lane.
After we were done with the castle, we walked down to find lunch. Passed by this lake where we could see the charles bridge and it was really such a pretty place! The lake had lots of ducks and two swans, I took so many pictures of them! I would probably have taken more if Mel and Nora didn't pull us away. Lol.
By the time we finished our lunch it was almost 4pm.. The plan was to go visit the Jewish Cemetary which was one of the places we wanted to visit. But while crossing Charles Bridge to get there, we kind of got distracted and started taking loads of photos and did a lot of stupid poses with the statues. Lol. I don't have the pictures with me, John has them on his camera as well. You will only probably do these things when you're overseas.. Haha. Got lots of amused stares from the passer-bys. Good fun. Haha. Charles Bridge is indeed prettier when the sun is setting..
We eventually got to the Jewish Cemetary but it was closed by the time we got there. Randomly explored the place but it was really just a touch-and-go thing.. Didn't get to see much which was quite a pity. Come to think of it, we really didn't get to see a lot of things we planned for.
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Had an afternoon flight back to Copenhagen.. Checked out of the hostel in the morning and took a bus down to Andel where we shopped around for a bit. Even Mel bought some clothes back! Which is something quite amazing.. Haha.
Well, so that's my Czech adventure for you. This post took forever to type! Gosh. Feels like I'm typing some term paper or something.. Haha. In the midst of uploading the photos to facebook, so if you're interested you can go take a look. Word of warning though, there's quite a few photos :p
Off I go.. Xoxo <3
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