Right, first up, apologies for the tardiness of our recent blog frequency. I blame three things - weak internet, extreme cold and, um, something else. I don't think that Jo's previous post really impressed upon you, the reader, how gosh darned chilly it has been. Budapest was very cold, Vienna was quite cold and Krakow was bloody freezing. Ice everywhere and it didn't get above 0 degrees all week. It snowed a bit most days and gave yours truly a very cold nose.
A meeting of minds at The Wall |
Anyhoo... We left krakow (which was a super ace place) and trained it up to Warsaw and then across to Berlin. Berlin was also cold, but in a grey sort of way. Not quite as invigorating as Polish cold. So we stayed there for three nights and left. It wasn't as exciting as we'd hoped. Some cool buildings, excellent public transport and a lovely Good Friday procession was about it. And the beer was disappointing too. Although now I think about it the wall was pretty interesting, although they seem quite keen to get rid of it. We nearly made the news again cos they were demolishing it as we walked past. Silly people.
Now I need to explain the photo below. We were "quite surprised" to see this on the side of an apartment building in Berlin. But here's the story - the editor of Bild magazine, (a massive newspaper that is rather sensationalist, likes having topless girls on the front and, well, you get the idea) evidently had a penis enlargement that was reported on by a rival paper. Well of course he tried to sue them for this that and the other but the judge ruled that basically reporting on other people's private lives was how he made millions so it was fair enough that others could report on him. Case dismissed. So this artist put up this work on an apartment building wall that faces Bild's head office. Sticking it to the man! I'm glad I don't live there though.
Right, move on. |
Stained glass in St Vitus' cathedral |
Now we're in Prague! And it is as beautiful as they say. And the beer... Pilsner Urquell, fresh as a daisy on tap everywhere, for cheap as. I'd never really taken to it before, considering it just another lager beer. But by golly its a whole different thing here. I love it. And at about $1.75 Australian for half a litre, well, you'd be silly not to drink it. (Speaking of bargain beer, is 30 cents too little to pay for 500ml of some sort of beer in the supermarket? It just might be...)
The aforementioned cathedral |
So yeah, we're in Prague and I've eaten more meat in the last three days than I have in a long time, which is a lot considering that's all one eats in Eastern Europe. And it has been delicious.
Very nice people, very good food and drink, wonderful streets and buildings and generally just a very beautiful place.
Busy as too.
We explored the Jewish quarter today which was kept intact during the war by the Nazis because Hitler wanted to keep it as an "Exotic Museum to an Extinct Race".
Yup.
Charles bridge. Chockas. |
One more day here, then heading into western Czech Republic before heading down to see cousin Chris in Munich which will excellent. As, I'm sure, will be the beer.
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