What a find! Scott and I were sitting in our hostel in Prague wondering what to do next, thumbing through some brochures of nearby lands when we discovered sweet little Olomouc [pronounced Ah-la-moats] (don't ask me, ask the Czechs). After our grand tour through Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Prague, I had had enough of big cities. Sure, we took a couple breaks in between, but none of them were long enough. Olomouc is the kind of place where you res...

My experience of Prague was very different this time around. During my semester in Venice three years ago I had more friends than I knew what to do with, so when I took a week off I relished in the opportunity to be alone and independent.I came in the autum and was one of thirty tourists in the city, so I spent my time exploring the silent streets of the old town, disovering all the modern art galleries that are hidden away, and paying next to nothing for great j...