So after a city break in Prague, we've headed south for a short break back in the country. As previously mentioned, we don't have sat nav coverage in the Czech Republic, so the journey out of the city's suburbs was memorable. Instead of the relaxed tones of our Gloria ("take the second exit on the roundabout and then straight on"), we had Miranda, who took a bit of time to get her bearings and decided eventually on the scenic route, down little country...

A funny thing happened on the way to Prague! Stood at the bu stop outside our campsite waiting to go into the city and who should be there bu a girl G used to work with at Johnson Matthey, Monica, who left about 18 months ago - what are the chances of that? She's Australian and she and her boyfriend are touring Europe before they go home. We also worked out we were on the same campsite in Oslo at the same time but just ignored each other, so in future we'll make...

So we've made it over the border from Germany into the former Communist ruled (until the "Velvet Revolution") Czech Republic. So far so good. We haven't gone far yet, we're on the West side (Bohemia), in a Bohemian spa resort called Frantiskovny Lazne. (Lazne means Spa and there are lots of them round here.) The town's quite different from anything we've seen to date, for a start pretty much everything's painted yellow ! It is is very ref...