Not wanting to sound like a broken record, but yet another beautiful day greeted us. Today's plan was to catch a train to an area bout 40 minutes away form the city famous for its castle - Karlstejn. This was the 'home' of Charles the IV who was the Holy roman Emperor of the Czechoslovakia in the 15th Century. It really is mind blowing when you are walking through the corridors of a building that old! Karlstejn was a beautiful little town with the castle atop th...

Friday already - can't believe we have only been away for one week! (I think that means we are cramming a lot into a short space of time which is what holidays are all about) Thank goodness for our industrial strength liver detox tablets, probiotics and Berocca 50+ to keep our insides happy:) Yet another big day planned. This time to Prague Castle on the opposite side of the river. It looks like the opening image in the Walt Disney movies - absolutely spectacula...

I promise that on one day on an overseas trip there will be no story to tell, but today is not one of them:) Awoke to sunshine. The plan was to follow John's new best friend, 'blog man's' tips for a cruisy day around the city and to suss out some hidden gems. Now we need to be reminded at this stage that neither John nor I, checked what year Blog Man' (BM) wrote his pearls of wisdom which will come back to bite us later in the story:) We wandered the streets, i...

Hi guys. Sorry for the confusing dates. Think I have it in order now. Yesterday morning was saying our farewell to Berlin and catching the train to Prague. Excited about the first class ride that lay ahead of us. Berlin was fantastic and I took lots of things away from the visit: •Never under any circumstance buy a Berlin Card •internet access is the most convoluted in the world. 15 digit logins at coffee shops and 10 digit passwords. Then it cuts out after...