En-route for Budapest (sleeping at Cesky Krumlov) Praise God for willing, helpful people. A torn tyre in Tabor lead to an expedition through various small and large towns in search for a place to sell us a replacement. Unfortunately the tyre was not a common size so we were trekking all over Ceske Budejovice all to no avail. By 3pm we gave up the search and continued our travels arriving just outside Cesky Krumlov desperate for some lunch. Walking through Ces...

Prague day two After bending my glasses last night the first job off the rank was to find an optometrist...we were sent in various directions but finally found the optician who fixed them (with a warning 'at my own risk'). She did it free of charge and they are now better than they were before. Once that was done we boarded the hop on hop off tour bus and began hearing all about Prague, the different buildings, squares and its political history. There was so mu...

Prague Day One It is 7pm and we've just stumbled up the 51 steps to our apartment, exhausted and hungry. We left this morning at 8:30 and spent the first half hour walking up and down the suburban streets in search of an ATM and a grocery store. We eventually found it - 2 block south...we had been walking east and west.....16 blocks!!!!! We took a trip underground, down an incredibly steep (and fast) escalator to the tube. Thanks to Andrew we found our way to ...

I'm not going to write much. My eyes are falling out of my head I am so tired. It's been a massive day. We met up with mum and dad at about 8am and headed off through the German countryside bound for Prague. We stopped at a few quant towns and had a wonder around. I also spent the first of our money....on strepsils for a very some throat. I am now heading for a shower then it's off to bed for this weary traveller (and the rest of the family. We are enjoying th...