It's the 4th of July and I'm all the way in the Czech Republic (this town is pronounced Ollo-moats). I would love to be watching fireworks and chowing down on veggie dogs with you all, but alas, I will have to wait until next year. In the meantime, here's what I'm up to instead. Remember how I said I needed some rest after Prague? Well, this place is it. It's a quiet town, with a cobbly medieval center and a lot of cafes. It's one of the 5 largest cities in...

Hey check it out - for once, the picture with this blog is one that I actually took! I caught the moon rising over the river just at dusk. Have you heard anything about Prague? Everyone says it's great, but I never heard why until I got there. It's like one of those places that's famous just for being famous. And, to be sure, this place has more tourists per square kilometer than anywhere we've been so far, except maybe Venice. They clog the streets, fill the ca...