Did somebody say absinthe...

Arrived in Prague a couple of days ago....very beautiful city....the eastern european vibe is very cool, much more relaxed than london....

We met up with coldy, ehsan and darcy and have been staying in an apartment block/inn just outside the downtown area.....prague is quite touristy downtown, which is a little disappointing because the nightlife involves a bunch of czech dudes handing out flyers for tourist bars....so far it's been difficult to find a cool club.....hordes of drunk british roam the streets here on stag parties...quite obnoxious really...you get the feeling this has left the locals with a sour view of tourists....and makes the ratio in the bars really bad.....we've had quite a tough time finding some ladies as a result...

but the local woman live up to their reputation....very beautiful

we did manage to find a bar that showed game six at 2am local time...almost everybody there was canadian...we're going back there tonight to catch game 7.....what a series though....at this point i don't care who wins as long as it goes into triple overtime...plus there's somthing cool about leaving the bar at 6:00 am after watching hockey...

the food here is cheap and awesome...and the beer...oh the beer....i'd heard stories but they can't do it justice...it's so light and tasty...you can drink a litre with lunch no problem....and it's so cheap....less than a buck a half litre... dad would be in heaven... (come to think of it ....everybody i know would be in heaven...)

we're leaving for amsterdam tomorrow on the overnight train....looking forward to that...need to sort my head out a bit...

L8r,

ryan

Some more on Prague (June 13/04):

If you're ever in Prague go see the communist museum. It documents the history of soviet rule in czechoslovakia and is one of those places that really makes you think... They show a movie with actual video footage of the 68 uprising and the 89 velvet revolution....emotional stuff....gives you a newfound respect for the czech population and what they had to endure in the name of freedom ("freedom" here refers to our old understanding of the word...not the new use of the word meaning "excuse to shove propoganda down the throats of the world")

seeing europe seems to be making me quite bitter of US foreign policy :)