October 1, 2009

Prague's only real fleamarket 'Bleší trh' happens every Saturday morning in Kolbenova (beside Kolbenova metro). A huge sprawling outdoor market, you'll find broken electronics, piles of clothes, paintings, communist items, furniture, jugs, quirky souvenirs, jewellery, and the odd amazing antique find for a...  

Prague may be a cheap city for most Europeans but I've found that hotels in central Prague are not the best value.However, for 18€ per night our travel group of 6 stayed in a lovely Prague townhouse, a rental apartment from waytostay.comBeing able to come and go as we pleased came in very handy for our...  

This month there were two anniversaries to celebrate train rides to freedom.  On September 4, a train from Prague arrived in London to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the “Winton Trains”, which carried 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovak children to safety in the United Kingdom and Sweden in the...