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Thursday, November 27

Risen at a quarter to four, it seems like vacation. After a somewhat sleepy goodbye (Patrick is still much that rose) we leave around half past four in good spirits to Venlo. It will be our first vacation by car since long time and with his two, I'm curious. Piet decides that it is en route but the route from Nijmegen is. The first part runs Piet and I navigate. Therefore we take prompt in Germany a wrong turn, map reading apparently not my strong point. After we both had a lot riding (With a stopover to pins) we have a restaurant at ± 500 km coffee. If we had a true Dutch roll in the car before we went back. For the Czech border, we again changed. Piet was here first Chemnitz (???) crosses. On our map, which we were very very old Chemnitz not find. Yet it was a decent city. Well it will however, right on. Shortly after we had changed we were diverted because of an accident happened. The policeman was very simple: here you can not. Yet he was very friendly, he knew us not only to send the right direction. When I said we had heard another prague driver and motioned us to follow him to drive. Too hard after the man drove through the village until we themselves could find our way back, there are also helpful Germans. At the Czech border arrived it was quite a shock: buy logo 24 Dm, no checks can share and ice on the trees. My God, what is it cold. A subsequent exchange we could change our checks, they said, so ERROR. Yet 50 DM but changed. After a while on what they call here the highway and still which crosses through the hotel prague still quickly found. It seems not much on the outside, but inside be very happy. A nice lobby and restaurant, a nice room and everything works. After the first beer made in a short walk away. During the walk to the conclusion that we again not have done wrong, we are within walking distance of the historic center of town. Then showered and out what hot lunch. It takes not that much. A beer of a pint will cost 30 crowns (NLG 1.80). Changed some money and bought a phone card, there no coin phones to be able to find scopes. Patrick was of course busy so we only Grandma called and asked if Patrick and Sara wanted to pass that well we have arrived. Exhausted in bed cases, the trip itself was not too bad, but it is tiring.


Friday, November 28

After one night of the world, we were to have been without wake up and we eat at half past nine. Nice one breakfast sandwiches, lots of toppings, and donuts. Teeth and on the road. In the morning we went to the tourist office before, we have tickets for Laterna Magica bought and we went to the National Museum. A truly amazing building large collections of animals, minerals and other important things. The building looks very much like the Natural History Museum in London. Since we have taken and have a cup of soup then moved on to our tour of Prague. During that We tour in a nutshell seen a lot of Prague. We also passed the Municipal House (Formerly City Hall), beautifully decorated with many statues and golden ornaments. There was a classical concert on Saturday, but we already had tickets for Laterna Magica. We also ran into the new city hall and was along a mountain other beautiful buildings. Delicious tired we went to the hotel and have a enjoyed well-deserved beer. Then we took a walk and a photo of Piet castle in the dark taken. We were eventually to nine hours at a table in a cozy restaurant with again only Czechs. 510 crowns for a wonderful meal. Ham and mushrooms as a starter, Pete took soup. I had a meat pot with chips and a pepper steak Piet (A plate full of pepper).


Saturday, November 29

Today first speak out on tickets for Cinderella, a ballet performance at the National Theatre. When we reached the ticket office arrived there was already a long line outside wait while the office did not even open. So I line up Piet was now some pictures (Wait is not his strong point) When I had waited one hour saw I have a leaf on the window had been covered with a message the matinee performance. I thought the matinee performance would not happen and that the tickets The evening performance is sold out if I were to turn. But I still remained standing, I would do at the box office hear. At the ticket arrived, I heard that the matinee performance was sold out and it fortunately still tickets were for the evening performance. I took without the to charge tickets to the first rank. After 2 hours have wait, I wanted to make sure that the locations in the theater itself good. They cost about 300 Kc per piece, which is converted ƒ 18.00. Then we walked to the appointed place. Piet came I already meet. Because we both became aware of an aching back waiting and wandering, we first do some coffee. When we had recovered we took a walk and have large clock on the square seen. Again wait until he was hit, Fortunately it did not long and there is the square enough to see, especially in this time of year with the Christmas tree, the stage with the choir and all those people (Tourists and "normal" Czechs). After the bell, we visited St. Nicholas Church. It is all in baroque style, which indicates many gold and lots of chubby cherubs. We also have good some walked and the things we encountered views. The subway to the Jewish cemetery. Our luck again: the nearest subway station was closed and we had to do another walk. The subway cost 10 Kc per person. Piet has the wrong way up (Actually not) stamped Thus black and I rode on the back. The cemetery was also closed, it's stupid of us Finally Sabbath. We went to the hotel early because we had to eat early. For eight hours beginning Laterna Magica. We had a nice and quiet ate and then went away to the fishbowl. The sensible proposals is really special. In the background are images shown, while in the foreground are dancing. The images were approximately one second for the dancers, while the same dances were performed. That is very strange because you're waiting that the images are displayed in the background later, but not before. After the show we have a beer at the hotel and made are then, tired but happy, went to bed.


Sunday, November 30

Once again we have a full breakfast at our leisure to Castle walked. There is much to see. At noon The basilica is only open (It's now a quarter past ten), So let's perform the rest. In the St. George Church we buy a ticket. After great difficulty we found out that ticket 100 Kc cost per person, but that it was valid for all buildings in the castle. We really looked all at ease. The Basilica and the St. George Church are really really beautiful. Of course we have coffee and apple strudel again done, which is almost a habit. This was quite a bit expensive, but before that he was too hot then as it belongs. When we came out of the castle it was raining pretty. We had but an umbrella so we went to eat but, in the hope that the rain would be less. Since we ate late in connection with the presentation of Tonight I took a good sign goulash. Sadly, it was still pouring. We went anyway to the Jewish cemetery, see if we have better luck. Once there they found that 450 Kc per person entrance asked for the museum and the cemetery. That was just us! too far, that would be approximately NLG 30.00 per person. If you look at what the prices here generally are that price out of all proportion. In the rain coming down still we are again looking went to the Maria-in-the-snow church. When we arrived there was a wrong doing and we could not so again. Then get back to the hotel for seven hours at the start of our ballet performance at the National Theatre. We had decided to eat after the show. The theater was beautiful and the show a fairytale (Which after all is Cinderella). Beautiful costumes, amazing how these men and women dancing. The atmosphere and the people in such a theater are very unlike, for example in Laterna Magica. Same difference you see between us in a theater Carré and in a movie theater in the Euro. Real women dress uniforms, men's suit and even children seem to be S-Sundays, complete with shiny leather and purses. After the show we went to eat at a restaurant that was recommended in the guide Marco Polo. About an anticlimax spoken Wooden benches, dirty table cloths and ashtrays and grumpy service. The food was good but too expensive. Too bad, but despite that yet again a nice day.


Monday, December 1

For today we Terezin on the program. A former Nazi concentration camp. It all came right by the Czechs and Germans not good enough and therefore were labeled either before they were working in the camps or were sentenced to death. Terezin was a transit camp which meant that there were very many people simultaneously "Housed". If you also see the barracks and the amount of people lived in it squeeze your toes together. It's a wonder there are so many survivors. It's all deeply sad and so good that even such monuments still remain, if only to anyone to forget what's happened. For the youth it is good to see, especially at a time when neo-Nazism and xenophobia resurface. Hopefully prevent a recurrence of such monuments what happened then. Back in Prague, we once walked through the city and have climbed the tower of the clock. In the evening we again good food and pictures of the finest buildings in the dark made. Although it rained, but we are the last days have become accustomed. Despite the rain is a beautiful city. Go to bed tonight, tomorrow we leave for home.


Tuesday, December 2

The hotel bill paid and we are really leaving Prague. On top of the hill where we passed had to leave the city There was plenty of snow, I get the idea that we just before the snow away. The trip went well until we arrived in Chemnitz, there was a diversion. What a misery, almost an hour We rondgedold And every time we go into a diversion. When the first exit onto the highway, but best taken. Fortunately that was precisely the one we have had. We were back on track. There was only one drawback to the highway, there were no stations in sight and we were still very out of gas. But then off the highway and into a village fill up, too bad, no pump, only one junction 9 km away from the highway. Fortunately, someone still the remark that we had to follow a particular place name otherwise we would have missed that station and we were really in encountered problems. It was in fact a highway without lane and see where it even safe to be a roadside come. After refueling and eating right but have continued our journey, except for a single snowstorm, prosperous went. ± We were at half past ten at home. All in all, was our not against car holiday. Moreover, we have at home that we have so much fun found (Yeah, yeah) Chemnitz on the map as Karl Mark was appointed City. Perhaps our card completely up-to-date.