Prague is walkable meaning I can pretty much walk to any point of interest. From the local hostel I walked towards some of the main squares of the village. Because Euro 2008 is still going on there are a lot of big screen TV setup in most of the squares for the night games. During […]

I arrived at the Golden Sickle Hostel around dinner time. Mark and I quickly exchanged some euros for Czech koruna, the local currency here. One US dollar equals 15 Korunas. Beers are about 50 Korunas and a good sit-down restaurant is around 200 korunas. After dinner I start showering and Mark jumps on the computer […]

To take full advantage of our train passes, Mark and I decide to stop and make a day trip to Dresden on our way to Prague. Dresden is nicknamed the Florence of the Elbe. It is lively with art and there seems to be museums everywhere. We didn’t really know much about Dresden so we […]

I saved the best for last and decided to give the Berlin Zoo and Aquarium a full day. Tickets were around 14€ for both the Zoo and Aquarium. Looking back at it, no one really checked our aquarium tickets, so I probably could have gotten into the aquarium for free.
I was really impressed with this […]

Mark, Nang (from San Diego), Harsha (Mark’s friend from Houston) and I went to an Argentinian restaurant near our hostel. The prices were unexpectedly reasonable. We then found out that they had a business lunch buffet for around 7€. There was chicken cordon bleu, smoked salmon, chicken wings, lots of meat dishes I’ve never had […]

Today Mark decided to stay in and play some poker. So I went off to the walking tours to get a condensed history lesson about this city. I took the S-Bahn to Brandenburg Gate the ride itself took about 35minutes. In front of the Starbucks is where all the Sandeman’s Tours meets. Berlin has more […]

Mark’s friend Harsha was able to meet us up in Berlin. The first thing he said when he arrived at our hostel was “Can I have an extra pillow. With a new friend in town, it was time to celebrate. We went on several pub crawls in Berlin and we were able to get a […]

I decided to walk around Berlin and explore the area. This generally means getting to the city center and wandering around until I get tired of walking. At that point I try to find my position on a tourist map and see if there’s anything worthwhile to see around that area and/or a way of […]

Mark and I took a train from Amsterdam to Berlin in the morning. We arrived at our hostel called Jetpak City Hostel. It was by far one of the nicest places I’ve stayed. Everything was extremely and clean. The common areas were all very nice. We found out that night was free admission to all […]

Amsterdam is known for many freedoms that are illegal elsewhere. However after visiting the town and taking a tour it seems like that a lot of these freedoms are slowly being taken away one by one. The red light district especially has had heavy rallying for it to be shutdown. As a result the Red […]