Czech Republic Hotels

Day one in Paris and we hit the ground running. After some confusion at the machines where you buy your metro/RER tickets we finally made it to our hotel in Place de la République. The hotel, while not in the center of everything, was nicely located next to a Metro stop served by 5 different lines. Our room wasn't yet ready--it was around 11:00 am so that was expected--and that was mostly fine because we really just wanted to get out and about. We wouldn't have minded a quick change of clothes but you can't have everything... We thought we'd start wandering towards the Seine and headed out in ...

We had a pretty long day today but it was totally worth it, obviously, because now we're in Munich and only hours away from the first keg tap of Oktoberfest! We boarded our flight in Calgary last night around 11pm and our flight arrived an hour early in Munich, about 4pm local time. Our flight was OK but we were seated in front of the exit row so our seats didn't recline so I cramped up a bit and didn't get much sleep. Good thing I had Ocean's 13 to entertain me. We also had a lot of snack food with us but not nearly enough water it turns out. Once we arrived in Munich, we went to the train ...

We were in transit all damn day today: Toronto Amsterdam Amsterdam Ghent That's... what, twelve straight hours of travel? After one plane ride, three train rides, and one crowded tram, we arrived at our hostel to see this taped to the front door: "CALL ME WHEN YOU ARRIVE AND I WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU" This is an ordeal. We can barely find payphones at home, let alone in a brand-new city where we don't speak the language. I kept an eye on my luggage while A. hunted down a phone to repeatedly call this guy. No answer. He went hunting for another hostel instead. Me? I got some decent pics of ...