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Day 1 in Prague - Going to Prague

Prague - We took a flight out of Aberdeen bound for Prague.  

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast.  On 31 December 1992, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Bohemia Paradise

Trivia of Czech republic:

It has the most castles in Europe.

There are over 2000 castles and chateaux in the Czech Republic, more than in any other country in Europe. Some of the most famous ones are the Hluboká Castle, Orlík Castle, Lednice Castle and Karlštejn Castle.

Bata shoes

The shoes that I grew up with and the jingle 'First to Bata, then to school'. The Bata Corporation (known as Bata, is a multinational footwear, apparel and fashion accessories manufacturer and retailer of Moravian (Czech) origin.

The Astronomical Clock of Prague is the oldest astronomical clock still working today. 

Every hour, it’s mechanical processional of apostles delights tourists.

Czech Pilsner beer

Czech people are the world’s heaviest consumers of beer. The first pale lager, Pilsner Urquell, was brewed in the Czech city Pilsen in 1842.  International Pale Lagers came out of the rise of Pilsner, which was invented in 1842 in the Czech Republic.  Pilsners, a type of lager named after a Czech City Pilsen, tend to have more hop-forward flavours and they use different yeast. Ultimately, pilsners are just spicier, more hoppy lagers.

Soft contact lenses were invented by a Czech chemist

It was Otto Wichterle who invented the soft contact lenses in 1959.

The oldest university in Central Europe resides in Prague

Charles University in Prague, founded in 1348, is the oldest university in Central Europe.

Å koda Auto is based in the Czech Republic

The Czech automobile manufacturer was founded in 1895 and has headquarters in Mladá Boleslav.

Anthropoid movie

Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid. In 1942, Britain sends a group of British-trained Czech commandos to Prague to assassinate SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.

National sport is Ice Hockey & Tennis

The men’s national ice hockey team is one the top ranking ice hockey teams in the world.  Their historical success in ice hockey is a source of national pride to Czechs and the sport is perhaps the most popular sport in the country alongside tennis.

Tennis is the other much beloved sport in this country and has a mix of men and women amongst its top ranked players.  Dozens of Czech players have won the Wimbledon.

Prague Hotel

Our hotel has features that was just facinating:

1.  The lift - you open the lift door, press the floor you want to go to, the cubicle door will closed in the centre and lift will bring you to the floor you want to go.  Once you reach your floor, the cubicle door will open from the centre to the side, then you push the lift door to get out.

Lift that fits 4

Lift door

2.  The electricity - you need to insert the key, turn on the switch to get the electricity running.  


3.  The Aircon - the first day we tried to switch on the aircon but it will worked so we complain to the reception and we were told that all the windows need to be closed before the aircon will switch on.  So cool.  We closed all the windows, the aircon sounded and it started to blow cold air.



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