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Saturday, January 10, 2009
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Monday, January 5, 2009
New Year's Eve in Prague
We normally stay in town for New Year's eve, but since it's our last NYE here, we decided to travel. We wanted to go somewhere different, and decided on Budapest. Until we started looking at plane tickets. There were no direct flights and we had to connect in Prague and it would take a minimum of 8 hours. There were just no flights to get us there in a decent amount of time (a direct flight would take about 2 hours).
So, since all flights connected in Prague, we decided to do Prague. We arrived on Tuesday afternoon, but not without a little drama at the airport. When we tried to check in we were told our reservation had been canceled. After lots of phone calls and back and forth, it was discovered that if you make a change using SkyEurope's online system they cancel your reservation without warning.
The short story is you have to pay for each piece of luggage you check. We realized the night before we would need to check luggage. I tried to add it to our reservation, but it failed. Worse yet, I received to notification that it had failed and, of course, it never occurred to me our reservation would be canceled! Well, we were able to get on the plane after we paid twice as much at the airport to check our bags.
We arrived and checked into out hotel and had a walk around the city. Boy, was it cold! We had scheduled a night-time walking tour, so went back to our rooms to add another layer of clothing before the tour, where we learned about the ghosts of Prague! Lots of intriguing stories, but we wondered how many were made up for tourists...
The next day was New Year's Eve. We did some shopping and sight-seeing, then in the evening we made out way to the river front to board our boat for a jazz ans dinner cruise along the Vltava river. It was a small intimate setting with about a dozen tables, a buffet of cold appys, and a hot entree. The jazz quartet was very good and played at a volume that still allowed you to talk. The view of the city from the river was wonderful.
At midnight was headed up the the top deck to see the fireworks. It was an amazing night.
So, since all flights connected in Prague, we decided to do Prague. We arrived on Tuesday afternoon, but not without a little drama at the airport. When we tried to check in we were told our reservation had been canceled. After lots of phone calls and back and forth, it was discovered that if you make a change using SkyEurope's online system they cancel your reservation without warning.
The short story is you have to pay for each piece of luggage you check. We realized the night before we would need to check luggage. I tried to add it to our reservation, but it failed. Worse yet, I received to notification that it had failed and, of course, it never occurred to me our reservation would be canceled! Well, we were able to get on the plane after we paid twice as much at the airport to check our bags.
We arrived and checked into out hotel and had a walk around the city. Boy, was it cold! We had scheduled a night-time walking tour, so went back to our rooms to add another layer of clothing before the tour, where we learned about the ghosts of Prague! Lots of intriguing stories, but we wondered how many were made up for tourists...
The next day was New Year's Eve. We did some shopping and sight-seeing, then in the evening we made out way to the river front to board our boat for a jazz ans dinner cruise along the Vltava river. It was a small intimate setting with about a dozen tables, a buffet of cold appys, and a hot entree. The jazz quartet was very good and played at a volume that still allowed you to talk. The view of the city from the river was wonderful.
At midnight was headed up the the top deck to see the fireworks. It was an amazing night.
Christmas 2008
Decmber 25
We celebrated Christmas with our Copenhagen family. This time at Nanda & JJ's. JJ made a delicious duck, twice-baked potatoes with goat cheese and chives, and green beans. For dessert, Heidi and Scott brought was pumpkin pie and chocolate cake. We had it easy and brought a ham. We toasted our South African friends, who are now back in South Africa, probably BBQing on the beach as we freeze our a**es off here in CPH.
We celebrated Christmas with our Copenhagen family. This time at Nanda & JJ's. JJ made a delicious duck, twice-baked potatoes with goat cheese and chives, and green beans. For dessert, Heidi and Scott brought was pumpkin pie and chocolate cake. We had it easy and brought a ham. We toasted our South African friends, who are now back in South Africa, probably BBQing on the beach as we freeze our a**es off here in CPH.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
December 8th - Munich Christmas Markets
December 8, 2008
Munich is famous for it's Christmas markets. We saw almost all of them this weekend! It was all very festive - lights and food and arts and crafts. And lots of Italians. I guess because Munich is close to the Italian border and it's, well, cheaper. It's all about the food, right? Well, we had some really good street food. Mostly sausages that I can guess are horrible for you, but, damn, they're good! My theory is if you add enough spicy mustard it somehow cancels out the heart-clogging fat.
And then we had dinner at this mazing restaurant. no - that is not a typo! This restaurant was truly a maze. It was the Ratskeller beneath the town hall. I'm telling you this place was huge - must have been 20 rooms. A ten minute walk later, we were shown to our room and our table. The walls and ceiling are painted pale yellow and painted with frescoes of romantic foliage and art-deco women. And the food was quite good! We bought some German Christmas ornaments, but mainly enoyed the ambience of the outdoor markets. Oh - and there was a singing stuffed moose at one of the markets.
Munich is famous for it's Christmas markets. We saw almost all of them this weekend! It was all very festive - lights and food and arts and crafts. And lots of Italians. I guess because Munich is close to the Italian border and it's, well, cheaper. It's all about the food, right? Well, we had some really good street food. Mostly sausages that I can guess are horrible for you, but, damn, they're good! My theory is if you add enough spicy mustard it somehow cancels out the heart-clogging fat.
And then we had dinner at this mazing restaurant. no - that is not a typo! This restaurant was truly a maze. It was the Ratskeller beneath the town hall. I'm telling you this place was huge - must have been 20 rooms. A ten minute walk later, we were shown to our room and our table. The walls and ceiling are painted pale yellow and painted with frescoes of romantic foliage and art-deco women. And the food was quite good! We bought some German Christmas ornaments, but mainly enoyed the ambience of the outdoor markets. Oh - and there was a singing stuffed moose at one of the markets.
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