# Attention Dopers in Germany and The Czech Rep!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806 "2000-09-02T20:59:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iksova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iksova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iksova)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/1 "2000-09-02T20:59:10Z")
I’m heading to Germany in a week and I’ll also be going to the CR. Got any suggestions on where to go and what to see? Anything I should be careful of? Anyone thats travelled through these places please comment too! I thought I’d ‘just go’, but now I’m getting a little antsy. (Did I say antsy? Freaking out is more like it!) :0 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/2 "2000-09-03T15:31:31Z")
I’ve only been to Prague, so I’ll point out these things there: [ul][li]The Charles Bridge. Go at night. Gorgeous.[/li][li]Find the John Lennon wall near the French Embassy and Kampa in Mala Strana.[/li][li]Hang out at the Jan Hus statue in the Old Town Square. Try to figure out the Astronomical clock there, too.[/li][li]Drink lots of Staropramen pilsner, and raise a glass to me when you have one (I can’t get any here in the States!).[/li][li]Walk up and down Wenceslas Square.[/li][li]Wonder what the hell the big metronome is doing.[/li][li]Even if you’re not Jewish, check out the Jewish Quarter near the Old Town Square (walk down Parizka St. from the Square a few blocks to reach Josefov).[/ul][/li]I was in Prague in May 1998, and I miss it a lot. Let us know what you see, and e-mail me if you have any more Prague-related questions. I love that city! ---
**Author:** ![iksova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iksova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iksova)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/3 "2000-09-03T19:05:05Z")
Actually, I’ve already been to Prague (in 97). I fell in love with the place (The Charles Bridge at night…mmmmm), and I can’t wait to go back. Last time I went to see the cemetary where Kafka was buried, but they were charging for entrance so I didn’t go. I guess its Berlin suggestions that I’m looking for, but thank you thank you thank you!!! for answering this post!! I was wondering what happened to it… And your right about the Pilsner…mos dobri! And Cesky-Krumlov was beautiful too… ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/4 "2000-09-03T21:24:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iksova \* > **I guess its Berlin suggestions that I’m looking for, but thank you thank you thank you!!! for answering this post!! I was wondering what happened to it…** You’re welcome you’re welcome you’re welcome. Glad to plug my favourite European city. I wish I could help you with Berlin, but I’ve never been there. My brother was there for a week, though, in 1998, and except for the Wall, and being there during the Love Parade, I don’t remember too much else of what he said about Berlin. Do try to find an internet cafe in Prague (there are a few there) and post a thread during your stay there. ---
**Author:** ![iksova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iksova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iksova)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/5 "2000-09-04T00:00:25Z")
Its my favourite European city, too. Of course, I haven’t BEEN anywhere else yet, so this trip is really to compare. I have a friend from Hungary who insists Budapest is ‘better’ so I’m going to visit her to be fair. I think I’m a little old to start backpacking, But better late than never…8) If its not too much in 2 weeks, I’m going to go to Austria too! ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/6 "2000-09-04T01:07:52Z")
Ooh, backpacking, eh? I’ve always wanted to do that, but never could afford to take the time, too. I spent 10 days in Prague, and managed to “backpack” it, as I took only my trusty Jansport backpack with me for the trip. I’ve heard about Budapest, too, but give me Prague any day. Now, my next trip is to Stockholm… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iksova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iksova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iksova)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/7 "2000-09-04T01:16:54Z")
I thought it was getting kinda cosy!! 😉 I was supposed to meet my frind in Prague but after I bought my ticket she told me she couldn’t make it. So I thought: here’s my chance. They say you meet people over there, so I guess I’ll see. I’ll let you know how it goes… Why Stockholm? (Whenever I read that word I have to say it ‘SHtockholm’. I had a roommate who thought she was Swedish… :rolleyes: ) ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/8 "2000-09-04T01:25:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iksova \* > **Why Stockholm?** Wow, you must be under a rock or something. Check out the threads in my sig, or do a search for either me, or **Anniz**. (Hint: she lives in Stockholm.) Are you an American? I didn’t meet that many in Prague, actually, and none until my 5th day there. My roomate in the hostel was German, and I hung out with him and a bunch of German kids he met in a pub one night mostly. I met my first American in Josefov, and then another group of cute American students at a pub one night. Based on my informal survey of seeing how “Prague” was spelled on the tour books of the tourists, “Prag” (German) outnumbered “Prague” nearly 10-1. There were a few "Prag"s written in Cyrillic, too. ---
**Author:** ![iksova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iksova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iksova)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/9 "2000-09-04T17:48:23Z")
I had to get out the kleenex! I just read the Anniz and Montfort thread. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!! Good luck you guys, and I guess I’d better stop flirting 😉 NOW I understand, my friend. No, not American, Canadian. Your friend over the border… I figure I’ll run into a lot of Australians. I did last time I was there. I didn’t see many Americans either. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/10 "2000-09-04T19:22:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iksova \* > \*\*I had to get out the kleenex! I just read the Anniz and Montfort thread. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!! Good luck you guys, and I guess I’d better stop flirting 😉 > NOW I understand, my friend. \*\* Aww, shucks, thanks. And, feel free to flirt away, at least until Anniz discovers this thread. 🙂 I’m all for Canadian chicks who like Prague. I bet you say “aboot,” too. 😉 > [@](#): > > \*\*I figure I’ll run into a lot of Australians. I did last time I was there. I didn’t see many Americans either. \*\* I don’t recall seeing too many hosers there, either. But, I will say that when I was in Australia nine years ago, everyone there thought I was a Canadian, since more Canadians visit Australia than Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/11 "2000-09-04T19:28:40Z")
I think you’ll find a lot of Americans in Prague. I spent a couple of days there a couple of months ago (I loved it, too, it’s my favorite of the European cities I’ve visited), and there were Americans everywhere. I think it’s changed that way fairly recently; a friend of mine living in Dresden told me that tourism in Prague has really increased over the past couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/12 "2000-09-04T19:45:18Z")
That’s what I thought, too, Cabbage, when I was there in May 1998. But, it was all German tourists then. Fortunately, they all spoke English, especially the cute ones. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iksova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iksova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iksova)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/13 "2000-09-04T20:18:47Z")
Welcome to our thread, cabbage!!! Did you get a chance to visit Cesky Krumlov when you were there? I saw my first opera there, on an outdoor stage where the seats rotate and and the opera is performed in the woods all around you. It was wonderful, except that the cold weather, metal seats, and me in shorts were not a recipe for comfort!! ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-dopers-in-germany-and-the-czech-rep/31806/14 "2000-09-04T21:21:05Z")
No, we didn’t make it to Cesky Krumlov (sounds great, though), we had a total of a week to spend in Europe and didn’t get to see as many places as I would have liked to. We did pass close by Cesky Krumlov, though, with all the driving we did. We made it to Munich, Venice, Klagenfurt, Prague, and Dresden, but didn’t get to spend very long in any one place. Like I said, I had more fun in Prague than any of the other places (which, by the way, weren’t bad, either). If you’ve been to the Czech Republic before, you may already know to watch out for this (it drove me crazy when I saw it, but maybe that’s just me). Some of the two-lane highways (traffic in both directions) there have wide shoulders, and when a car comes up behind you in a no passing zone, you’re expected to steer over about halfway onto the shoulder so the car can pass down the middle. It just seemed kind of nuts to me, cars going both directions, passing down the middle of the two lanes; seems like an accident waiting to happen, particularly if you’re not expecting it. I don’t know that I’d be much help in giving any recommendations on things to do and see while you’re there, since my trip was kind of rushed, but I hope you have a great time!