{"id":237,"date":"2011-10-30T19:25:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T19:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2014-04-21T14:22:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T14:22:24","slug":"traveling-around-prague-czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/traveling-around-prague-czech-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Around: Prague, Czech Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traveling Around: Prague, Czech Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Can you relate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Not realizing that the 2nd language on the local product packages was Slovak until the last day of the trip.
\n\u2022 Being swarmed and surrounded by hundreds of tourists.\u00a0 Thank goodness their numbers decreased after the weekend was over.
\n\u2022 Going to high-end restaurants for almost every meal, pretending that is how we normally go out to eat in our host country.
\n\u2022 Being actually quite impressed with the country\u2019s churches, both outside and inside.
\n\u2022 Going to Bohemia Bagel every morning for breakfast.\u00a0 Those bagels are pretty close to how they taste in NYC!
\n\u2022 Taking a short trip to Kutna Hora to see the \u201cBone Church.\u201d Then deciding to walk to the center of the town (about 2-3 kms) not realizing the local bus could have taken us there much faster!
\n\u2022 Exploring local grocery stores to check out their products, hoping they have some things that cost much cheaper than what is available in our host country.
\n\u2022 Having a sunny, beautiful day every day of the trip, but then finally getting a cloudy, rainy day on the last morning during the taxi ride back to the airport.
\n\u2022 Getting a Thai massage after a day of walking around because the price of an hour massage is about 1\/2 the price in our host country.
\n\u2022 Bring impressed by the buildings in Prague and how much of the design features being influenced by the Art Nouveau period.
\n\u2022 Seeing so many walking tour group everywhere.\u00a0 The tour guide holding their attention-getting flag and talking through their head microphone\/speaker.
\n\u2022 Feeling like we were truly in the Renaissance period seeing costumed trumpeters in a castle playing a tune at the top of every hour it seemed.
\n\u2022 Tried to go to the National Museum and the National Theatre to find they were both closed to the public.
\n\u2022 Finding a lady behind a little table selling opera tickets, taking a risk and buying tickets from her and then actually having a great time at the opera show.
\n\u2022 Bring very underwhelmed at the city\u2019s botanical garden.\u00a0 Maybe it was because we went there during the off-season.
\n\u2022 Seeing many marionettes and puppets around the city, including a Michael Jackson one resembling Pinocchio.<\/p>\n

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If you are on a trip right now, away from your host country, write to us at\u00a0admin@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>\u00a0with your “Can you relate?” traveling experiences.\u00a0 Tell us where you are traveling in the world, what you are seeing and how you are coping with any culture shock.\u00a0 Once your Traveling Around\u00a0experience is posted on our blog, International School Community will give\u00a06 free months of premium membership<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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