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No doubt, Prague is one of the most picturesque and beautiful European capitals. Praha, as local Check people call it is spreading its architectural treasures around the river Vitava and charms absolutely every tourist. Our colleague Josh Zipkini is no exception. As he says, it’s a city out of this world.

Sightseeing
As he would advice you, if you make your way to Prague you should plan to stay there for at least a week. The Old Town district embraces the Square with the Astronomical Clock and many cafes, souvenir shops and definitely talkative people. Some of you maybe will also love the Wenceslas Square, where along with the guidebook recommended Czech National Museum are also waiting to be discovered hot strip clubs and casinos. Sure, a city like this never sleeps. Josh recommends an awesome 6 floors disco, located near the Castle. Weird but true, he met only tourists there and I didn’t see any Czech people. Actually quite a lot of foreigners have chosen to live and work in this city and many companies have their Central and Eastern European head quarters here.

Hungry? On the canals you can enjoy a dinner on a tour boat for only 40 UDS. The boat guide will show you all the major attractions and you don’t have to walk at all.
Thirsty? Prague is also known for its Absinth. Sure you can get absinth in France or Germany too, but it will only be 54% by volume. In Prague and further down east Europe absinth is at least 66% alcohol by volume. Honestly breathtaking.

Misc
Another good thing about Czech Republic is it much cheaper than its neighbors on the west. The country is in the European Union they still keep their currency the Czech koruna (CZK).

As Josh said, “its good if you’re a traveling American because things will be cheaper then home. The girls, the life, the fun, if you must go to a place in Europe, go to Prague.”

Filed by Maria on 02-08-2007


Comments:
cacrelcro on November 16th, 2007 at 3:52 pm #

dellivar

Maria on November 16th, 2007 at 4:15 pm #

uh? “dellivar”? what does it mean?

Northernwood on March 16th, 2008 at 3:57 pm #

“Prague is also known for its Absinth.”

This is a modern bitter wormwood drink invented in 1990s that has very little to nothing to do with absinthe.

“Sure you can get absinth in France or Germany too, but it will only be 54% by volume.”

Real absinthe in Switzerland is often 54%, the so-called la Bleue, clear absinthe distilled during Swiss absinthe ban 1910-2005. Many great brands are still (legally) so manufactured.

Originally absinthe, the Swiss and French drink flavoured by distilling alcohol and herbs together, was between 45-72%. It was and is always drank diluted with cold water. No shooting or lightning it in fire. It is an anise-based drink unlike most of these “Czechsinthes”. Please stop calling these modern fake drinks absinth(e).

Maria on March 17th, 2008 at 3:29 am #

I agree that there are many fake anise-flavored drinks that are called absinthe. The truth is that a revival of absinthe began in the 1990s, when countries in the EU began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale.

Northernwood on March 17th, 2008 at 5:30 am #

Likewise, any non-anise tasting alcoholic drink that is called absinthe is fake. Adding wormwood to alcohol is not enough to make a drink absinthe.

Is there any evidence on absinthe being a Czech drink originally, before 1990s, like old advertising posters or bottles? I doubt that.

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