Ask me anything about PRAGUE or CZECH REPUBLIC

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Best time of the year to visit?

I'm going to be in Paris this fall. Is there any inexpensive way to make it to Prague? Rail will likely be out of the question.

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Yes smart wings is a good option, but then the airport tax increase the cost.

The cheapest way to get to Prague would be through http://www.studentagency.cz/ They offer extremley cheap travel from Paris and are excellent coaches. There is a English translation tab top right of the page for you. So i would check it out!

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How much is a nice 2br apartment?

What are Prague's strengths and weaknesses?

Are you ladies attractive and easy? Do most people speak English?

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A nice 2 bedroom apartment in Central Prague can easily fetch more than $1 million.

If you go slightly away from the centre, which is a very well connected via underground, bus and tram links then you could get a v. nice apartments for around $85,000-100,000.

Prague Strengths:

It is an absolutely beautiful city. The architecture is amazing. Its a city known for its beauty and 100 Golden Spirals, many of the building have spiral roofs.

It is relatively cheap:

Decent 3 course meal for two will be around $100-200 depending how central you are. In the outskirts you can get a 3 course meal for 2 for $30

There are so many things to do, you can go sightseeing, offers great shopping, contains Europe’s largest shopping centre (Chodov Centrum). There are also constantly huge bands playing. When I was there in the summer Rolling Stones, Ossy Osborne, Pink, Madonna were playing there in 1 months period. There are plenty of football matches, ice-hockey (which Czech’s are extremely good at)etc etc.

Easy transport links which are cheap and reliable.

And the night life is great, loads of bars and clubs, strip clubs.

Czech's have the best bear in the world and its only $2 a pint. In rural Czech its $0.90

Anyway the list could go on lol.

Prague Weaknesses.

Lots and Lots of stag and hen parties. Friday and Saturday and notorious for this and you will see loads of them around the city.

A lot of conmen and pick pockets. When changing money NEVER change with a man that will come up to you and offer you a better rate than the exchange office. They use old Russian, Ukrainian notes and try and pass them of as Czech currency. This has been a big problem, as stupid tourists fall for it.

Taxis will rip you off if your foreign. Keep to the main brand AAA Taxis and you will be fine. They will charge you well over $50 more than the fare cost.

Czech women are without a doubt world renowned as the most beautiful in the world. They are pretty easy to pick up and as there are soooo many good looking girls compared to good looking guys then they have to do with the ugly ones. It’s very common to see 8-10 girls going out with very ugly blokes. If you speak to them in English then you will have no problems. They are also amazing in bed and will be up for anything.

Hope that helps!

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And a EPT event is scheduled for Prague!! Whoop Whoop!

[WhoIam]

How would you compare Slovakia with the Czech Republic?

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How would you compare Slovakia with the Czech Republic?

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Very Different.

Slovakia used to be part of the former Cechoslovakia, but in 1992 they peacfully split.

I would say that Slovakia is more rural than Czech. Also its a smaller country with a lesser population than to Czech.

The only thing i can say is magical about Slovakia are the Tatra mountains. They honestly are one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in the world. With mountain tops reaching over 3000m its quite amazing sight.

They have a slighty different language than the Czechs, they do not pronounce their accents therefore it sounds a lot softer that the more harsh sounding Czech language.

I wouldn't really recommend Bratislava becuase its dark, dull and boring. The Shakespeare plays at the castle are the only nice things to see, but they wont be playing till summer 2008.

Honestly i would stay to Czech but if you feel more adventerous and are backpacking then i would check slovakia out.

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How would you compare Slovakia with the Czech Republic?

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Very Different.

Slovakia used to be part of the former Cechoslovakia, but in 1992 they peacfully split.

I would say that Slovakia is more rural than Czech. Also its a smaller country with a lesser population than to Czech.

The only thing i can say is magical about Slovakia are the Tatra mountains. They honestly are one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in the world. With mountain tops reaching over 3000m its quite amazing sight.

They have a slighty different language than the Czechs, they do not pronounce their accents therefore it sounds a lot softer that the more harsh sounding Czech language.

I wouldn't really recommend Bratislava becuase its dark, dull and boring. The Shakespeare plays at the castle are the only nice things to see, but they wont be playing till summer 2008.

Honestly i would stay to Czech but if you feel more adventerous and are backpacking then i would check slovakia out.

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I was born in Slovakia and sort of grew up there, in Kosice. I'm pretty fluent with the language although I will have a little trouble when its spoken too fast. I tend to go back every couple years or so to see family. This year I flew into Prague with my parents and rented a car from prague and drove it to Kosice. Last time I was in Prague was when it was still one country with slovakia.

Interesting thing to note when we went through customs the officers gave us extremely dirty looks and heavily interrogated us, asked us why we were here, why going through czech, not directly into slovakia etc. Thought for a sec we may not even get in. It upset my mom a lot and I was baffled as to why they were so strict with us, and she told me it was because we had US passports with our country of origin being Slovakia. Any idea what's up with that?

Also what is the gypsy situation like in prague (or czech in general), because I know in slovakia its very real and a bad problem, esp with tourists. Sounds like those people running the currency scams and pick pocketing are the gypsies (cigani as well call them). In Kosice you can generally tell them apart because of their darker skin tone, and they are generally looked down upon and treated poorly (for good reason for the most part).

Anyway I agree about the women, they are the best looking in the eastern european area, esp czech & slovak, you will DEF not find any uggos or anything like that. Also agree about the tatras, especially the high tatras, they are amazing. I had a chance to visit them this past easter on the slovak side of them, you can actually take a lift all the way to the very top of the highest part of them, just above the clouds, its truly an amazing sight. Anyway cool to see a czech around here, I might go back for the EPT there, but we'll see, my mother might have a heart attack if I told her I was going back there lol.

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Are drugs a crime? Is the punishment bad?
You mentioned what it costs to buy an apartment. What does it cost to rent an apartment?

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Are drugs a crime? Is the punishment bad?
You mentioned what it costs to buy an apartment. What does it cost to rent an apartment?

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YES drugs are ILLEGAL. They carry tough prison sentences but you wont be sentenced to death like other countries. If Police find drugs on a tourists then they will arrest them and treat them as a czech national.

The Czech nightlife scene has a pretty heavy drug usage but its been trageted by police.

But i would NOT recommend smuggling drugs in/out of the country as the airport is very strict and they check every hand luggage now. It will be very risky for anybody trying it!

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Do you recommened going to Czeck in January or no?