Ask me anything about PRAGUE or CZECH REPUBLIC

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Two nice views. This was from up on the hill with the Eiffel Tower replica that OP mentioned.


Was just in Prague for about a week. Fun city. The women are staggeringly beautiful. One weird thing we noticed was that it seemed like there were way more couples in this city than anywhere else we went. And they are huge on the public affection... you can't get on an escalator without seeing about 5 couples dry humping each other.

If you are a guy and into the nightlife I would say that the summer is probably the worst time to be there. Prague has millions of summer tourists, and by far the young majority of backpackers there are males. Makes sense if you think about it, female travelers (from outside Europe) want to go to Paris or Italy, not too many of them venture into central and Eastern Europe. So a lot of the time at the big discos it was a giant sausage-fest. This one time we were hanging out with a couple of American girls by the bar and there was literally a line of about 8 guys waiting for a chance to sneak in and talk to them.

Strip clubs were amazing. Women that you would think should be models in some of the clubs.

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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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What are your other favourite locations in Prague?

Thanks for this thread, I'm going to visit Prague sometime this year.

[Slap My Jack]

Played live poker at any of the casinos in Prague?

Any hassles with getting enough cash?

[The Funky Llama]

can you recommend good hostels in Prague?

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If you are a guy and into the nightlife I would say that the summer is probably the worst time to be there. Prague has millions of summer tourists, and by far the young majority of backpackers there are males. Makes sense if you think about it, female travelers (from outside Europe) want to go to Paris or Italy, not too many of them venture into central and Eastern Europe. So a lot of the time at the big discos it was a giant sausage-fest .

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I couldn't agree more ... I was there in mid August and the club that we went too was like 80% guys ... I felt gay and uncomfortable [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Do you recommened going to Czeck in January or no?

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When is the best time to visit? With the criterion of decent weather and the city not being packed with tourists? I was thinking of April.
Are things there still relatively cheap for Americans even with the value of the US dollar declining sharply?

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Just wanted to agree that the women there are some of the most beautiful have seen. Petrin Hill is cool, I was proud of myself for managing to run to the top before the rest of my party made it up the lift.

Also, the Tatry Mountains, as OP mentioned in a post, are some of the most beautiful mountains in the world. I have been hiking/camping/backpacking A LOT and I can honestly say the best experience was hiking the Niske Tatry's and staying in the Chateau's up there. Unforgettable experience.

Also unforgettable was going to a rave at Roxie nightclub and watching someone shootup. For some reason security freaked when they found the needle on the floor.

Some things not mentioned that I would recommend: Czechy Krumlov in the Bohemian region was a really neat city. If you go to Brno or Olomouc then you must try the cheese. (I was tricked by my hosts into eating the Olomouc cheese)

Furthermore, if you can make friends with someone who has a country garden house or wine cottage, those were neat experiences too.

One of the best experiences I had was going to one of the old churces, and one of the Slovak guy's girlfriend just happened to play old organs, and so I busied myself with pumping the bellows while she played in the empty church and the priest was just loving it. Damn good time, awesome country.

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Hey vdoma,

can you give me any info about the shnaps you often get with beer in the Czech Republic? I'm having trouble finding an equivalent in the US.