My father and I visited Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 (known as Czechia 🇨🇿 and formerly Czechoslovakia) in early July 2016 and we stayed there for five days/nights. The city of Prague is absolutely beautiful. It has lots of wonderful historic buildings, landmarks and architectures such as castles, cathedrals, chuches, synagogues, Charles Bridge and clock towers. I just loved it over there. It's probably one of the most beautiful European cities in the world and it's one of my favourite European cities of all time as well. I'd love to visit Prague again sometime in the future. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
On the first day, we walked around the city at the evening. On the second day we went on a tour. We visited St. Vitus Cathedral. We saw Charles Bridge. We visited the clock tower and it has a great view of the city. On the third day we went to the zoo and we saw lots of amazing animals in there. We saw some guests bringing their dogs to the zoo! We thought we never saw anyone who brings their dogs to zoos before in our lives. On the fourth day we went to the National Museum and we also went to the Zizkov Television Tower (Czech: Žižkovský vysílač) The tower has an incredible view of a city of Prague so you can see all the buildings out there! On the last day, we went to garden and we went to the Greenhouse.
Take Tram 22/23 to get to Prague Castle and Strahov library (monastery). You can pick it up from Mala Strana (lesser town) near Charles bridge, by the Starbucks!
Thanks for the video. Love the beer and food there. We hit the bridge at something crazy like 5am to watch the sunrise - only the day was overcast and it rained 😂. Looking forward to going back.
I guess growing up during the Soviet block era, I never appreciated how cool so much of Eastern Europe is. Budapest, Prague, much of Romania and Slovenia, e.g.; lots of cool places. Nice job as always. I had Tex-Mex in Paris years ago and in my travelogue added "and I'm not proud of that." 😀 Yours looked better.
We were in Romania last year and were very surprised at how much we enjoyed our time there. We also need to get back to Poland sometime within the next year or two. Thank you for watching, Doug! Cheers!!🍻
We'll be visiting Prague for the first time in December for a Christmas Markets cruise with Avalon and really looking forward to it. Thanks for sharing such great info on Prague.
That sounds amazing! We've heard going during Christmas time and seeing the markets is so beautiful. Thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful trip in December ☺
This video brings back fond memories of the charming Prague. A couple of notes, you didn't show any use of the streetcars and trams around Prague which are excellent and took me to the castle on the hill from the old town easily and cheaply. I also note that the bike tours around Prague were excellent and a great way to cover a lot of ground and save your feet somewhat. The local fare is quite hearty with gravies and cheaper cuts of meat and potatoes. Very good. The beer variety is excellent and you are in your element there. You make me want to return to Prague and enjoy once again, and get outside that city and see more of Czech Republic. Honest Guide has some excellent videos about Prague to check out for food, money changing etc.
OMG we certainly loved this video. Seeing both of you there with all of the beer options makes for the best video ever. Love seeing your travels each week. Cheers🍻
Hi guys, carry on with the vlogging, we really appreciate the informative and interesting commentary. You may have also persuaded to go to Prague instead of Istanbul next year.
There are free toilets in Andel and Palladium shopping centres, you could pop back to the hotel using a tram or the metro if you buy a 3 day ticket which I always do. I like to stay outside area 1 to avoid the crowds but my best trip was during Covid...I went twice and Charles bridge was deserted 😃
Beautiful! It’s on our bucket list because of local vloggers Janek & Honza *Honest Guide*. They’ve shown us their beautiful Prague! Can’t wait to follow in your footsteps! Safe Travels!
We have watched a lot of Honest Guide; he does a really good job showing some of the sites that we tourists don't think to explore. Thank you for watching our channel as well, honored to be a choice next to them!! 😀 Cheers!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie My husband and I wait patiently for Saturday to come around. We love your videos and the amazing life you’re leading! Looking forward to next Saturday 👍🏻
Lots of people milling around. Personally, I love the crowds, just not the lines so much. I get a news letter from a man who will be getting citizenship in Czech and he lives in Prague. He's connected with international living, another great source of videos! Great deal on the beers. Not sure how more foam equals a sweeter taste, but interesting. Great video! Thanks for sharing!
We didn't understand the Milko beer either. We will stick to what we know and just drink regular beer. Thank you for watching and informing us on International Living. We will have to check out their channel. Cheers!!🍻
Hey guys, video is nice, however you’ve missed a few tricks…….firstly, forget Starbucks! Prague has some amazing and cool independent coffee shops many of which have free to use toilets 😉. I see you visited Malostranska Beseda, one of my favourite pubs, although there is a secret area of the pub which is where I prefer to go. Taking an Uber in the city of Prague is almost unforgivable 😮. Prague public transport is very very cheap and reliable and the tram 22 would take you to the castle. As for hop on/hop off buses and those “old fashioned” cars, they are tourist traps. Completely overpriced and the public transport (trams, buses & metro) are far more enjoyable to use. Going to the bridge early morning is good advice indeed 😊, as is taking a late night stroll across the bridge after a nice day with your other half. Come back and visit again and I’ll ensure you’d enjoy it even more than you could imagine 👍😊
We are always ready to forget Starbucks, we couldn't believe how many there are in Prague!! Great tips, thank you for adding them to the channel!! Cheers!!🍻
Brian, when you said the St. Charles bridge was “littered with all kinds of monuments” I laughed since I understood it was an unintentional insult since the monuments are not litter! 😂
You guys are having a blast in Europe and so right coming here in the summer months. Prague looks great from what I remember. BTW, during this trip, which has been the most beautiful city that you have visited so far?
Prague and Vienna have to be at the top of any beautiful city list. We did have a wonderful time in central Europe and now in Italy. Thank you for watching!! Cheers!!🍻
The foam on the beer will determine the bitterness /sweetness ratio: mlíko (milk) is the sweetest (all thick foam), šnyt has a nice balance (my favourite), hladinka (good with fatty food, most traditional), čochtan (American pour, hâte It)
Beautiful city, I had never thought about going to Prague, but now I think that we will have to look into it. With a malt allergy, no beer tours for us. The margaritas 🍹 are good. 😊😊
@@BrianandCarrie I noticed that you said that it was July in Prague, are you still in Europe? Also will you be talking about the costs of the month or so in Europe? We book all of our own trips, but we usually avoid hotels because we don't mind preparing a few of our own meals, we tend to stay a week in a location, but our next trip we are doing 2 days in Vienna and 2 days in Stuttgart, Italy is 2 5day stays,4 days Paris, and 5 in Barcelona. Being in our 60s, packing and moving every other day seems to make our visits rushed. We want to enjoy each city for what it has to offer.
We will be doing a cost breakdown of our "fast travel" month in central Europe coming soon. We will also be doing a video comparing slow travel to fast travel. We have just arrived in Italy and will be here for almost two months. We will be taking it much slower from here on out!!
Fun fact: Czech Republic is one of the youngest country in Europe. It was used to be part of Czechoslovakia. In 1993, Czechoslovakia got split into two countries; Czech Republic and Slovakia
@@Prometheus101 Czech Republic has no history, it was created in 1969 and was independent 1993-2009 (until Lisabon Treaty, EU is really a federation, as well as Czechoslovakia was). However, Czechia (not a republic!) has thousands years of history, as a group of lands of the Bohemian Crown. It depends on what we mean by the word "country". Whether a temporary purposeful alliance or co-state that is currently the subject of international law, or a territory that has its long-term national identity even when it is part of a larger state. Czechoslovakia was a republican state consisting of two countries which became republics in 1969 and independent in 1993. Czechia is now (since 1742) a country consisting of 2+1/10 lands (Bohemia, Moravia and small part of Silesia) .
Just be correct. Before the WWI. It was two country. Czech and Slovakia .. two different cultures and languages. When the melted in one country they created lot of tension between the both.
Beautiful!!! I was just getting ready to go out and do some errands and then your vlog popped up and I had to watch. So, much for hurrying out to do errands. LOL! I really wish that I had ventured into Eastern Europe back in the day as some friends and coworkers did and found it very interesting. But, I was always living in Copenhagen for 10-11 weeks during the summers and it was far to travel to a lot of other places within Europe. Airfare , within Europe, back in the day was really expensive so trains were taken all over Europe. It's not like Europe had a Shinkansen train. Trains were slow. It would take me around 14-16 hours to just get to Paris as to get out of DK, the train would drive onto a ferry and cross a body of water to just get to the German side and then reconnect the train to continue. And there were usually delays. And traveling to Italy and then back up to Copenhagen really took forever as long as 30 hours depending on where in Italy. So, I couldn't imagine traveling to Eastern Europe by train. Folks are lucky that they can now fly as prices starting coming down more in the early 80s, I think it was. I now fly within Europe. I have friends and coworkers who ventured into Eastern Europe back in the day and found it very interesting. We were all a very well-traveled group; friends, coworkers, and family members. It was great as we'd exchange information of where to go, where to stay, and what to expect and especially before the internet and other tech came into existence. Keep having lots of fun! I continue to look forward to your vlogs. Now, to get some errands done. LOL! Greetings from Los Angeles
Great that you're headed to Italy. I've been lying here watching vlogs on Italy from one of the vloggers that I follow. Italy is a place that I've been going to since the 70s. I was last there in summer 2017. I had a great Airbnb in central Milan. Greetings from Los Angeles @@BrianandCarrie
Hey U2, we agree 100% WE LOVED PRAGUE and I think it is our faborite Vlog we've made so far... Such a beautiful city & country. Stay safe, see ya's on the road somewhere soon we hope 🌎 John And Teri Just Go
Hi guys, feels like seeing home 🙂 Btw. almost nobody actually drinks mliko style beer, it is just a part of the Czech brewery heritage which needs to be preserved. Anyway thumbs up for the highlight of the trip - beer tour. If anyday in the future you'll have the chance to spend half day in Plzeň (Pilsen) - Home of Beer, take the brewery tour as well. I used to work there one summer - best summer job ever :)
That's good to know! When a beer sounds good, it's that refreshing drink that is appealing, hard to see getting that from the Mliko style. We really wish we had the time to make it to Pilsen but unfortunately, we ran out (that would be Brian's dream summer job)- next time for sure! Thanks so much for watching - Cheers 🍻
You have to pay almost everywhere in Central and Eastern Europe to use the washroom. ( in Germany we also paid at the mall) Just did a 6 days road trip in Czech Republic - to avoid crowds in August we skipped Prague and Cesky Krumlov and visited Telc and Kutna Hora. Who knew there are so many Starbucks in Prague?
One of those things that takes time to get used to - but now I'm just happy when I find a bathroom and don't worry about paying so much. So far we are finding anywhere outside the states you pay. We were shocked by the quantity of Starbucks locations, more than we have in Washington and that's where they are from 😉 . Cheers!!
I went to the Starbucks, bought an overpriced drink with 20 Euro, then hung on to those Czech coins like it’s gold, when I needed them for bathrooms. Typing up this message as I’m about to leave Prague in the morning after spending a week here. Loved this city!
Prague is the heart of Central Europe and, along with Vienna, Budapest... the place to experience the famous First Republic cafes enjoyed by dissidents like Václav Havel Franz Kafka Albert Einstein... I just don't understand why tourists come here and go to Starbucks. Maybe it reminds them of home as each branch will be identical.
The hop on hop off busses and the old cars are extremely expensive. You can get everywhere on trams and there are even historical trams and the tickets only cost like 1-5 USD depending on whether you want just a short trip or a 24h ticket.
I am going to Prague Oct 1, 2023 next month , staying at the Hotel Caesar Prague, Nove-Mesto, 110-00 and a day trip to Dresden Germany, by myself, your video is beautiful 🌞
Prague is one of our favs in Europe. Surprisingly affordable. Nice job guys on the video. Eastern Europe is certainly under appreciated. But don’t really think of Prague as Eastern, but that’s just me.
I spend time in Europe every year. I am well aware of where Prague is located. I will rephrase; as a former Eastern block country, even though it is actually in Central Europe, it does not have the feel of other former Eastern block countries, locale aside. No matter the location, everyone should visit at least once.
You can take tram # 22 to the front entrance of Prague Castle. No need to climb those stairs. Walking down the stairs is also not easy. We just kept getting 24 hr passes on the trams. Quite easy to hop on and of the trams. Even took tram # 19 (I think) to the central train station and took a train to the central train station. We took a train to Dresden, Germany (about 2 hrs and 15 mins one way). Spent the day in Dresden and returned in the evening. You have to book your seats and go to the specific train compartment (carriage). The compartment #s are on the side. Pretty easy ride. Train moves about 100 kmph.
You can also take trams or the metro anywhere in prague. Tram line 22 will take you to the Castle. Tickets are easily purchased via the PID litacka App. I would also say that more tourist make it to Malostanska and Hradcany vs Old Town Square. You can also go to the golden lane for free after 5PM. The actually brewery tour in the town of Pilsen is more interesting since you can go into caves and drink unfiltered beer out of the barrel. The beer experience in Prague is also sorta cool. Vietnamese food is really good in Prague too. Glad you guys had a good trip.
Prague, Barcelona, Venice, the Louvre in Paris where I am at, etc - are places that are best visited late November/January/February. Sure the weather might suck, but you get a totally different vibe and space. Its also more obvious observing where the locals go to eat/drink and just follow.
Being full-time travelers, we have to be somewhere in the summer months, so we tend to move from place to place a little faster than usual. We do prefer the shoulder months for all the reasons that you mention. Great point on observing where locals eat, we hadn't considered that. Cheers!!🍻
As a Prague citizen I have to disagree. There can be -10 °C in Prague during January/February if you're unlucky. Also the city looks way better when the green leafs are still on the trees. I would suggest March/April are the best months for travelling here.
Hi Guys, Prague is as beautiful as ever just way to many tourists for me. I went there for the first time when it was still Czechoslovakia before being overrun with tourists. Are you in Germany now? Looking forward to next week's video.
Yes, there were a lot of us tourists for sure. We just left Germany and have arrived in Italy where we will be for the next 2 months. We found tourists here too!! 😆
We are hoping that you are correct. We will be in Palmero most of September so it should be a bit quieter by then. Thank you for always watching and commenting!! 🍻
That will be a perfect time to be there ☺. We absolutely loved the food and beer in the Czech Republic - everything we tried was so tasty!! Have a wonderful trip and safe travels - Cheers 🍻
Haha - we for sure missed that!! Got our workout in for the day, and it just seems to be our way to find the longest way somewhere and then walk there 😂. Cheers!!
Charles Bridge is definitely not the second oldest bridge in Europe, it is the second oldest in Czech rep. Písek stone bridge is the oldest. Considering Europe, there are bridges that date back to the Roman Empire, or even Republic, surpassing the Charles bridge by more than a thousand years.
Hey guys! We are here now in Prauge inspired by your videos. We are traveling Europe for a month currently in the hopes of doing longer trips in the future. We figure a month of traveling would be a good test for us. Jenn & Jason
Carrie- really like the black outfit- is it a jumper or separates and where did you get it? Czech Republic is definitely on my must visit list..had the very cool opportunity to work with a team of Czech Special Forces a few years back.
Thank you so much ♥ It's two separate pieces that I got while home, so comfy! The Czech Republic is beautiful, we look forward to being able to return and explore more.
Love Prague! I ate Mexican when I was there too and also #sorrynotsorry. It was delicious. I’m not much of a beer drinker. We did a food tour and I got scolded for not drinking all my beer. I only got half a glass at the next stop. 😂
Thats funny! We went on a wine tour the other day that included wine tasting and a person in our party didn't drink any of the wine. Not everyone likes beer or wine. There is more to the tour than that, we would never scold you for not partaking!! 😂
I've never understood the big deal about that clock. I've been to Prague in the summer and winter. I don't think that city has anything but a high tourist season. It seems to be the top choice for bachelor/bachelorette parties from the UK. Awesome video as usual!
Brewery tour in Prague when the brewery is in real at Pilsner. I don´t get it. It´s a kind of museum as they made for Guiness in Dublin, I guess. I didn´t know we have here this new tourist trap. But I am glad you liked it. I hoped you realy wanted to go to see some real brewery (into production). There are even in Prague (Staropramen at Smíchov for example), but there is definitely not Pilsner brewery.
Hi! Why did you missed to visit Hungary and Slovakia or Slovenia? You travelled those countries around and I think you missed lot's of beautiful places!!!! Prague is one of my favorite city but how you can say that Prague is Europe's Best City before you visit Budapest? :) :) :)
We had originally planned on visiting some of those places but we didn't have time. We also need to watch our budget and too much moving around costs more money. We do plan on coming back to see those places soon. Thank you for watching!! Cheers!!🍻
Hi B and C! we love your videos! and we are on a countdown to retirement, yes we are ten years older than you...But we have learned so much from watching you. And we are excited for our travels ahead! We are wondering if you can tell us how much you spend on airfare/bus/train fare between cities. also how much are you paying to go from Washington state back to eu. are you booking one way tix? or are you planning all of your air/bus travel months in advance? Also is one of you in charge of booking transportation and the other in charge of booking accomodations? can you tell us the name of the air bnb you stayed in the Split area? and Brno and Prague. Cheers! Jenn
Hi! We always love hearing when viewers have found our videos helpful, thank you! And Congrats on your retirement countdown - so exciting ☺. We do videos on our cost breakdowns that will let you know our final costs for each location we are in. Look for our cost breakdown in the next few weeks that will break down our 1-month journey through Central Europe, this will include all expenses we incurred. Our planning and how far in advance depends solely on location and time of year, some require forward planning due to availability, and others you can wait down to the last minute. I (Carrie) take care of all our travel arrangements - personally having one person in charge of this area makes more sense, as it's a lot of elements to be sure are lined up. If you are interested in any of the Airbnb's we stayed in, we put the link to those in the video description for the area we stayed - let us know if there is one you are unable to locate. Cheers 🍻
Vienna was a day trip from Brno. We took a bus from Brno to Prague. The train and bus system is very good in Europe but the bus seems to cost less. We do have a travel day video coming up in the next couple of weeks. Thank you for watching! Cheers!!🍻
Really, most of Czech traditions are very older than republics and republicanism. The word "republic" doesn't fit to the word "traditional", unless you mean new traditions from 1920s.
@@breznik1197 Agree I can trace my ancestors bac to 13th century there, rewad everything I can find in English about history, traditions, recipes. Some of the food they eat now as traditional is the resultant holdover from shortages where they had to make due during German dominance, occupations and sattelite influence. Christmas Carp is a good example. Nation States are a 18 and 19th century phenemona, thus Names of beloved Bohemia and Moravia regions changed with politics.
You do not have to pay for toilets. Just be a customer. That means you buy something, or you go into one of the larger malls, where toilets are free. That means the places are sanitary and without a hobo, because someone is responsible.
We went into two large malls thinking that they would be free but still had to pay and by being a costumer and paying for something to use the restroom for free you are still paying to use the restroom.
Honest Guide is very good! He's pretty much the go to guy for anything you need to know in the Czech Republic! Thank you for watching and recommending Honest Guide!! Cheers!
These fugly abominations are definitely not cool looking old cars, but pretty lame looking tourist traps. As a person who loves vintage cars, I hate them.
The old cars were definitely not our thing either! We would much rather walk or take public transit! Thank you for the comments and for watching our channel! Cheers!!🍻
Prague politicians have already noticed that in recent decades Prague only attracts drunkards who do not have the capacity to appreciate its cultural value.
Prague and Bratislava are the only cities in Europe I would never ever visit again. I had the worst travelling experiences in 50 plus years of travelling.
I don’t know man.. looks like you guys are just falling for the typical tourist traps. I’m just not inspired about this kind of travel anymore. Tired of looking at people and concrete structures. I’d rather just do a tour of American national parks.
We can understand that. We have just arrived in Florance and explored Tuscany yesterday, it was nice being in the country. A friend of mine just went on a road trip around the U.S. West Coast. Camping, hiking, National Parks, all that. Everything had to be booked in advance and some parks they couldn't even get into. Apparently, Yellowstone had a 14-mile lineup just to get into the park. We do get inspired by Argentina and Patagonia, and we will make it in that direction one day. Maybe that would inspire you!?! 😃 Anyway, thanks for watching. Cheers!!🍻
@@BrianandCarrie National parks are busy in the summer, thus I don’t travel anywhere in July and August. I did the Rockies in 2019 from Big Sky, Montana to Las Vegas Nevada going through Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyon in late September. It was fine. What made it even more fun is that I slept in my rental minivan inside the parks for free throughout the trip. I did most of Europe last couple of years many times over and I’m looking for something new other than just the typical crowded beaten paths. I have a flight late Sep that puts me in London. I’m not going to London to see London, just making it a departure hub because the flight was so cheap from Fort Lauderdale. It was under $200 one way. So, I’m brainstorming where to go once I get to London. I’m exploring those countries ending in STAN. I’m hearing those are still taboo for the average traveler and I don’t want to be an average traveler.
