Food glorious food in Prague!

As the title of this post suggests, we thoroughly enjoyed eating and drinking out in Prague. We found a couple of pubs frequented by students in the New Town area of Prague which provided incredibly cheap but good beer and large servings of wholesome meals.

Below is a photo of one of our lunches - it was way more than we expected! The meals featured in the photo are a serving of Goulash with Dumplings, Tomato Salad and Roast Potatoes with a Spinach and Cheese topping (entree size serving!).

This meal with two 300ml Czech beers ended up costing us only AUD $10 or so...what a bargain!

Needless to say we were very full after this meal and had to have a long rest to recover from it!

The three main beers served in Prague pubs are Pilsner Urquell, Budvar and Staropramen. All three are good and are served all over the city, often at cheap prices, depending on where you are located.

Prague - a beautiful city IV

The River Vltava -

This river is famous for the many bridges that cross it (many of which we crossed while visiting Prague). There is also much wildlife on and beside the river, including swans, ducks, pidgeons and geese. Everyday we walked along the river and often sat down beside it to admire its beauty. On days with good weather you can hire paddle boats to go up and down the river, admiring the banks. We found a lovely restaurant/cafe which is a converted boat where we enjoyed our daily coffee - it is called the Botel Matylda. Below are some of our photos of scenes around and on the river Vltava.

Bridges -












Along the banks -











The Wildlife -

Travel Tips - ATMs in Europe

We thought it might be a good idea to share some tips we've learnt from our travels so that other travellers might benefit from our mistakes! As we have found, any tips to make travelling in foreign countries easier is much appreciated!
The first in this series of posts involves ATMs or Cash Machines in Europe.
We're including this one as it was pretty important for good financial management! We decided to rely on withdrawing money from ATMs instead of using travellers cheques or currencies bought through Foreign Exchanges.
When we arrived in Europe we found that you can withdraw between €300 - €400 from ATMs in France and Austria while in Italy withdrawals are limited to €200 - €250 at any one time. Withdrawals from ATMs in the Czech Republic were about 9000 Koruny or just over €300 at any time.
We found this important to know as it all starts to add up, especially when Australian banks charge around $4 for each International withdrawal!