If you've never been you are doing yourself a great disservice. It fits in with all five of your criteria stated above. The majority of people speak English which is good since Czech is HARD. The food and beer is fantastic. The City itself is stunning. Basically imagine a place that was spared from the bombings of WW2. Some of the most stunning architecture anywhere. The cost of living is ridiculously cheap as the Czech Republic is not part of the Euro zone. The Canadian dollar stretches VERY far. Imagine a 1.5 L bottle of water costing 25 cents after conversion in the grocery store. When I went I met up with some friends I met in the Caribbean who lived in the UK. Since flights are cheap to travel within Europe they flew over to hang since it was/is one of their favourite European cities and extremely underrated in their mind. Anyway, we all go out for dinner, have apps, mains, deserts, multiple drinks and the total bill was around $40 CDN. The key was to go where the locals went. Obviously if you only venture into the tourist areas you get reamed but the city is so stunning you walk everywhere and check out the posted menus. If beer was more than $2.50/pint we'd move down the street to where it cost what we wanted to pay. Finally, it must be said since we are mostly pervs on Terb...the women. Czech women are smoking hot! Very high F:M ratio too so if you look respectable and are friendly you will receive a lot of attention. Was chatting with an American from Texas who was working in the Hard Rock in the main tourist area and he went on a lark just for something to do, met a girl, returned home grabbed his stuff and moved. His rationale was, and I quote, 'Czech women are like live animal traps...they let you in but you can never get out'. Really to be honest, there would be no reason to want to get out of the trap. I'd return in a heartbeat and often find myself daydreaming about sitting in a cafe in the Oldtown square people watching. Such a great place! I highly recommend going if you are thinking of going to Europe but have no solid plan. Spent a few days in Paris and then a week in Prague and in my mind Paris was absolute nothing in comparison.[/QUOTE
hmmmm very strange, indeed!
