Paris - 1st July

Bonjour from Paris!!

We have arrived in the land of baguettes, pain au chocolat, croissants, and crepes. Magnifique!!

A good chance for Grant to test his very rusty French.

We have started seeing some of the sights already but the weekend queues have been a bit daunting so we haven't climbed the Eiffel Tower yet...

Our first ride on the Metro was a very tight squeeze and Tarsha has managed to get on one train without the rest of us... Thankfully we had a back up plan! 

Goodbye to Prague - 28th June

Tomorrow we head off to Paris so tonight we spent our last few Czech crowns in Prague...

The travelers rejuvenated their tired old feet with some therapy from the Turkish nibbling fish!





... and we bought some nice woolly Czech hats for the boys to keep their ears warm during ski season when we get home.

On to Paris tomorrow...

Kutna Hora - 28th June

Today we took a day trip from Prague to the historic Czech town of Kutna Hora.

A town famous for it's creepy church with skeletal architecture... The Sedlec Ossuary.







Kutna Hora was also a famous silver mining town in it's heyday and we got to explore some of the old medieval mine shafts heading 35m underground...

We got to wear the cool miners outfits too!

Back to Prague - 27th June

Left Ohrozim today and headed back to Prague for a couple more nights before continuing our journey.

Arrived in time to head up to the Petrin Tower on the hill above Prague for some amazing views.






Also visited the mirror maze - good fun but a bit of a rip off!

Olomouc Zoo - 26th June

Took a day trip today from Ohrozim to Olomouc to check out the zoo.

We spent a great day there with the favourite animals for the boys being the new lion cubs, the goats, the stinky bat cave, and the cheetah at feeding time!





Jacob got a little too close...

Ohrozim: 21st - 25th June

Today we managed to negotiate the Czech public transport system with three connections and arrived safely in Ohrozim to visit our friends James and Pavla.







Nice to catch up with them since they left NZ about 18 months ago - and having a great time here!

We visited Plumlov Castle on the 22nd June




On the 23rd June we went to the Ohrozim Festival - great fun for the kids with plenty of games and prizes and the grown ups got to have the local delicacy - smoked mackerel!

Prague - 20th June

Arrivederci Italia!

Today we left our campsite in Venice and flew to the Czech Republic.







We arrived in Prague for just one night with a quick chance to see some of the sights of the Old Town.

Tomorrow we head down to the little village of Ohrozim to visit James and Pavla - our old friends from Hawkes Bay.