One of the things that I have really started to notice/dislike about Copenhagen it its homogenity and lack of a diverse ethnic population. One of my favorite things about cities is their diversity and their lots of cheap ethnic food. While there are more immigrants in Copenhagen than the rest of Denmark in general, there is not a lot of diversity in the immigrants and most are from Turkey or the Middle East and while there is Schwarma (known as Kebap in Germany/Austria) which is Turkish, that is pretty much the only cheap ethnic food.
On this same idea, one of the reasons I liked London so much was its incredible diversity and its huge (and really good) range of ethnic food. After having lived in Copenhagen for 3 months now, I think the lack of diversity and the lack of good ethnic food options would really start to bug me if I lived here for longer. That being said, I think Denmark's homogenity is a huge reason why it was able to develop into the liberal, progressive and social welfare state that it did. Because Denmark has historically been so ethnically homogenous, no one had to prove that they were Danish and so the Danes were able to concentrate on economic growth and social liberalization. Also, because everyone was ethnic dane, there was a "tribe" mentality which was a huge factor towards the development of Denmark's universal welfare state.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Vienna and lots of Coffee
Vienna
Saturday, May 2nd
Flight from Copenhagen at 7:40 (where I got a free breakfast, coffee and water!) arrived at hotel in Vienna at 10:30. I walked from my hotel down the main street in Vienna, saw the Stephensdom and walked around the medieval part of the city, got Kebap, walked around part of the Ringstrasse, and got my first Viennese coffee at Café Mozart. Then I walked around the Hofburg Palace, went to one of the many art museums in Vienna, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, got an Eispanner (espresso with whipped cream) and an apple strudel at the museum café. Then I walked around more, got dinner of a sausage and roll and headed back to my hotel.
Sunday May 3rd
Went to the Belvedere and went to the Upper Belvedere art museum. Walked past the Secession Building went to Café Museum where I got another Mélange (the typical Viennese coffee drink, espresso with whipped milk) and a strudel and then I went over to Schönbrunn, the large Hapsburg Palace where I took a tour of the palace and walked around the gardens. Then I went back to the central part of Vienna, walked around, got an Eispanner and slice of cake at a bakery and then walked up to my hotel and through a large park near the hotel.
Monday, May 4th
After dropping my bag off at a train station where I could pick it up before heading to the airport, I went to Hotel Sacher (where the Sacher Torte was invented) and had a Mélange and a slice of sacher torte. Then I went to the Leopold Museum (19th and early 20th century art), walked down a major shopping street, got lunch at the Neumarkt (which is a series of stands and small restaurants, a lot of them ethnic). Then I went to another café, got my 2nd to last Mélange and a Kaiserschmarm (egg pancakes and sour cherry sauce.) Then I headed to the airport where I was really early (as usual) so I got another mélange at a good looking café at the airport.
Thoughts on Vienna
1. Feels more like turn of the century and they seem to emphasize that with the horses and buggies and with the drivers wearing bowler hats
2. People don’t seem to dress as girly as in Copenhagen, but I have mostly been around tourists and not Viennese
3. I like Austria a lot, it seems prettier and more laid back than Germany but not as much as Switzerland. Like a softer version of Germany and kind of a middle ground between Germany and Switzerland.
4. Catholic instead of Protestant – grander buildings.
5. Lots of good looking bakeries and coffee houses
6. They are really in strawberries for dessert.
7. Lots of Italian tourists here.
8. I kept accidentally getting cheese in things which was annoying and totally my fault since I kept forgetting to check if things had cheese in them.
9. Coffee was really good.
10. People kept getting really close to me when I was waiting in lines and it was very uncomfortable.
11. Groups of Chinese tourists are both really annoying and funny because they travel in huge packs, are mostly middle age kind of dorky looking couples, they also tend to get confused and then take forever and inevitably, you get stuck behind them. Also, since they travel in huge groups, they can really get in the way of pictures.
12. Restaurant service in Europe is generally not as good in America and it is getting really annoying always having to get the waiter’s attention to pay the bill.
13. Street food is very cheap in Vienna; I got 3 slices of pizza for 2.30 Euros and 3 scoops of ice cream in a big cone for 2.20 Euros.
14. There weren’t many bathroom stalls in large tourist places like museums or airports, which was kind of annoying.
15. Austrians have a certain look to them, blonde but sharper features than Germans.
16. Why doesn’t Austria have its own language? After all, almost every other small country in Europe has its only language.
17. I watched CNN a lot since it was one of the 3 channels in English at the hotel and I realized how terrible TV news is, most of the time, they didn’t say anything new or interesting and really harped on the same story for way too long.
18. There was lots of other food that I would have liked to try in Vienna.
19. I really like how Vienna was surrounded by hills, it gives the city more interest and it a nice break from the flatness of Denmark.
20. The Kunsthistoriche museum (art museum) had the best seating in the galleries of any musuem I have even been to. Many art museums have very limited seating in the galleries which is annoying becasue musuems are very tiring but this museum in Vienna had lots of seats in every room and the seats were very fancy, plush couches that were great to sit in!
Saturday, May 2nd
Flight from Copenhagen at 7:40 (where I got a free breakfast, coffee and water!) arrived at hotel in Vienna at 10:30. I walked from my hotel down the main street in Vienna, saw the Stephensdom and walked around the medieval part of the city, got Kebap, walked around part of the Ringstrasse, and got my first Viennese coffee at Café Mozart. Then I walked around the Hofburg Palace, went to one of the many art museums in Vienna, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, got an Eispanner (espresso with whipped cream) and an apple strudel at the museum café. Then I walked around more, got dinner of a sausage and roll and headed back to my hotel.
Sunday May 3rd
Went to the Belvedere and went to the Upper Belvedere art museum. Walked past the Secession Building went to Café Museum where I got another Mélange (the typical Viennese coffee drink, espresso with whipped milk) and a strudel and then I went over to Schönbrunn, the large Hapsburg Palace where I took a tour of the palace and walked around the gardens. Then I went back to the central part of Vienna, walked around, got an Eispanner and slice of cake at a bakery and then walked up to my hotel and through a large park near the hotel.
Monday, May 4th
After dropping my bag off at a train station where I could pick it up before heading to the airport, I went to Hotel Sacher (where the Sacher Torte was invented) and had a Mélange and a slice of sacher torte. Then I went to the Leopold Museum (19th and early 20th century art), walked down a major shopping street, got lunch at the Neumarkt (which is a series of stands and small restaurants, a lot of them ethnic). Then I went to another café, got my 2nd to last Mélange and a Kaiserschmarm (egg pancakes and sour cherry sauce.) Then I headed to the airport where I was really early (as usual) so I got another mélange at a good looking café at the airport.
Thoughts on Vienna
1. Feels more like turn of the century and they seem to emphasize that with the horses and buggies and with the drivers wearing bowler hats
2. People don’t seem to dress as girly as in Copenhagen, but I have mostly been around tourists and not Viennese
3. I like Austria a lot, it seems prettier and more laid back than Germany but not as much as Switzerland. Like a softer version of Germany and kind of a middle ground between Germany and Switzerland.
4. Catholic instead of Protestant – grander buildings.
5. Lots of good looking bakeries and coffee houses
6. They are really in strawberries for dessert.
7. Lots of Italian tourists here.
8. I kept accidentally getting cheese in things which was annoying and totally my fault since I kept forgetting to check if things had cheese in them.
9. Coffee was really good.
10. People kept getting really close to me when I was waiting in lines and it was very uncomfortable.
11. Groups of Chinese tourists are both really annoying and funny because they travel in huge packs, are mostly middle age kind of dorky looking couples, they also tend to get confused and then take forever and inevitably, you get stuck behind them. Also, since they travel in huge groups, they can really get in the way of pictures.
12. Restaurant service in Europe is generally not as good in America and it is getting really annoying always having to get the waiter’s attention to pay the bill.
13. Street food is very cheap in Vienna; I got 3 slices of pizza for 2.30 Euros and 3 scoops of ice cream in a big cone for 2.20 Euros.
14. There weren’t many bathroom stalls in large tourist places like museums or airports, which was kind of annoying.
15. Austrians have a certain look to them, blonde but sharper features than Germans.
16. Why doesn’t Austria have its own language? After all, almost every other small country in Europe has its only language.
17. I watched CNN a lot since it was one of the 3 channels in English at the hotel and I realized how terrible TV news is, most of the time, they didn’t say anything new or interesting and really harped on the same story for way too long.
18. There was lots of other food that I would have liked to try in Vienna.
19. I really like how Vienna was surrounded by hills, it gives the city more interest and it a nice break from the flatness of Denmark.
20. The Kunsthistoriche museum (art museum) had the best seating in the galleries of any musuem I have even been to. Many art museums have very limited seating in the galleries which is annoying becasue musuems are very tiring but this museum in Vienna had lots of seats in every room and the seats were very fancy, plush couches that were great to sit in!
Springtime in Copenhagen
Springtime in Copenhagen
1. Copenhagen had changed a lot since it has gotten warm, there are a lot more people out and a lot more tourists but I still see more Danes in the major places than tourists (this isn’t the case in other cities).
2. The Danes seem a lot more outgoing now that it is warm out and there are tons of people hanging out in squares and parks.
3. Fashion – tights with loose, blousy shirts, gladiator shoes and diaper capris (capris that are tight at the knee and whose crotch has been lowered about a foot, so it basically looks like you are wearing an oversized diaper or like you just have a saggy crotch).
4. Lots of ice creams everywhere! But very expensive and every place has the same flavor selection.
5. I have realized that I don’t like walking around the residential areas of Copenhagen because most of the buildings are brick and I do not really like brick buildings 0 I think they give a city a dirtier, more industrial look.
6. A lot more going on in Vesterbro than either Norrebro or Osterbro (where I like). I like the feel of Vesterbro (a working class area that is becoming more upscale).
7. City is very different with the sun out and everything is much prettier. I feel as if I have to retake all of my pictures with a blue sky instead of the grey winter skies.
1. Copenhagen had changed a lot since it has gotten warm, there are a lot more people out and a lot more tourists but I still see more Danes in the major places than tourists (this isn’t the case in other cities).
2. The Danes seem a lot more outgoing now that it is warm out and there are tons of people hanging out in squares and parks.
3. Fashion – tights with loose, blousy shirts, gladiator shoes and diaper capris (capris that are tight at the knee and whose crotch has been lowered about a foot, so it basically looks like you are wearing an oversized diaper or like you just have a saggy crotch).
4. Lots of ice creams everywhere! But very expensive and every place has the same flavor selection.
5. I have realized that I don’t like walking around the residential areas of Copenhagen because most of the buildings are brick and I do not really like brick buildings 0 I think they give a city a dirtier, more industrial look.
6. A lot more going on in Vesterbro than either Norrebro or Osterbro (where I like). I like the feel of Vesterbro (a working class area that is becoming more upscale).
7. City is very different with the sun out and everything is much prettier. I feel as if I have to retake all of my pictures with a blue sky instead of the grey winter skies.
Switzerland, Budapest and Prague
Switzerland, Budapest and Prague
From London, Lexi and I flew to Zurich, where we spent three days and stayed with another one of Lexi’s relatives.
Here’s a list of what we did:
Monday, April 6th
Arrived at 12
Walked around Zurich and had dinner at an Italian restaurant and realized how expensive everything in Switzerland was (the water at dinner cost 6.50 CHF, or around 5 dollars!)
Tuesday April 7th
Train to Luzerne (1 hr), explored Luzerne and then we spontaneously decided to go to Basel (train 45 mins) where we walked around and had dinner at a really good restaurant recommended to us by the lady who worked at a tea house we stopped at. Train back to Zurich.
Wednesday April 8th
Train up to northeastern Switzerland and took a train along a river and the Bodensee (I think that’s what it is called). We got off the train and walked around a small town called Ermantingen and then we took the train back to Schaffhausen where we got lunch and went to the Rhinefall which is the largest waterfall in Europe (although it really wasn’t that big), but it was cool to see. Then we took the train back to Zurich, explored the city some more, bought some Swiss chocolate, had dinner at a Spanish/Mexican/Exotic restaurant where I had a pineapple stuffed with chicken curry, rice and exotic fruits! and then took an overnight train to Budapest.
Thoughts on Switzerland:
1. Small, cute and people are very nice and cars always stop for you, even if you are not very near the intersection
2. People speak to you more in German, even after they know that you don’t speak German
3. Zurich is really nice and pretty, and very clean, buildings are very clean
4. Basel seemed dirtier (by Switzerland standards, so still very clean), but younger
5. Lots of strange statues in Switzerland and strange water fountains
6. Switzerland is very, very expensive, especially the clothing (I think its even more expensive than Copenhagen)
7. Mixed German and French when they spoke
8. Switzerland had the best looking pastry shops in Europe, they all looked like they were overflowing with pastries and chocolates.
9. Much more relaxing than my earlier travels.
10. I really realized how great Eurail was and it turned out to be better/easier to use and much more convenient than I originally thought. Lexi and I had bought 5 day passes (the minimum available) and were only going to use 2 days so we were able to travel all around Switzerland without having to pay extra for any of the trains. This allowed us to be much more spontaneous with our plans in Switzerland.
11. I really enjoyed traveling by train in Switzerland because it is relaxed feeling and you get to see the scenery. Also, everything in Switzerland is very close, and there were lots of things within an hr train ride from Zurich.
Budapest
What we did:
Took a night train from Zurich to Budapest
Thursday, April 9th
Arrived Budapest at 11:30, checked into our hostel which was 200 m from the train station
Took the Metro to a big market where we got lunch of traditional Hungarian food (heavy, sausages, goulash etc.). Walked down the main shopping street, stopped for ice coffee (which turned out to be espresso, cream, ice cream and whipped cream, not just coffee and ice). Walked around and saw St. Stephens, got another coffee, walked around to the Opera, down to Parliament and along the river Danube. Then we got dinner at a famous restaurant (The Geband) and back to the hostel for an early night.
Friday, April 10th
First, we had to deal with some train issues, the train reservation we had booked to Prague went through Slovakia which our Eurail Passes didn’t cover, so we had to change out plans to go from Budapest to Vienna and Vienna to Prague. After getting this sorted out, we went to the largest synagogue in Europe and then we walked over to the Buda side of Budapest, which is the older, more medieval part of the city. We walked around the Pest side more after that got lunch at an Indian restaurant and then went back to the hostel to freshen up before our train to Vienna and then Prague.
Thoughts on Budapest
1. The city itself was very different than I expected, Pest was like an old, grand imperial capital that hasn’t been important or rich in a long time (this makes sense considering its history…the Hapsburgs built Budapest up in its current grand style and then Hungary fell to Communism and is still working on coming out of it.)
2. People and the things in the buildings don’t match the grand buildings.
3. Buildings are dirtier and not in very good repair.
4. Definitely part of Eastern Europe, people looked and dressed like one would expect from Eastern Europe (more 80s/early 90s inspired).
5. Buda and Pest were very different from each other (Budapest used to be two different cities which the Hapsburgs combined in the late 1800s).
6. The Metro was very good (it was the first built in Continental Europe) but people were very strict about checking tickets.
7. The pastry shops don’t look very appealing; they didn’t have the overflowing effect of the ones in Switzerland.
8. Not many newer buildings.
9. St. Stephens was one of the few major buildings in Europe that didn’t have scaffolding – but this is probably because it was reconstructed after WWII.
10. The Hapsburg buildings have a lot of movement, depth and a lot of people as columns holding up the buildings. This is kind of an interesting phenomenon as it promotes the idea of hierarchy and servant/slave class). Also, does anyone really want a human holding a building up?
11. Budapest was cheap, but not that cheap.
12. The money was strange to get used to because $1=200 HUF, so we had lots of BIG bills, like 10,000, and it was easy to get a 10,000 bill mixed up with a 1,000 bill because each has so many 0s.
13. Our hostel was very good and very accommodating.
14. Not great service at restaurant.
14. A lot more people spoke English than I thought would, everyone I interact with spoke English.
15. The Pest side didn’t look at all what I expected Eastern Europe to look like and in all of Budapest; I didn’t really see the Soviet influence I saw in Berlin.
Prague
Arrive Sat April 11th
Depart Monday April 13th
We arrived at 3:40 am on Saturday April 11th so we went to the hostel and slept in the lounge for a couple of hours until a room was ready for us. Then we both took showers and went out to explore Prague. First, we went to the castle and cathedral (where I saw two people from Haverford!). Then we got lunch at a traditional Czech restaurant (beef goulash and beer). We then walked around the old town, to two of the Easter markets and down to the Frank Ghery house that is supposed to look like Fred and Ginger dancing. Lexi then went back to the hostel to take a nap and I did some shopping since I figured it would be much cheaper to do it in Prague than in Copenhagen. I then went back to the hostel, and Lexi and I went out for a light dinner.
Sunday, April 12th (Easter)
Today was Lexi’s 21st Birthday, so we slept in and got a later start which was fine since we had pretty much seen everything we needed to see on Saturday (there really aren’t that many sights that you have to see in Prague). We walked around the Jewish quarter, got lunch, explored the markets some more and basically walked from café to café getting beer, wine, tea, ice cream etc. until dinner time and then back to the hostel.
Monday, April 13th
Back to Copenhagen!
Thoughts on Prague
1. Not a ton of tourist stuff that I felt I had to do which was kind of nice after traveling for 3 weeks.
2. Much less Eastern European seeming than Hungary and much wealthier.
3. Prices are comparable to the US, which is cheap for Europe.
4. Not that many looking restaurants, but a lot of Czech places.
5. Even though I am as much Czech as Danish, I felt/feel a much stronger connection to Denmark than to the Czech Republic.
6. Prague was very pretty, there were a lot more classical buildings than I expected and the cathedrals and spires looked like they were straight out of a fairy tale/Disney movie.
7. Restaurants don’t have ice for coffee.
8. The air was very hazy (also like this in Switzerland and Budapest). Why?
9. Much cleaner and better kept up than Budapest.
10. Not many bakeries.
11. Money/prices were kind of throwing me off, some of the meal prices were similar numerically to the prices in Copenhagen, except there are 20 Czech Koruna to $1 instead of 6 DKK to the dollar!
12. People didn’t seem that friendly.
13. Service at restaurants was not very good.
14. Prague very picturesque.
15. Very cheap and easy to use the Metro and getting to the Prague airport was very easy and cheap.
16. Beer very cheap! (Kozel dark was really good!)
From London, Lexi and I flew to Zurich, where we spent three days and stayed with another one of Lexi’s relatives.
Here’s a list of what we did:
Monday, April 6th
Arrived at 12
Walked around Zurich and had dinner at an Italian restaurant and realized how expensive everything in Switzerland was (the water at dinner cost 6.50 CHF, or around 5 dollars!)
Tuesday April 7th
Train to Luzerne (1 hr), explored Luzerne and then we spontaneously decided to go to Basel (train 45 mins) where we walked around and had dinner at a really good restaurant recommended to us by the lady who worked at a tea house we stopped at. Train back to Zurich.
Wednesday April 8th
Train up to northeastern Switzerland and took a train along a river and the Bodensee (I think that’s what it is called). We got off the train and walked around a small town called Ermantingen and then we took the train back to Schaffhausen where we got lunch and went to the Rhinefall which is the largest waterfall in Europe (although it really wasn’t that big), but it was cool to see. Then we took the train back to Zurich, explored the city some more, bought some Swiss chocolate, had dinner at a Spanish/Mexican/Exotic restaurant where I had a pineapple stuffed with chicken curry, rice and exotic fruits! and then took an overnight train to Budapest.
Thoughts on Switzerland:
1. Small, cute and people are very nice and cars always stop for you, even if you are not very near the intersection
2. People speak to you more in German, even after they know that you don’t speak German
3. Zurich is really nice and pretty, and very clean, buildings are very clean
4. Basel seemed dirtier (by Switzerland standards, so still very clean), but younger
5. Lots of strange statues in Switzerland and strange water fountains
6. Switzerland is very, very expensive, especially the clothing (I think its even more expensive than Copenhagen)
7. Mixed German and French when they spoke
8. Switzerland had the best looking pastry shops in Europe, they all looked like they were overflowing with pastries and chocolates.
9. Much more relaxing than my earlier travels.
10. I really realized how great Eurail was and it turned out to be better/easier to use and much more convenient than I originally thought. Lexi and I had bought 5 day passes (the minimum available) and were only going to use 2 days so we were able to travel all around Switzerland without having to pay extra for any of the trains. This allowed us to be much more spontaneous with our plans in Switzerland.
11. I really enjoyed traveling by train in Switzerland because it is relaxed feeling and you get to see the scenery. Also, everything in Switzerland is very close, and there were lots of things within an hr train ride from Zurich.
Budapest
What we did:
Took a night train from Zurich to Budapest
Thursday, April 9th
Arrived Budapest at 11:30, checked into our hostel which was 200 m from the train station
Took the Metro to a big market where we got lunch of traditional Hungarian food (heavy, sausages, goulash etc.). Walked down the main shopping street, stopped for ice coffee (which turned out to be espresso, cream, ice cream and whipped cream, not just coffee and ice). Walked around and saw St. Stephens, got another coffee, walked around to the Opera, down to Parliament and along the river Danube. Then we got dinner at a famous restaurant (The Geband) and back to the hostel for an early night.
Friday, April 10th
First, we had to deal with some train issues, the train reservation we had booked to Prague went through Slovakia which our Eurail Passes didn’t cover, so we had to change out plans to go from Budapest to Vienna and Vienna to Prague. After getting this sorted out, we went to the largest synagogue in Europe and then we walked over to the Buda side of Budapest, which is the older, more medieval part of the city. We walked around the Pest side more after that got lunch at an Indian restaurant and then went back to the hostel to freshen up before our train to Vienna and then Prague.
Thoughts on Budapest
1. The city itself was very different than I expected, Pest was like an old, grand imperial capital that hasn’t been important or rich in a long time (this makes sense considering its history…the Hapsburgs built Budapest up in its current grand style and then Hungary fell to Communism and is still working on coming out of it.)
2. People and the things in the buildings don’t match the grand buildings.
3. Buildings are dirtier and not in very good repair.
4. Definitely part of Eastern Europe, people looked and dressed like one would expect from Eastern Europe (more 80s/early 90s inspired).
5. Buda and Pest were very different from each other (Budapest used to be two different cities which the Hapsburgs combined in the late 1800s).
6. The Metro was very good (it was the first built in Continental Europe) but people were very strict about checking tickets.
7. The pastry shops don’t look very appealing; they didn’t have the overflowing effect of the ones in Switzerland.
8. Not many newer buildings.
9. St. Stephens was one of the few major buildings in Europe that didn’t have scaffolding – but this is probably because it was reconstructed after WWII.
10. The Hapsburg buildings have a lot of movement, depth and a lot of people as columns holding up the buildings. This is kind of an interesting phenomenon as it promotes the idea of hierarchy and servant/slave class). Also, does anyone really want a human holding a building up?
11. Budapest was cheap, but not that cheap.
12. The money was strange to get used to because $1=200 HUF, so we had lots of BIG bills, like 10,000, and it was easy to get a 10,000 bill mixed up with a 1,000 bill because each has so many 0s.
13. Our hostel was very good and very accommodating.
14. Not great service at restaurant.
14. A lot more people spoke English than I thought would, everyone I interact with spoke English.
15. The Pest side didn’t look at all what I expected Eastern Europe to look like and in all of Budapest; I didn’t really see the Soviet influence I saw in Berlin.
Prague
Arrive Sat April 11th
Depart Monday April 13th
We arrived at 3:40 am on Saturday April 11th so we went to the hostel and slept in the lounge for a couple of hours until a room was ready for us. Then we both took showers and went out to explore Prague. First, we went to the castle and cathedral (where I saw two people from Haverford!). Then we got lunch at a traditional Czech restaurant (beef goulash and beer). We then walked around the old town, to two of the Easter markets and down to the Frank Ghery house that is supposed to look like Fred and Ginger dancing. Lexi then went back to the hostel to take a nap and I did some shopping since I figured it would be much cheaper to do it in Prague than in Copenhagen. I then went back to the hostel, and Lexi and I went out for a light dinner.
Sunday, April 12th (Easter)
Today was Lexi’s 21st Birthday, so we slept in and got a later start which was fine since we had pretty much seen everything we needed to see on Saturday (there really aren’t that many sights that you have to see in Prague). We walked around the Jewish quarter, got lunch, explored the markets some more and basically walked from café to café getting beer, wine, tea, ice cream etc. until dinner time and then back to the hostel.
Monday, April 13th
Back to Copenhagen!
Thoughts on Prague
1. Not a ton of tourist stuff that I felt I had to do which was kind of nice after traveling for 3 weeks.
2. Much less Eastern European seeming than Hungary and much wealthier.
3. Prices are comparable to the US, which is cheap for Europe.
4. Not that many looking restaurants, but a lot of Czech places.
5. Even though I am as much Czech as Danish, I felt/feel a much stronger connection to Denmark than to the Czech Republic.
6. Prague was very pretty, there were a lot more classical buildings than I expected and the cathedrals and spires looked like they were straight out of a fairy tale/Disney movie.
7. Restaurants don’t have ice for coffee.
8. The air was very hazy (also like this in Switzerland and Budapest). Why?
9. Much cleaner and better kept up than Budapest.
10. Not many bakeries.
11. Money/prices were kind of throwing me off, some of the meal prices were similar numerically to the prices in Copenhagen, except there are 20 Czech Koruna to $1 instead of 6 DKK to the dollar!
12. People didn’t seem that friendly.
13. Service at restaurants was not very good.
14. Prague very picturesque.
15. Very cheap and easy to use the Metro and getting to the Prague airport was very easy and cheap.
16. Beer very cheap! (Kozel dark was really good!)
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