{"id":465,"date":"2012-02-12T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T17:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/?p=465"},"modified":"2012-11-04T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T17:42:04","slug":"travelling-out-of-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2012\/02\/12\/travelling-out-of-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling Out of Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was always our intention during our winter stay in Prague 2011\/2012 to take several side trips to surrounding cities in the Czech Republic as well as surrounding countries. \u00a0We have done some of that but not as much as we had envisioned. \u00a0Prague itself is just too addictive, I guess.<\/p>\n

So look up to the menu line in the header. \u00a0See the new page titled ENVIRONS<\/a> and click on it after you read the travel advisory below.<\/p>\n

One thing we learned during this last train trip is that it does not pay<\/span> to walk up to the ticket window and just tell them you want a ticket to your destination. \u00a0It turns out that doing that cost us twice the amount we paid on the return journey by buying three separate tickets. \u00a0It seems that part of our itinerary was along the route that Czech Trains competes with Student Agency Trains so they had a special rate for that portion that we didn’t get by buying the one ticket. \u00a0The sad part is that we only discovered this when the train depot in Klodzko, Poland would not sell us a ticket to Prague but only to the border. \u00a0This was very disconcerting at the time but the kind English speakers at our hotel found out that we could just get on the train and by the next ticket from the conductor. \u00a0We were worried about being stranded somewhere but it all worked out quite easy as well as cheaper.<\/p>\n

\"RegioJet:By the way we saw one of the Student Agency trains and decided to try them for our next journey in the limited directions that they go. \u00a0We have read that they are quite good and thus forcing the national railway to improve. \u00a0The guy in the photo is Radim Jan\u00c4\u008dura, owner of Student Agency. \u00a0I bet he gets a kick out of having his own train set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was always our intention during our winter stay in Prague 2011\/2012 to take several side trips to surrounding cities in the Czech Republic as well as surrounding countries. \u00a0We have done some of that but not as much as … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[62],"tags":[67,110,106,107,5,109,108],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MK34-7v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/11\/12\/october\/","url_meta":{"origin":465,"position":0},"title":"October Miscellany","author":"Michael","date":"November 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We are often asked what is the best month to visit.\u00a0 For Paros, Greece we say September or June; for Ireland it is June or July; for Prague, we are still learning.\u00a0 We have heard that July and August are bad because of the crowds at Charles Bridge and other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Travel Planning"","block_context":{"text":"Travel Planning","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/travel-planning\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":316,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/03\/01\/praise-for-prague\/","url_meta":{"origin":465,"position":1},"title":"Praise for Prague","author":"Michael","date":"March 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We, Karin and Michael, have been travelling over the last three months to USA, Ireland, England and Scotland.\u00a0 All of our family and friends in those countries asked about Prague and why we liked it so much.\u00a0 The long answer would be to refer them to this blog and all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"architecture\"","block_context":{"text":"architecture","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/tag\/architecture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10010,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2017\/09\/10\/architecture-in-prague\/","url_meta":{"origin":465,"position":2},"title":"Architecture in Prague","author":"Michael","date":"September 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One of our favourite Prague sites just got better--by adding a very cool Google map.\u00a0 Interactive Prague Architecture Go play with it to see how it works and find links to The Prague Vitruvius , an illustrated guide to Czech architecture and heritage","rel":"","context":"In "Places"","block_context":{"text":"Places","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/places\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":150,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2010\/09\/13\/hugging-a-statue\/","url_meta":{"origin":465,"position":3},"title":"Hugging a Statue","author":"Karin","date":"September 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, I hugged a statue!\u00a0 Happily hugged it, but with tears in my eyes.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 It actually is a very long story, so I will try to shorten it for this blog. 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