One way to the UK?

 OOPS! I doubled up and found a saved (not published) entry – so will fix this up soon when I’m on the internet!!!

Okay, well from Berlin we headed to Prague. Because a lot of travellers, nearly 99% Aussies, are travelling around the circuit at the moment an extra service was put on between Berlin and Prague. This meant that one bus would stop at the half way point during the day, and the other bus would be a more direct service into Prague. Lis Mara and I jumped on the direct service. Both busses stopped at Terezin Memorial camp a few hundred kilometers from Prague and that was again a good experience. Terezin was built by Czechslovakia (when it was still called that) to protect themselves. It was originally a small fortress and a big fortress, although it took years to build and by the time it was finished the WWI was over, and so the fortresses became a military city and military prison. During WWII when the Germans invaded Poland (1939) they also invaded Czechslovakia and took possession of the fotresses. They turned the big fortress into a concentration camp for Jews, and the small fortress into a holding camp for political prisoners, such as Franz Ferdinand.

The tour around took one hour, and was really interesting. I went on it in 2005, but learnt a lot more this time around.

The new Hostel in Praha, Plus Prague is really lovely and one of the best ones so far! It is a little way out of town, but the tram stop is just at the end of the street so cannot complain too much. Last night Lis Mara and I went to see a classical musical performance of ‘the greatest classics’ which included Mozart, Dvorak and …. It was fantastic! The concert was really quite cheap Kc700 and consisted of three violins, a cello and a double bass. There was also a trumpet soloist and a soprano solist – amazing all ’round.

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