Post by Ann on May 16, 2007 13:35:45 GMT
.................. and I wasn't terribly impressed! My best friend, Lyn got here safely and we went off to the travel agents last Wednesday to see what was available. Not much as it turned out!
The hotel was nice enough, lovely country setting, clean, decent sized rooms and the food was excellent as well as being reasonably priced. It took about 15 minutes to get into the city centre by Metro and that too was very efficient. Pity about the hotel staff who were curt to the point of rudeness at times.
What I also didn't like was being ripped off right, left and centre and the surly attitude of just about every Czech national. For example a small coke in the city centre cost £2.30 in one cafe, compared to 25p back at the hotel. I could just about live with that until I got charged another 25p for using their loo! On top of that, they were expecting a tip!! Another waiter got really grumpy when we paid using up all our small change. I also thought it was sad that the old town had been turned into a "Kiss Me Quick" type resort with wall to wall tacky souvenir shops. If I never see another piece of Bohemia crystal, it won't be too soon!!
I did enjoy spending time with Lyn, who flew back down to Hampshire yesterday. We hadn't been able to get together for 6 years so it was great to be able to spend some time with each other instead of just burning up the phone lines.
I didn't take many photos, but will add a couple when I've downloaded them.
The hotel was nice enough, lovely country setting, clean, decent sized rooms and the food was excellent as well as being reasonably priced. It took about 15 minutes to get into the city centre by Metro and that too was very efficient. Pity about the hotel staff who were curt to the point of rudeness at times.
What I also didn't like was being ripped off right, left and centre and the surly attitude of just about every Czech national. For example a small coke in the city centre cost £2.30 in one cafe, compared to 25p back at the hotel. I could just about live with that until I got charged another 25p for using their loo! On top of that, they were expecting a tip!! Another waiter got really grumpy when we paid using up all our small change. I also thought it was sad that the old town had been turned into a "Kiss Me Quick" type resort with wall to wall tacky souvenir shops. If I never see another piece of Bohemia crystal, it won't be too soon!!
I did enjoy spending time with Lyn, who flew back down to Hampshire yesterday. We hadn't been able to get together for 6 years so it was great to be able to spend some time with each other instead of just burning up the phone lines.
I didn't take many photos, but will add a couple when I've downloaded them.
