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    Re: Bratislava to Split

    by WildRoo 15 March 2012

    Hi Caroline, It should be possible to book through the Eurolines Austria site, though I haven't used their booking system before. If…

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    RE: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by argieczech 05 March 2012

    I love snow, Etcap, but we must admit it makes touring a bit harder. I wouldn't venture in a snowy wood without a good local guide. I…

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    RE: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by etcap 05 March 2012

    Thanks. One of my visits to Šumava was exactly at that time of year - late October / early November - and, guess what, it snowed LOTS.…

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    RE: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by argieczech 05 March 2012

    Hello, Etcap and thanks for your suggestion! I think that Sumava region won the contest. My mother told me that the name Sumava is an…

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    RE: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by etcap 05 March 2012

    Not much to add to Jack's good advice. I just wanted to put a word in for Šumava, which is my favourite part of the country nature-wise…

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    Re: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by argieczech 05 March 2012

    Yes, I live in the very heart of Buenos Aires, and my street is rather busy even at night, but be sure I wouldn't venture in +certain…

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    RE: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by WaterhazardJack 05 March 2012

    +Wenceslas Square, and I read it's not a very safe place at night. Is it really that dangerous, WH?+ Ah, not really...you just need to…

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    Re: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by argieczech 05 March 2012

    +Just double-check that as I understood that to mean you intend to visit them on the same day?...certainly Litomysl is easier from Olomouc…

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    RE: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by WaterhazardJack 05 March 2012

    AC, thanks for the kind remarks... +Your point about approaching Pardubice and Litomysl from Olomouc is great; being both cities in Bohem…

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    Re: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by argieczech 05 March 2012

    WH! I was sure you would reply the first, lol!. I woudn't be using Tábor as a base, but as a place to visit and rest for a couple of days…

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    RE: From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by WaterhazardJack 05 March 2012

    Hello again, AC...well, no one can say you're not giving this a good go with 20 days alone to explore Bohemia...)) I'd imagine you'll…

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    From Moravia to Bohemia... ideas are welcome

    by argieczech 04 March 2012

    Thanks to the invaluable information provided by some members of this Forum I was able to settle down the basic scheme of my the first…

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    Re: Brno or Olomouc?

    by argieczech 01 March 2012

    I see your point, Waterhazard, now I feel I expressed mine rather carelessly. Let me explain myself. My mother came here short before…

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    RE: Brno or Olomouc?

    by WaterhazardJack 01 March 2012

    +Same for Znojmo.+ Just to let you know, there's a fine hostel in Znojmo (The Travellers) in a historic quarter of the city which overloo…

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    Re: Brno or Olomouc?

    by WildRoo 28 February 2012

    You can see a lot of different places in the Czech Republic in one month. Do you also plan to visit the towns/villages that your relatives…

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    RE: Brno or Olomouc?

    by iviehoff 28 February 2012

    >I will try to have some korouny before leaving Buenos Aires If you have a plastic card that functions in ATMs internationally, use that…

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    Brno or Olomouc?

    by argieczech 27 February 2012

    Hello, I'm writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. In October I'll be travelling across the C.R. for a month. Since Bohemia seems to be…

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    RE: 10 weeks Eastern and Central Europe Itinerary Help

    by WaterhazardJack 21 January 2012

    +9 days Prague, including a couple of the day trips.+ This is far too long, I'd say, and you could use some of these days for an explorat…

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    RE: 2 weeks in Czech Republic

    by greg28 25 November 2011

    "I am currently living in Brno and dont understand why you would want or need to use it as your base but anyway..." I must say I have…

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    RE: Frankfurt to Brno in One Month

    by WaterhazardJack 25 November 2011

    +maybe forget Warsaw thereby eliminating the long journeys between Krakow and Warsaw and then back into Czech?+ Possibly a good idea…

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    RE: Czech nationality?

    by tonieja 26 October 2011

    >The only word is Česky. +It is indubitable that the word čech is also present in modern Czech, and is used in modern Czech as the adje…

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    RE: Czech nationality?

    by iviehoff 25 October 2011

    >The only word is Česky. It is indubitable that the word čech is also present in modern Czech, and is used in modern Czech as the adjecti…

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    RE: Czech nationality?

    by iviehoff 25 October 2011

    >Moravia, Bohemia, Silesia were never independent states Bohemia and Moravia have both been independent states (I even mentioned Great…

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    RE: Czech nationality?

    by tonieja 25 October 2011

    From what I've witnessed (as a Pole) from the time when it was Czechoslovakia, they only cared about being either Czech or Slovak, even…

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    Czech nationality?

    by JeremyintheCzechRep 24 October 2011

    The Czech Republic is made up of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. When speaking in Czech, Jsem Čech, means I'm Bohemian. Jsem Moravák, means…

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