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sussy
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 Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject: Weekend Holidays on a Teacher's Salary |
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| I will be teaching in Prague this fall. Although, I do not have a job yet, I will be most likely working for a language school. I know that these positions do not pay well enough to finance extensive travel in Western Europe, however, I was wondering how feasable it is take weekend trips within CR and surrounding countries. Any input, information, suggestions or previous experiences are greatly appreciated. |
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spiral78
Joined: 05 Apr 2004
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Location: On a Short Leash
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Sure, if you're not too extravagant on a daily basis, you should be able to fund a lot of nice weekends in the CR, Poland, Slovakia, etc. Germany may stretch you a bit as things are more expensive there. Travel itself is fairly inexpensive, and, particularly if you are traveling in the off-seasons, you can find reasonable accomodations and food, etc. |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
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Location: finally home-ish
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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I always had enough money for travel within the CR. I probably did a weekend trip every month or two, and maybe a day trip or two every month. There's so much to see within the country that I rarely regretted not having enough money to travel to/through Western Europe.
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sussy
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:05 am Post subject: |
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From what I've read and seen online, CR has so much to offer as far as beautiful countrysides and interesting cities/towns. I am hoping to travel as much as I can within the CR's borders. I would also like to see as much as I can of the surrounding countries, but I may not have the funds to do so. After living in the USA my whole life (the very tip of Florida, no less), I am very excited about moving to a place where inexpensive weekend trips are possible!
So what are everyone's "must see" areas in and around the CR? |
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denise
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The big "must-sees" are Cesky Krumlov and Karlovy Vary. I also really enjoyed Mikulov, Olomouc, Kromeriz--spelled incorrectly?, Moravsky Krumlov (I think that's the town with the big Mucha museum), Zlin for its shoe museum, Terezin for a depressing tour of an "internment" camp, hmmmm... I'm forgetting some of the names!! It's been a few years. Macocha, the Abyss, made for a nice excursion from Brno.
Closer to Prague, there's Kutna Hora & the nearby ossuary, Pribram,... and loads more!
I heard lots of nice things about Telc, but I never made it there myself.
What a fantastically beautiful country!
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