Archive for the 'Travel' Category
List of Beers in Czech Republic
May 24th, 2007The last post made me want to list all the different beers we drank on the trip, starting with the first beer in the San Francisco Airport — Sam Adams. Here is the full list:
Sam Adams
Boddindgton
Carling
Pilsner Urquell
Velkopopovicky Kozel
Budweiser Budvar
Gambrinus
Stella Artois
Staropramen
Staropramen Dark
Pivovarsky India Pale Ale
Stepan Svelty
Pivovarsky Master 18
Primator Weizen
Krusovice
Singha
Pivovarsky Klasiky Lezak
Pivovarsky Banana
Pivovarsky Sour Cherry
Pivovarsky Koffee
Pivovarsky Nettle
Pivovarsky […]
By the Numbers
May 24th, 2007Here are some stats regarding my last few weeks of traveling.
Overall:
Number of countries visited: 5
Number of new continents visited: 1
Number of new passport stamps: 18
Czech Republic:
Total number of beers we had: 64
Total liters of beer we drank: 20
Unique types of beer we drank: 25
Number of new beers we tried: 22
Not too bad…
Trip Log: Czech Republic 4
May 15th, 2007As our final hurrah in Prague, Ricky and I wanted a beer at the Golden Tiger. That name is the translated version of its Czech name (U Zlateho Tygra), and this pub is well-known for being one of the few very traditional pubs still in Prague; in fact, then-President Havel (of Czech Republic) brought Bill […]
Trip Log: Budapest 2
May 11th, 2007Budapest is apparently the food capital of Central Europe, and with tasty dishes like veal stew it is easy to see why. Something else they are famous for is palinka, a traditional fruit brandy that is very flavorful and strong.
I only know this because our last night in Budapest we were taken to dinner by […]
Trip Log: Budapest
May 10th, 2007Budapest — the capital of Hungary (in case you didn’t know). It is equally pretty as Prague but without the tourists and huge crowds. Most people don’t know that it is made up of two sections, Buda and Pest — each formerly independent cities on their own — separated by the Danube River. On our […]
Trip Log: Czech Republic 3
May 9th, 2007Fooball (aka, soccer) — Europe’s favorite sport. We decided to experience the action of a match first-hand, so we went to see AC Sparta Praha play (AC Sparta Praha is usually the top-ranked team in the Czech Republic). A short metro ride took us to the Toyota Arena where, to our amazement, we found out […]
Trip Log: Czech Republic 2
May 5th, 2007We took a choppy 3-hour bus ride to the city of Ceske Budejovice to visit the Budweiser Budvar brewery. The Czech Republic is most proud of this brewery as it was the country’s first beer — and if their name sounds familiar, it’s because of the American beer with the same name. The Czech Budweiser […]
Trip Log: Czech Republic
May 3rd, 2007Time for another trip. We are now in the Czech Republic, staying mostly in Prague. Since this country is the birthplace of beer, this online journal will be centered around beer. So expect lots of entries about the beers we try and the breweries we visit.
But just to show you we’re doing some normal activities, […]
Post-Trip Thoughts
April 25th, 2007Sadly, my trip is over. I am now home after three weeks touring several countries in South America. Why I was slightly reluctant to go on this trip initially, I’ll never know, because I cannot wait to return and visit the rest of the continent one day.
Overall it was an awesome few weeks filled with […]
Trip Log: Buenos Aires 3
April 20th, 2007This city is filled with mosquitos (but no malaria luckily). I´m too lazy to wear repellent so I’m getting bitten every 10 minutes. As a result I´m covered with mosquito bites…as well as some large strange-looking lumps. I just hope this is some weird new reaction my body is having to these local mosquitos because […]
Trip Log: Buenos Aires 2
April 18th, 2007The Recoleta Cemetary is one of Buenos Aires´main attractions. It is a huge and elaborate cemetary for the elitest members of Argintinean society: past presidents, military, and just general rich and famous. Evita (Eva Peron, the wife of a past president) is also buried here, and people continue to bring fresh flowers to her site […]
Trip Log: Patagonia
April 15th, 2007Patagonia — it´s not just an outdoor clothing company; it´s the name of the mountainous region in southern Argentina filled with lakes, glaciers, wildlife, and other amazing scenery. We flew down here (getting close to the bottom of the planet) to visit a few well-known sites.
The city of El Calafate is most famous for the […]
Trip Log: Buenos Aires
April 9th, 2007We are now in Buenos Aires, trying to take in everything this big city has to offer. There is lots to see and many good restaurants — all with excellent steak and wine.
Argentina is known around the world as home of the tango, and trying to experience this culture we decided to take a tango […]
Trip Log: Uruguay
April 5th, 2007Greetings from Punta del Este, Uruguay! Even though I flew into Buenos Aires, Argentina, I was only there for one night before taking a ferry over to Uruguay to meet up with Rubin and Andrew (friends from school). This isn´t a travel journal, but just a few pictures whenever I have time (and a good […]
My Manbag
March 29th, 2007Continuing my travel preparations, I decided I need a daypack or small backpack to carry with me on the plane, or just to walk around with in Argentina. I went to Adventure 16 (which is like REI but a little smaller) and found this cool Timbuk2 messenger bag…or as I like to call it, a […]