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I just can tell you about my personal experience: Most often it would have been possible for me to pay with Euros in restaurants, bars or hotels, but the exchange rate was really bad. So I preferred to exchange money in a bank and then use Czech crowns. If you book tickets or accommodation online, it wasn't a real problem for me because the prices in Euros ...
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You may be able to make a Eurail Pass work for you.
Oh so dear but oh so wonderful global pass
Regional passes here
eg Germany Poland here
Eureka! - There are "Select Passes" allowing 3 or 4 or 5 countries of your pecification. These were not shown in the general menu.
Eurail 2013 routes map PDF download. Large and impressive.
Regional Passes:
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You could simply get an International Driving Permit. This, coupled with your US Driver's license, is recognised in over 70 countries.
The American Automobile Association and the American Automobile Touring Alliance's National Automobile Club as the only entities in the United States to issue IDPs.
As for recognising your country license, each EU country ...
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I would recommend the following things (sorted by country):
Switzerland
Visit Top of Europe. You can take a train to the Jungfraujoch which is 3545 meters above sea level. There you can exit the train and walk around. For example to a restaurant or over a glacier.
Visit Luzern and its world famous Chapel Bridge
Visit the Italian part of Switzerland, named ...
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By public transport it's little harder to get there, but yes, it is possible:
1) Go to Brno first. The easiest and most comfortable is by bus with the company Student Agency (it's very popular transport - I recommend to buy a ticket in advance - you can do it online)
2) Brno to Blansko by train and Blansko to Punkva caves by bus
Search departures on ...
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I did some checks on prices for you. Prices are from Bahn.de. Please verify this yourself as well.
Krakow - Prague: $37 (this one's from Rome2rio.com - Bahn wouldn't give it up)
Prague - Munich: $120 $87
Munich - Hamburg: $200 $102
Hamburg - Warsaw: $200 $102 (possibly cheaper possible, since these are ICE train)
Total: CAD$328
A 5 day Eurail Select ...
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Château de Chillon near Montreux on the shore of lake Geneva is a must see. You will find some graffiti made by Lord Byron in the dungeon. He wrote a poem about a protestant jailed there.
Linderhof Palace in Bavaria is a pretty small castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, that tries to mimic Versailles in a pocketsized handkerchief. Its Galerie des ...
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It is very difficult to say because it also depends on your preferences. But generally I would recommend option c) since Dresden is really worth a visit! And it is directly on the way from Berlin to Prague, so you don't have to do any detour. On the contrary you can split a long journey into two parts.
Prague is very well connected to Dresden (take the DBB ...
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300 USD should even be enough to cover all these itineraries. To know the exact price for tains to and from destinations in Germany, you can have a look at http://www.bahn.de
For the tickets from Krakow to Prague you can have a look at http://www.polrail.com . Or try at the station in Krakow. The Czech railways only allow booking into the other direction.
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There are no objections to taking the train from Vienna airport to Brno. However, in your precise case, the bus has two advantages.
The bus is direct. You get in the bus at the airport and get out off the bus in Brno. No need to change. With the train you have to change at least once, sometimes even twice or three times. You have to carry your luggage ...
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I have found some information on city-pilot.cz:
There is a partial decriminalisation of drugs in the Czech Republic –
However, beware: decriminalisation does not equal legalisation!
Possession of drugs for one’s own use is not punishable, that is, you
will not go to prison, however, the possession of drugs is also judged
as an offence. What does ...
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As can be seen from Wikipedia, the legality even in European countries varies greatly from country to country.
In Latvia, Estonia's neighbour, for example, pepper spray in canisters is classified as a self-defense device and can be bought and carried by anyone over 16 years of age. Pepper spray handguns can be bought and carried without any license by ...
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I can add a few comments from my trip to the area.
Neuschwanstein:
You may already know about it but be sure you also see Hohenschwangau at the same time (you can get a combo ticket). I have some friends who went to Neuschwanstein as part of a bus based tour and they did not go to Hohenschwangau due to time. When I went I had my own car, so we set the ...
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Where did you find the price for the ICE? I think there is no ICE between Nuremberg and Prague. There is even no direct train. If you do want to go by train, you have to travel on regional trains and change once. Just check the schedules here.
The Deutsche Bahn has a bus service from Nuremberg to Prague. Prices start at 19 EUR for a single ticket. It takes ...
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You could take a Eurolines bus directly from Nuremberg to Prague for 39 € (or 35 € for "Promotional Ticket - can not be changed or refunded!")
The trip takes 4 to 4½ hours, and looks like there are 1-3 daily connections.
I don't know if this is the cheapest public transport option available (probably not), but it's much better than the ICE price, and quite ...
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There can be a few reasons, generically, why the bus can be better than the train:
sometimes, the bus is faster! For example, from Buenos Aires to Rosario (Argentina), the bus is faster than the horrendously slow train.
sometimes the bus is cheaper! (Although you've mentioned in this case it's not). In the previous example, the bus is also cheaper than ...
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I can suggest the town of Amberg. I think it is a very pretty place to stay and somehow not touristy at all. You can reach it taking exit 66 on A6.
In the middle of the old town is a Hotel that belongs to a bar where you can meet locals.
Kates Amberg Hotel.
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I could be wrong on this account but I think that the only document that will allow you to carry pepper spray into a plane might be international law enforcement credentials. Save that it will most likely to be confiscated during check-in. Especially so in Israel. Your best bet if you want to have it while you are in the country is to buy one locally.
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And here is my personal experience from Prague:
Exchange rate in the banks was between 23,5 and 24,5 Crowns for 1 Euro
ticket machines for public transport are still not accepting Euros, but parking automats are accepting Euro coins(only 1 and 2 Euro coins), exchange rate: 1 EUR= 25 CZK
in the hotel we could pay with Euros too, and the exchange rate was 1 ...
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I've travelled from Germany to Mexico (via Atlanta) and Australia (via HongKong) with pepper spray in checked luggage without any problems. The TSA regulations say:
Self Defense Sprays - One 4 ounce (118ml) container of mace or pepper
spray is permitted in checked baggage provided it is equipped with a
safety mechanism to prevent accidental ...
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Most places will let you pay with Euro cash, but at an atrocious exchange rate; vending/ticket/etc. machines won't take euros or plastic (with very few exceptions).
Withdrawing CZK at an ATM will hit you with a foreign withdrawal fee, so this is the second least advantageous option.
Exchanging money at a bank will get you the best exchange rate; in a ...
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If you are going to the Baden/Black Forest region I suggest to pay a visit to the town of Badenweiler. The landscape with its old castle Baden and the vineyards all around is quite beautiful. The region is famous for its Gutedel wine. For a walk I suggest you go to see Sophienruhe or even further up.
From Hochblauen (or, Blauen) you will have a wonderful ...
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Aha, a site that @Ankur only just showed me earlier this week comes in handy in answering!
The Pay as You Go Sim with Data Wiki's page on the Czech Republic would appear to answer your question.
You have three main choices - O2, Vodafone and TMobile.
It appears... that O2 might be the best option, as it looks like their acceptable use policy is that ...
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Giving a quick look on Google I can only find 3 hotels/pension haus' near the Germany-Czech Republic border. They are in Waidhaus which is just off the E50 route.
Hotel Gasthof Biehler which from the looks of things looks like a very nice country inn.
Gasthof Pension Weisses Kreuz
Alte Post Inh. Helene Wolf Pension - which doesn't have a website.
Pension ...
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A pass like the Eurail Pass (and the Interrail Pass) was once a great way to travel around Europe. You could just hop on and off trains at leasure.
However, these days are mostly gone. Many long distance trains require reservations, which mean you need to go to the station to get them anyway, and often there are limited contingents for pass holders.
In ...
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There's an official Prague portal Prague Welcome. Both have a nice event calendar, so you should be able to pick something you like. There's definitely a lot to do. Prague's major sites are also listed on Prague Welcome. I also found another website Prague Experience that seems to have a nice calendar full of events. Since you'll be in Prague for Easter, I'd ...
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Germany
Heidelberg along the River Neckar with its Oldtown and the castle is well known and worth a visit. Because of its 30,000 students (20% of the population of Heidelberg) there is a lot to do during evening and night time.
Football is very big in Germany and if you're around on the weekend you could try and get into one of the stadiums and see a ...
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Here are three very random recommendations for the Czech Republic:
Sedlec Ossuary (Kutná Hora): Also known as "The Church of Bones". I still remember my visit there some 15 years ago. Genuinely chilling and macabre.
The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000
and 70,000 people, whose bones have in many cases been artistically
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Here's information about driver's license Latvia: http://www-en.csdd.lv/?lngID=EN&pageID=1181212466
Basically it means you can use your US license for up to one year. After that you neet to get Latvian driver's license by passing driving test.
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