Olomouc

Having seen the city of Prague, we were all pretty keen to see something of smaller town life in the Czech Republic so we headed east to a college town called Olomouc. To be quite honest I had never heard of the place (it wasnt in the lonely planet ok!) but its turned into one of our better stops.

The hostel we stayed at, Poets Corner, was without a doubt the most well thought out hostel I have ever stayed at. Things to do, places to drink (with good honest opinions) they had it sorted. Its run by a couple from Australia who were travellers themselves so they know what we want! Perfect. They're also very friendly, with Greg inviting us to join him at the local Ice Hockey teams match. While they lost 3-0 (they really do suck!) it was a good nights entertainment for about a pound. A little extra entertainment came with Dan got the chance to go onto the ice and shoot for goal to win a prize, which he did - the bastard!

Another highlight was getting to actually eat at an authentic Czech Restaurant, which was recommended by the owners. This place had great food (pork knuckle!!) and very reasonable prices (beer was about 40p!!).

We had a couple of good nights out there too. There is one really bad "bar" that is actually inside a disused old Russian aeroplane - with original seats and all! Its one of those places that is so bad its good! Another night, possibly the bigger one, saw us and a small group of people drink on at the local Irish bar (theres one in every city!). There was much alcohol related sillyness happening that night (photos of which I'm not sure will ever see the light of day) and some down right acts of stupidness, that cant really be mentioned (im looking at YOU Sean).

On the whole, Olomouc was a good place to spend a couple of days, and leaves you wishing you could take Poets Corner everywhere you went!