Buffini's Blog » Prague http://darraghbuffini.com It does exactly what it says on the tin Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Prague again http://darraghbuffini.com/2008/12/20/prague-again/ http://darraghbuffini.com/2008/12/20/prague-again/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:10:00 +0000 admin http://darraghbuffini.com/?p=117 Been about four years since we were here, but still a nice city. Not quite as cheap as it used to be. The conversions work out at something like:

Previous: ~30 Kč = €1
Current: 24.5 Kč = €1

Value for money – dinner for two (mid range Chinese restaurant):

Previous: ~€20
Current: ~€35

So while the currency exchange hasn’t changed a lot in the intervening time, the actual worth of the Czech currency has definitely improved.
I especially saw this in two examples: Taxi from airport to hotel – €28, two English books (Roald Dahl, nothing overly special about them) – €30.

Not quite the treasure trove of cheapness that it used to be. However, beer is still ridiculously cheap, averaging about €2 for .5 litre in restaurant/pub.

Ambiance: Christmas markets are pretty and festive and so on, but couldn’t really see a hell of a lot worth buying. My money stayed in my pocket, only reappearing when beer was in the offing.

We’ve been here a few times by this stage, and have always had fond memories of the place, but I’d say this may be the last one for a while…





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