Here it is the boring accountant, we go through the numbers first.
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During our seven days travelling across Czech Republic we have spent €389. Our budget for the week was €532. This means we have come up 27% under budget. We like this 
We have kept the costs under control in most categories.
Camping
There are not free aires available in Czech Republic, only campsites. Most of the times we have parked in the wild away from towns, private properties and car parks.
Repairs
We have spent €23 in Dora, nothing serious. We are redecorating her inside, making her pretty for when we sell her in a few weeks time 
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Food
Food once more has been really good value. We are approaching western Europe, where most likely, the trend will change.
Other
We have overspent only 2% under this category, which is not bad. The biggest expenditure has been on activities, €79 in total. These costs relate to Terezin Concentration camp and sights in Praha. It should be noted that we could have spent an extra €15 on rafting in Cesky Krumlov, had we not had our own boats.
The €12 cost under Souvenirs relate to a concentration camp book we bought in Terezin and a book about architecture we bought in Brno (Gary deserves it).
Laundry wasn’t due.
Internet; we used free WI-FI.
Public Transport
We are starting to hate this category. No matter how hard we try to look for cheap diesel we always end up being over budget, this time by 39%. If you look at the Fuel costs breakdown analysis further down, you will notice that the average cost per litre was only €1.14. We couldn’t get it cheaper!
However, we also travelled a great distance in our week in the Czech Republic. GDR
As noted above, we saved €22 on rafting, as we didn’t need boats. But we had to be taken to the start of the kayak route. This cost us €15. The reminder relates to public transport in Praha.
THOUGHTS
The highlight of Czech Republic has been the kayaking down the river Vltava. It was not advertised in any guides we had. We just came across it by sheer chance. It is at these times when we realise how lucky we are. Having Dora, driving free give us more chances to find places like these, too local to be known by tourists.
The second highlight; the wheat fields. A good description for the Czech Republic landscape could be ‘a one big golden blanket’. Especially at this time of the year.
The towns are pretty, the communist regime has not left any memories here. This proves that the Czech Republic became Soviet by mistake. They have always been closer to Central Europe (i.e. Austria, Hungary and Germany) than Russia. This is noticeable in the Baroque and Renaissance architecture.
Food; they could do with lighter dishes. Their traditional and famous knediky (big bread dumplings) would have been welcomed on a cold December afternoon, but not in the middle of July, with 30 degree in the shade. We weren’t adventurous enough to try this dish, although most people at the restaurant did.
The capital; if I say, don’t try in Summer, I would have too harsh but honest, specially if you don’t like multitudes. Praha is the vivid example of the failure of a fairy-tale. We are glad we have both been there before capitalism conquered the city.
And the sad thing is, we cannot see anyway back for this city. Maybe it will lose its appeal to the hoards of tourists and the tour groups. Maybe some of the generic, redundant museums will go out of business. One memory i was unable to revisit was to return to the national museum, where I remember corridor after corridor of stuffed animals. This is undergoing a massive refurbishment and expansion. Lets hope it is also for the local population, and not just for the tourist. GDR
The people; actually, we didn’t really engage with anyone. We only talked with tourist information officers or supermarket cashiers simply out of necessity. Is it us, that we are less bothered as we travel more or is it down to the locals’ character? Difficult to tell by travelling only seven days.
SM
