Viva la Furia Roja! A Trip Report - Prague, Poland, and Dresden 6/7-6/21 - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I've heard nothing but good things about Prague and one day want to go there, but what puts me off is that I've heard that it turns into a centre for stag and hen parties (batchelor and batchelorette parties) at weekends, which puts me off a bit....
We saw a little bit of Germany/Portugal last night, but weren't overly impressed with the little bit we did see...
Can't wait to see the pics!! Winning vibes coming through.
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Hope your trip is MAGICAL!! Can't wait to hear more.
Thanks, Christina!
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We were watching the Germany/Portugal game on ESPN! Glad you're having a great time!
Thanks! We watched that game too...more on that in the TR.
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I've heard nothing but good things about Prague and one day want to go there, but what puts me off is that I've heard that it turns into a centre for stag and hen parties (batchelor and batchelorette parties) at weekends, which puts me off a bit....
We saw a little bit of Germany/Portugal last night, but weren't overly impressed with the little bit we did see...
And no giving away where you think we went...
I won't say a word...
About the parties here in Prague...I will admit that we've seen several of them (you can tell because apparently the "thing" to do is all wear matching t-shirts..even the guys ). They don't really make any difference to me more than any other tourists though. We don't go to clubs at all really or bars real late at night, so it hasn't been an issue coming across large groups of really drunk people or anything too much like that. I definitely wouldn't let it deter you from coming here at all. It is so worth the trip.
I was impressed with Portugal in that game... Unfortunately they didn't get the result, but I thought they far outplayed Germany for the most part which was surprising. Their whole group (Ger, Por, Netherlands, Denmark) is kind of nuts at the moment. It will be interesting to see who advances (I'm hoping for anyone BUT Neth. myself. )
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I'm glad to see you checking in, as I've been thinking about you. Already it's not been a pleasant tournament from the reports we're seeing over here - with two countries (I think Russia and Germany from memory) charged by UEFA over the conduct of their fans and we heard there'd been more trouble before the Republic of Ireland match last night. I just hope everything is fine at all your games.
I'm glad to see you checking in, as I've been thinking about you. Already it's not been a pleasant tournament from the reports we're seeing over here - with two countries (I think Russia and Germany from memory) charged by UEFA over the conduct of their fans and we heard there'd been more trouble before the Republic of Ireland match last night. I just hope everything is fine at all your games.
Thanks! I've not heard any reports about violence or anything like that over here so far. We are in Poland (Warsaw) now and everyone seems to be in the fun party atmosphere like it was at the World Cup. Tomorrow's game here is Russia/Poland, and they are notorious rivals, so hopefully all will be well. I'm wondering if the Germany charges were related to fans throwing stuff on the field. In that game, every time a Portugal player went to take a corner kick, the fans rained down cups and trash at them. It's in such poor taste, and I know the players were taking exception with it to the referee during the game. I don't know why people have to do stuff like that. I'll be careful at the games though, thanks for the warning. I've found though generally at sports events if you don't get drawn in by the idiots looking to start something, you're going to be ok.
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Glad you're having a great time. Can't wait to hear all about Prague!
Thanks, Kathy!! I can't wait to write about it. If I had time, I'd probably start doing my TR now, but since I can't upload my pics till I get home it wouldn't be nearly as good anyway. I'll get to it quickly though when I get back!
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I'm wondering if the Germany charges were related to fans throwing stuff on the field. In that game, every time a Portugal player went to take a corner kick, the fans rained down cups and trash at them. It's in such poor taste, and I know the players were taking exception with it to the referee during the game. I don't know why people have to do stuff like that. I'll be careful at the games though, thanks for the warning. I've found though generally at sports events if you don't get drawn in by the idiots looking to start something, you're going to be ok.
I believe it was to do with that - the term the news used were "paper missiles", so I guess that's what they were. I'm with you - why the heck people have to do that, I just do not know.
Drove to Gdansk, Poland today, up on the Baltic Sea. Very charming town from what I can tell so far (we just got here). Excited to be with my people LOL (Spain fans!) and to get to see Spain play tomorrow!!!!!!!
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I watched a little of the Poland / Russia game on Tuesday and thought of you! I kept hoping that somehow miraculously you'd end up on a close-up shot or something!! Alas, if you did, I didn't see it!
I watched a little of the Poland / Russia game on Tuesday and thought of you! I kept hoping that somehow miraculously you'd end up on a close-up shot or something!! Alas, if you did, I didn't see it!
Go Spain!!!
We actually didn't end up going to the Poland/Russia game. That's the only one we didn't get tix for in the lottery (the way you had to buy them), so we were hoping to just buy some day of. We found some people selling them before the game but they wanted 500 Euro PER ticket. Heck no, for two teams I couldn't care less about. It would have been fun to see a home team game, but not at that price. Plus, it was getting a little crazy in that area....Poles and Russians don't apparently get along too well... I WAS at the Spain game tonight though and it was fantastic! I would tell everyone where my seats are for each game, but since the stadiums are all different, I don't even usually know till we get there. (I just know what category we have 1, 2, or 3) We had awesome seats for the game tonight and sat near some very interesting people....but that's all you get till the TR. I'll definitely be at the Russia/Greece game on Saturday and the Ireland/Italy game on Monday (I think it's on Monday...my days are so messed up), because we have tix already for both of those too.
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). They don't really make any difference to me more than any other tourists though. We don't go to clubs at all really or bars real late at night, so it hasn't been an issue coming across large groups of really drunk people or anything too much like that. I definitely wouldn't let it deter you from coming here at all. It is so worth the trip. 
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I WAS at the Spain game tonight though and it was fantastic! I would tell everyone where my seats are for each game, but since the stadiums are all different, I don't even usually know till we get there. (I just know what category we have 1, 2, or 3) We had awesome seats for the game tonight and sat near some very interesting people....but that's all you get till the TR. 
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