Karlovy Vary is a spa town North West of Prague close to the German border. It's English name is Charles Bath, it has been long known for its spring water and the health benefits it can provide the drinker. We came across the town on the Michael Palin New Europe TV series and as it was only a short train journey out of Prague we thought it was worth checking out. An observation we have made in the Czech Republic excluding Prague's main station is that they don't...

We reluctantly left the beautiful mountain town of Fussen in the snowy weather and headed by train to Prague. The journey took 8 hours of travelling, and we nearly sat in the wrong end of the train that ended in Germany rather than the Czech Republic. The Czech train weren't really up to our previous European standards, without any free WiFi or power plug-ins. But we did get a small six seater cabin to ourselves with a huge window to watch the tree covered hills ...