We arrived in Prague late afternoon on Sunday with our Aussie friend Sarah in tow. Since she decided to tag along with us at the last minute, we weren't sure if she could get a bed in our hostel. The front desk said they had no room in the 6 person dorms that we had booked, but they were willing to give us a private 4 person apartment for the same price as the dorm. I couldn't believe our good luck! The apartment was beautiful, situated on a busy street near Charles Bridge, complete with kitchen and living room with tv! Of course the only channels we could understand were CNN, MTV, and the God Network. Abbe and I missed falling asleep to tv at night, so we volunteered to sleep in the living room and watch the popular music videos of Europe. They are definitely ahead of us in terms of music trends, so I wrote down good songs so I can download them in the states!
We got the traditional Czech dishes on our first night- I got Beef Goulsh and Abbe got the Pork Filet. Neither of us were feeling our best, I've been battling a bit of a sore throat, and Abbe picked up a stomach bug, so we decided to call it a night when Ashley and Sarah wanted to go out to a club. This happened after we got lost in the city for over an hour though, as the streets in Prague are ridiculously hard to navigate. The names change ever block and there are no straight roads. Everytime we had to pick which way to go, we always managed to pick the wrong one! Some people say that Prague is unsafe, but you just need to carry your stuff in a zipped purse and hold it tight. The creepy people weren't even that bothersome because they were no worse than The Poetry Man and his comrades in North Philly. One guy pointed at people's crotches and laughed, and another got in Ashley and Sarah's faces and yelled "Licky, Licky, Licky!" There are no words to describe this further, so I'll just move on...
We did a walking tour on the second day to cover the basic sites and then attempted to do a pub crawl at night but it was really lame.( Note: if you ever go to Prague, do not go on the crawl sponsored by New Europe tours!) The only redeeming part of the evening was running into Rob and Karly, our Candian friends that we met in Brussels. We met up with them again the next day to cross the Charl3es Bridge and see the Prague Castle. The view was phenomenal!! It really was the most beautiful city we have seen so far. It was quite a hike up to the castle but it was well worth it. For our last night, we went to a place called The Beer Factory, which had taps of beer right on the table and it measures how much you drink electronically and bills you when you are done. It was pretty cool.
Today we got up at 6:30am to pack up and catch a 4 hour bus to Vienna. We are staying in Wombats Hostel and it is pretty good. We put laundry in and are waiting for it to finish so we can start exploring our next destination. Only 2 weeks and 3 more stops to go!
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