So once again its been a while since I've updated and since I've actually been to where I'm writing about...so mainly this is going to be Prague in pictures....
Ever since I knew I was going to Europe, people have told me to go to Prague. The other weekend we packed up and headed north (maybe north east?) for a QUICK trip. Our flight was very early in the morning...so early that we could not get to the airport in time in the morning so we had to go Thursday night and sleep in the airport. This airport is no Hartsfield-Jackson...we were on the cement floor near the doors so that if the you actually managed to sleep on the hard surface, the cold blasts from the doors ensured it was a short-lived slumber. We were all so excited when we finally got to board the plane.
Regardless of our little sleep (which is becoming a continuing trend), we arrived in Prague ready to see the city. We went to the old town square and opted to eat lunch there. Well turns out its a huge tourist trap and we ended up paying close to 40 euro for stuff like turkey sandwiches (and it didn't help one girl scooted out on the bill). The waitress started adding extra costs in, like 20 euro for bread. And mind you, they don't use euros, they use crowns(?)...so 100 crowns is close to 4 euros. From the ATMs you get 1000 crown notes. I literally had no concept on how much anything was. For a town that we had been told was cheap, cheap, cheap, our first experience made us highly doubt that.
Ever since I knew I was going to Europe, people have told me to go to Prague. The other weekend we packed up and headed north (maybe north east?) for a QUICK trip. Our flight was very early in the morning...so early that we could not get to the airport in time in the morning so we had to go Thursday night and sleep in the airport. This airport is no Hartsfield-Jackson...we were on the cement floor near the doors so that if the you actually managed to sleep on the hard surface, the cold blasts from the doors ensured it was a short-lived slumber. We were all so excited when we finally got to board the plane.
Regardless of our little sleep (which is becoming a continuing trend), we arrived in Prague ready to see the city. We went to the old town square and opted to eat lunch there. Well turns out its a huge tourist trap and we ended up paying close to 40 euro for stuff like turkey sandwiches (and it didn't help one girl scooted out on the bill). The waitress started adding extra costs in, like 20 euro for bread. And mind you, they don't use euros, they use crowns(?)...so 100 crowns is close to 4 euros. From the ATMs you get 1000 crown notes. I literally had no concept on how much anything was. For a town that we had been told was cheap, cheap, cheap, our first experience made us highly doubt that.
View from the castle.
One afternoon we did a walking tour. It was terrible and I left 1.5 hours into it for Subway. The woman knew nothing about making it interesting or the English language. But she did take us up to the castle where there was an amazing view of Prague, which is a really beautiful city.
Singing nuns
While at the castle a pack of nuns walked by singing. I couldn't help but try to change there song to "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria", my favorite song sung by a pack of nuns.
Statue
This was a weird statue we passed.
Vikings/Models
These cute little guys were modeling clothes in a store. What a choice idea for a manikin...when I see an outfit on a viking all I can do is go buy it and hope I look half as good.
Gypsy doll.
There was a window full of these in Amsterdam and I loved it. Then in Prague I passed a whole stand selling these little witches/gypsys. One stand even had motion censored gypsys so when you walked by they cackled. I have no idea why I didn't buy one.
This is the famous clock in Prague. It goes off every hour and people stand there going nuts.
I've heard from several people that its the most disappointing things to watch. Our leader told us that a man built this clock and it was the only one of its kind in Europe. Prague was proud to have it and to ensure that no one else could, people burnt out the guy who made it's eyes. Then in his blind fury he made it to the top and threw a metal rod down it it....and it took years and years to fix it. That's revenge if I've ever heard it.
Prague was such an awesome city. I'd highly recommend it to anyone traveling in Europe.
fun fact: I am currently on a bus from Valencia to Barcelona...it has wifi! how cool!
Next up: Lake Garda, Tuscany, Florence, Rome, Valencia, Barcelona...
Ciao for now :)
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