Prague! (finally)

Saint Nicholas Cathedral (view from the top of the Clock Tower)


Astronomical Clock


Prague Castle!!!


The back of the Cathedral at the center of the Castle


Where the Prague Symphony plays


It was raining on our tour so why not have a beer?


The last remaining theatre that Mozart played at


Old Town Square and the Easter Market


Prague!! From King Charles Bridge


First drink in Prague


Cool chandelier at Hard Rock Cafe

Sorry for the delay...spring break starts in 5 days and I have so many exams before that so I've been studying. Obviously I'm taking a break to do this because I'm bored out of my mind studying the stupid french language and cinema and french...booooorrrrrriiiiinnnnnggggg. Anyways...Prague was AMAZING! Definitely my favorite city. The city has the same population as Paris, but everything is so much more condensed and you can walk everywhere!! (Which would take an entire day in Paris) When we got there on friday we went straight to our hostel which was HUGE! It had over 500 beds in it and had a restaurant/pub, swimming pool, and sauna! It was insane...Steph and I even had our own side of the room so it felt like it was just the two of us in it which was nice. Then we went out in search of something to eat. We were told to eat at this place called Bohemia Bagel (because we wanted bagels and can't get them anywhere in Paris) and after searching for over an hour and finding nothing, we stumbled upon a Hard Rock Cafe which meant one thing: NACHOS! So obviously we went in! It was sooooo good! After that we went to Old Town Square and found the Easter market (Prague apparently takes Easter very seriously). The market was so cool, it was a bunch of little stands with Czech food and desserts everywhere. Then we walked over King Charles Bridge which was this huge walking bridge with a ton of venders and painters which was really cool except it took FOREVER to cross it because everyone was walking SO SLOW! I wasn't a fan...I hate inefficient walkers. After that we went back to our hostel and got ready to go out for the night. The hostel told us a few bars to go to so we just picked one and headed there...except we got lost and took the wrong fork in the road and had to get a cab (who totally screwed us over because come to find out we were ONLY one street off). Anyways we finally made it and we ended up joining a pub crawl and made friends with a group of american guys on vacation. The two pubs we went to were really cool and after staying out ALL NIGHT, Steph and I finally walked home (in the daylight) and slept all day. On Saturday we had planned on doing a free walking tour, but Steph was a bit too hungover and we ended up at the wrong starbucks (we were supposed to meet at a starbucks) so we missed the tour and she was too sick to stay out with me so I walked around Old Town Square. I found a little crepe stand and listened to the Prague Symphony play songs from Pirates of the Caribbean and then went to the Chocolate Museum by myself. The chocolate was really good, but the museum itself was such a rip off. After that I walked up to the Prague Castle (which is the castle that the one in Beauty and the Beast is based on). It was BEAUTIFUL! The walk up was quite the workout, but it was so worth it. I could see all of Prague from up there and the weather was perfect. After that I headed back to the hostel and got ready to go out. We met two guys from Switzerland and went to this 5 floor club. It was a huge tourist attraction but it was really cool. Each floor had its own theme. But after running into the guys from the night before we decided to cut our losses and head home because the night was getting creepy and awkward. Europe is FULL of creepy men...I thought frat boys were bad enough! But it was still a good night. On sunday we FINALLY made it to the walking tour which was so worth it! Our tour guide was this little English guy from Wales and he was really entertaining!! We saw the Astronomical Clock, which is the oldest working machine (from 1300) which was really interesting. We met these two guys on our tour who graduated from Arizona State (which is where steph goes) and we ended up hanging out with them for the day. They came with us up to the Castle and we stopped at a little pub and checked out the Absinthe shop, who knew there were so many different kinds of Absinthe?! We didn't. After the Castle we headed back to Old Town Square to see the Astronomical Clock strike a new hour...which was a bit of a disappointment haha the rooster sounded like it was dying. After that we walked up to the top of the Clock tower and we were able to see the entire city at night which was really cool. All of the lights looked so beautiful! For dinner we went to a steakhouse and all got burgers, which you also can't find in Paris unless you eat fast food (which I still don't). They were really good except the waiter "pretended" he didn't understand us and when steph and I asked for jalepeno's on our burgers, he brought out fried jalepenos and cheese? The boys ordered two orders of fries and got one whereas steph and I ordered one order of spicy fries, and got two. Either way, the meal was really good. We ended up going to bed really early since we had to be up at 4 am to catch our 6 am flight. We had the most obnoxious cab driver ever! I mean, he was trying to be nice and give us a tour, but after repeatedly telling him we don't speak czech we just gave up and had to listen to him narrate everyting in czech for the remainder of the drive...notttt what I wanted to hear at 4 am thats for sure!