Three days in one of the most beautiful cities ever! We woke up Friday morning as our train was arriving in Praha…aka Prague! First we had to find our way to our hostel. We left our stuff there, got a map, talked to the receptionist, made a plan, and then hit the city! We explored a little on our own. We went to the bagel place for lunch and then explored old town. We took a free tour at 2pm. We walked all the way up to the castle and saw so many cool things along the way! We saw the Charles Bridge across the river, locks on the other bridge, the creativity wall in protest for the music of John Lennon, the statue of 2 men peeing symbolizing how hitler “peed” on the Czech republic, the symbols above the doors that allowed children who couldn’t read to know who lived there, and eventually the Prague Castle with the Cathedral. We also learned the meaning of the cities name, “Praha.” Unfortunately, Stephanie nor I can really remember the story! lol It has something to do with a girl that saw the city and wanted to name it after the threshold she crossed to symbolize the lasting love and in Czech, Prague means like the doorstep or threshold.
After the tour, we went and checked into our hostel and then decided to head to the National theater! We heard that we could get tickets 30 minutes before the performance with our student cards for half price! We ended up getting into the Ballet for like 2 Euro! And the show was amazing!!! Our first Ballet and we loved it! At that price, I would go every night! lol Then we headed back to the hostel to get some sleep since we didn’t get much on the uncomfortable train the night before!
The next morning we got up and had a little breakfast at the hostel before heading out on the town! We explored the city a little more and grabbed some street food for lunch. Our tour guide had given us some ideas of good local Czech food to try. We got Langose…which was amazing! Its like a fried bread with a garlic paste smothered on it and then topped with ketchup and shredded cheese! Oh how I loved that thing! Then for dessert we tried the Trdelnik…which is a warm pastry covered in sugar! This was seriously one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted! I absolutely loved this food and just talking about it is making me crave it! After lunch we headed up to the castle so that we could see the changing of the guards; our tour guide had told us that at noon they have a big show with music and stuff! It was hard to see because there were so many people but it was cool. Then we checked out the cathedral and then walked to Charles Bridge! The bridge was so crowded with different vendor booths. There were people selling things and people drawing caricatures and people playing music! It was so cool. We touched the shiny statue for good luck and made our wish! Then we went for some ice cream!
After the ice cream, we explored the market! I could have stayed there all day and spent so much money! There were so many cool souvenirs and things to look at and buy! It was awesome! Then we explored Wenceslas Square before heading to dinner. For dinner we tried a little restaurant that the receptionist had recommended to us called Lokal. We wanted to try some more local food…especially the fried cheese and roasted pork knuckle! The food was delicious! And fried cheese…if you are thinking like mozzarella sticks, think again. This is like a huge slice/chunk of cheese that is then battered and deep fried! There was soooo much cheese! While I was eating it, I was thinking this is the perfect food for my little brother Matt! The pork knuckle had a lot of fat and it just melted in your mouth…it was delicious! Stephanie and I were sharing everything and we were still a little hungry so we decided to also try the goulash and dumplings. The waiter let us get half potato and half bread dumplings. And oh my were they good. The meat again just melted in your mouth and the dumplings were scrumptious as well! And we got all this food for like…I don’t remember…but like 15 or 20 Euro I think and both of us were stuffed!
After dinner, we went back to the hotel to freshen up before the Clock Tower Pub Crawl. We met at the clock tower and then went to this bar that was in the basement of an old cathedral building! There I got my T-Shirt and we had 2 and half hours of open bar. We tried our first shot of Absinth! And we also tried hot wine, something that Czech is known for. And we met some really cool people and did some dancing. Then they led us to a club where we got a free welcome drink and did some more dancing. We stopped at one other club and it was so cool because we were like VIP and got in free and didn’t have to wait in lines! We did some more dancing and then ended up the night in one Europe’s largest clubs! The music was great and we danced the night away with our new friends! We met this group of people that were actually staying at the same hostel as us! When we left the club, Sharna (a new friend) and I split a giant brat! It was so delicious especially at like 3:30 am! Then we walked back to the hostel to get some sleep! We wanted to get up early to explore some more before our bus left at 2:38!
The next morning we woke up a little later than planned, but we grabbed some breakfast and then hopped on the metro! While at the hostel, we saw our friends in the hall and one of them was like MISSOURI…that’s what he was calling me all the night! It was so funny…they were like you are crazy! So then we wanted to explore Prague’s second Castle. Its not very popular among tourists so it was so peaceful up there and we had a great view of the city! We saw a gorgeous basilica and also the most beautiful cemetery you could ever imagine! I am so glad we had time to go up there! It was amazing! Then we grabbed some stuff from the supermarket for the train ride home and I grabbed a Langose for lunch and some Trdelniks to bring back with me! We grabbed some bagels as well and then headed to the train station. All in all it was an amazing weekend we had so much fun!!! I trip I will never forget!!!
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