Praha

Hello! So its been a bit crazy and I have been horrible at updating my blog! But lets jumps back two weekends to my weekend in Prague!

Our trip got off to a great (and funny) start when Chris got pulled over by security at the airport. After searching him, they found two cans of beer at the bottom of his bag. He claims he had forgot they were there, but I secretly believe he was just trying to avoid the outrageous fees airlines charge for alcohol. We flew Jet2, a discount airline (aka flying death traps), direct from Leeds to Prague. The only bad part of the flight was a bunch of guys were standing in the aisles drinking and yelling the entire flight... which would probably be grounds for arrest in the US.

After a bit of a detour in downtown Prague, we eventually found our hostel, which was 2to3 miles outside the city center in an "up-and-coming" neighborhood. The hostel was great, we (Jenna, Chris, Amber, Luke, Evan, Chris' friend Richard from Germany, and I) had an 8 person room to ourselves! It was like having a sleepover. The area was not really as nice, it was clearly still recovering from the communism days. It was pretty late at this point, so we hopped on the metro to the city. We ended up at a bar for a bit then walked around the city.

The next morning we headed back into town for the free tour. It started out in the market square, where there were various booths set up where they made fresh food. I tried the sugar-roasted nuts (delicious), a donut-like bread roll covered in sugar (evan more delicious) and thin waffles with fresh caramel in the middle (the most delicious). The free tour was great, especially for someone who knew NOTHING about Prague before going there. The cool thing about the city is it sustained very little bombing during WWII, so most the really old buildings and landmarks have remained intact. After the free tour, we went straight into a tour of the Prague Castle. It was a very interesting tour, but after 6 hours of listening to tour guides it was a bit hard to focus. We all headed back to the hostel to clean up and sleep.

Sunday I finally got in contact with a good friend from the US who was also in Prague, Colleen (Aka future roomie :-) ). We met up at the Jewish museum, which held drawings from Jewish children who were in concentration camps during WWII. Afterward, we walked to the John lennon wall, ate at Bohemian bagel (the best sandwich/bagel place ever!!), took a nap, and then headed out to a delicious Czech meal (our first of the trip). We spent the rest of the night watching the USA vs. Canada hockey in an Australian pub. We ended up staying after close talking with the owner of the bar. It was the perfect way to end the trip!!

Monday we spent a very LONG 13 hours traveling home... but we made it in one piece!

I will try to catch up on my posts soon! I spent last weekend in London and today hiking in the Yorkshire Dales!!