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Published: June 28th 2008
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Our first glimpse of the Czech Republic
Once we crossed the border, we were booted out of 1st class. Boo hoo hoo. For an extra 15€ (euro) we hoped on a train and in a few hours was in Prague. Our railpass gives us 1st class tickets, but the ticket in the Czech Republic was for second, so we were kicked out at the border and sweated our way to Prague in a second class non-air conditioned, no open windows, compartment. But feel free to unbutton your shirt completly like the local, hairy bellied men.
Our train took us along the Vltava River from Germany to Prague, and it runs bellow some beautiful cliffs and scenery. Arriving in Prague, we realized they didnt use euros and had to exchange money once again into Czech Korunas (1€ is about 25 korunas, 1$ is about 16).
We trekked through the cobblestone streets to our hostel resort (haha, no really), the Chili Hostel, where we shared the room with 6 busty Norwegien girls. We soon made it out to the city to watch the sunset on Charles Bridge. We walked around and got oriented. The city is wonderful. Its beautiful with old world charm and compact, so its easy to just walk everywhere downtown.
On the way back to the hostel, some strange
Mountain top bridge
Wish we could have hoped off the train to explore a bit. music began to eminate from one of the islands in the middle of the river. It was somewhere between Star Wars and Disneyland, and could be heard from far away, setting a fairytale like ambiance. As we approached the sounds, we found out there was a giant outdoor theater showing some 20s American classic movie.
After all that walking and train riding from Germany, we needed a beer and found the local Gay bar online and went to it, Friends. We hung out with some Russian gays for a bit and then called it a night.
Waking up to another beautiful day, after a good nights rest, we headed out to see the old town and Jewish quarter. Also recommended by Liz, who spent a semester last year in Prague. We started at town square, which looked just like a Hollywood set of Europe. There were a lot of statues on all the buildings and they were creppy, heads, babies, the devil, Jesus, and scary guys.
We then headed out to the Jewish quarter where there were about 6 temples and a graveyard. Being Jewish, they of course charged a lot to see them, and you had
13 card Straight
Marcs a cheater... Jon got his ass whooped. to buy the ticket to see all of them, and not just one, so we didnt go in. Instead we walked to the river, where Jon was attacked by a vicious gnat, that flew in his eye and clamped into the innards of his top eyelid and wouldnt come out. After about half an hour of trying to get it out and Jons eye was swelling up, we made it to a pharmacy, where we bought a squirt bottle of saline solution. We told the lady there that I, Jon, had a ''bug'' in my eye, so she thought I meant a bug like a disease, and thought I had pink eye, so as we left she calls out, ''use 3 drops a day''. As soon as we got outside, I layed back and Marc squirted half the bottle into my eye and flushed the little sucker out on the 3rd attempt. Im alive and ok now. No pink eye.
Then we just kept walking around, taking in more of the city by foot. We soon found Letna Park, on a hill overlooking the city. We kicked off our shoes and took a nap on the grass under the
Praha!
Hahaha Im in Prahaha trees, listening to the leafs talk to each other. Zzzzzzzzz.
Our last day in Prague we purchased a day pass on the public transportation and took the aboveground trains around town. It was too much walking already. We started by going to Mala Strana park and taking the funicular up the hill (a steep hillside train). There we found the Petrin Tower, which looked like a mini Eiffel Tower. There was some stuff to do up there, but we didnt feel like paying, so we walked our way towards the Castle. On the way out of the park, we found the Garden Cafe.
We made it to the castle. It was nice and all, but by now we're sort of done with castles and churchs, oh Lord.
After that, we took one of the trains to the outskirts of town and found an oasis called something we´ll never know, since it was beyond the limits of the tourist map. It was a local park with some ponds and lakes and rivers. People were fishing, swimming, and walking their dogs. We also took a rest and napped along the river on our hostel's bedsheets that Marc took with
us.
Heading back to Nurnberg to meet with Joachim, excitment was building for the Eurocup quarter finals. Germany vs. Turkey. It was a big game and we had to be there!
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jamie
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Awesome!
You guys look like you're having too much fun! I can't believe how long you've been gone for! Your updates are entertaining to read along with the show and tell pictures! Continue on your journeys...and return home safe! Miss you!~