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Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » New Town July 23rd 2009

Well today has been a day that will go down in our minds for eternity! It was the hottest day ever in the record of Austrian history at 37.9 degrees. This is all relevant because we caught a train today from Prague to Vienna for 6 hours... the car we were on had no windows that could open! Now I cannot convey how bad that was... we were wet with sweat from head to toe within about 5 minutes max of being on the train. We eventually moved to a car with windows half way through our journey... thank god for Rickys quick legs as well because he bought us ice cream and cold drinks at a 4 minute stop. Well we thought it was going to be 4 minutes it turned out to be an ... read more
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Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » New Town March 21st 2009

We arrived at 7:30 am to our hostel (Hostel Rosemary - I highly, really, recommend it). After discarding our luggage, we headed to the nearest popular area in search of breakfast - Wenceslas Square. We found ourselves some breakfast - well, breakfast for Ahmed included a roasted chicken leg with veggies and taters, and about an hour later he had a street sandwich, a fried chicken cutlet. I was so happy to be in Europe! Egypt is great, but Cairo is oppressive...we follwed our crazy Spy Map of Prague (just hilarious) and after running into some amazing monuments/towers/etc. along the way, we found ourselves in Old Town Square. I loved this big, open space. We did what my brother said we had to do - we watched the Astronomical Clock ring in the hour - I ... read more
Hostel Rosemary
Me and St. Wenceslas
Ahmed's Breakfast




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