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I had to skip breakfast in order to make the train to Prague on time. I had some lunch meat and bread in my bag from the grocery that I bought the previous day. Its ok in Germany they give you bread and lunch meat and call it breakfast anyway, then expect you to pay €5 for it. When I got to Prague according to the hostel information it was suppose to be a 10min walk from the train station to the hostel. Over an hour later I showed up to find out it was all full. They must have meant 10min if you didn't get lost. I then walked to my next choice which was closer to town anyway. Luckily they had beds open so I paid for a couple days in advance. As soon as I walked into the common room a large group of what turned out to be people from Finland were blaring techno music and had their own strobe light going, well at least they were trying to cover every stereotype out there. They actually turned out to be really cool. We all went out to the bars and since I didn't see any women other
than the ones in the group I decided to start saying the Finish pickup lines that the guys were telling me. Needless to say they weren't having any of it. We stumbled home having to go under gates at the mall because we couldn't figure out how to get around the place and back to the hostel. It was a long night and morning came too early.
When I woke up I made my way out into the city to see all the sights and these two castles that were in Prague. The first you cross this famous bridge and then see the largest castle complex in Europe. Well the bridge was under construction and the castle was up hill, so I started making my way up hill in the rain. Somehow I missed the largest castle in Europe and I had to back track to get to it. It must have been when I was complaining to myself about having to walk up this hill in the rain. As soon as I walked in someone said the line to buy a ticket was to my left. I went to it and the people at the counter were really
pushing a portable audio device that would explain stuff in the castle to me. Well this isn't my first crappy museum castle that I've been to, you won't see me upgrading. The other perk was you got to skip the line, but the way I saw it everyone was getting the audio package so I figured there wasn't going to be a line. I paid the student rate and felt pretty good about myself. That was until I walked around the corner and saw the line that wasn't moving and was standing out in the rain. Great! Well now I just wasted money because I'm not a fan of lines, besides it was just to see the crown jewels and I saw a picture of them and they weren't that great. I saw the crown jewels in London and paid $50 and to this day regret it. I figure this was saving myself in the end. As I'm wondering down this castle complex I think I am going to the third section and all of a sudden find myself on the street. I look back up the hill wondering where I went wrong and decided that it wasn't worth going
back up for the rest of it. Now I felt pretty smug about not taking at audio device because then I would have been required to take that thing back up.
The next castle was made into the side of a mountain so naturally I'm expecting something from out of Lord of the Rings. The reception lady at the hostel told me it was a 30min walk. For the record we were both horribly wrong. I spent my first hour walking and eventually found myself in the place I started. The next two hours were towards the castle. I never actually made it there. The place was so disappointing that I walked right by it. I don't know what made me think walking was a good idea by the end my feet hurt and my legs burned. No one should be doing this much walking. I took the tram back to the hostel which is what I should have done from the beginning and this is when I saw the "castle" it was on the other side of the street and the ten seconds that it was in view I am sure I made the right choice not to
get out and take a closer look.
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