Friday:
We arrived on late Thursday night to the beautiful city of
Prague. We had a few hiccups in finding our air b n b but thankfully we
eventually found it later that night. Friday morning we woke up and ate
breakfast at a restaurant near our apartment. It was delicious and so cheap! We
enjoyed being in a city where everything including beer was cheap! First on our
itinerary was old town square. We walked from the restaurant to the square
where we saw the astronomical clock. We waited until the top of the hour with a
large group of people to see the clock ring.
It was similar to a cuckoo clock. Following old own square, Danni, Anne
and Charnelle got Thai foot massages for 9.99. We all agreed that the massages
were totally worth it after all of the walking we had done. A major bonus was
that we got free tea after our massages! We then wandered around and Danni and
Anne found a cute little coffee shop where ordering proved difficult since
after asking if the barista took euros he pulled out a map and began speaking
Czech. We were quite confused! We decided pull out our money and see how he
reacted. He happily took our money and made us fabulous cappuccinos. While Anne
and Danni were getting their coffee fix, the rest of the group found a church
that had gorgeous gold statues and paintings on the ceiling. It was then around
lunch time so Charnelle, Danni and Anne stumbled across a local brewery and
shared a meat platter with cabbage and dumplings (more meat than we can name). It
was incredible! J Crystal
and Sarah walked back to the air b n b stopping along the way to eat a swirly
donut/funnel cake with chocolate, strawberries and whipped cream inside. We’ve
decided that Prague has the best and cheapest food so far! Later in the day, we
walked over the Charles Bridge and found a castle and cathedral at the top of
hill which overlooked the city. We watched the sunset from the top and took
many beautiful pictures! (See facebook! J)
Saturday:
Saturday proved to be the most exciting day of the trip! We
had a late/ relaxing morning that consisted of Anne and Danni eating breakfast
at the same restaurant which was again glorious. We walked to the Cat Café and
drank coffee while playing cards and petting cats. It was a fun and unique
experience in which we got to wear slippers that did not fit Anne’s feet. Afterwards, we walked across the Charles
bridge and took pictures with the giant baby sculptures before having a photo
shoot at the John Lennon wall. We then walked to a street fair and bought
street food (meat and potatoes). Charnelle was ecstatic when she saw that we
could walk around with beer and not get arrested. After getting Charnelle a
beer, we walked onward to the castle where we ran into a parade and protest. It
was very interesting to see the gathering of hundreds of Czech citizens. It was
also amazing to see such a large group of people together with almost complete
silence. There were Czech flags everywhere as well as signs in support of the
protest. People seemed very invested in what was going on, however, it took us
a while to figure out what was going on because of the language barrier.
Thankfully, as we were navigating our way out we stumbled across the beer
monastery which we had wanted to visit that evening. We ate food, drank beer,
and had a jolly good time. The night we went to an Irish bar and met a Dutch
football team with an overwhelming number of silver foxes. All in all, we were
in the Czech Republic dancing to country music while hanging out with polish
and Dutch people. It was a fun night!
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