Pardon Me Prague

So its been almost 2 months, but I thought I should still post some pictures and share a little about Prague.

We came from Berlin on a train and checked into our hotel and had about 25 min to get food and meet for our walking tour of the city. I hate to admit this, but it was the only real option. We had McDonalds. I'm not proud, but we had no Czech money yet and so we had to get that. The exchange is really hard to figure out. The language is not easy. Basically we were all frazzled and McDonalds was there and cheap so we went with it. I have never been more discombobulated mentally than when we got to Prague. Didn't help that in our Prague packet they stressed the taxi cabs will rip you off. Then we got off the train and our leader told us Prague is best/worst for pickpocketing, depending how you look at it, and then as we were leaving our hotel she told us our passports may not be save if our rooms so if we wanted we could use the hotels safe. REALLY?!?! Welcome to Prague!

Now some of you might remember I went to Prague last year with my family and I wasn't that hot on the city. This time it made a better impression, but I don't think that was hard to do.

We met for our walking tour. The guide had a lot to say, a little too much. I know some people enjoyed the tour but I did not. I liked being about to walk around and get a feel but the information was too much.

Me by the Vltava River with the Castle in the background.

The National Museum

An upside down horse to show how upside down life was during communism.

That night Colleen, Kayla and I wandered around a lot trying to find a restaurant that was not expensive and had food we would eat. We ended up eating at a Czech restaurant that was in the touristy area. It was good. We were pretty tired so we called it a night and headed back to the hotel.

The next day we had a meeting with the Chief Editor of a economic daily in Prague. He discussed a lot about Czech public opinion on both their own government and the US. After that we had a meeting with two guys from the Institute of European Policy. They talked about the transition of the Czech Republic from communism to the EU.

Our meeting wasn't far from the castle so some of us walked up there and did a little tour. It is a beautiful castle up on the hill with beautiful views of the city.

A restaurant right below the castle. Haha

This "cross" was in St. George's Basilica which is pretty small and on the castle grounds.

St. Vitus Cathedral on the castle grounds as well

St. Vitus Cathedral

Me above Prague

We hung out in the "garden" for a while and ended back down to our hotel for an meeting.

That night Colleen and I went out with some people from the program to the Biggest Night Club in Central Europe. Check. That was on my list to dos. It 5 stories. Pretty interesting.

The next day we had the morning and some of the afternoon free before we left to take the night train back to Freiburg. Colleen and I went to Charles Bridge, and just walked around. We both ended up getting some sweet shoes. Funny thing is last summer I bought shoes in Prague too, tradition I guess.

Charles Bridge Tower

Prague Astronomical Clock.

All the people waiting for the clock performance on the hour.
Church of Our Lady Before Tyn.

It was a good trip, but I was ready to leave. Prague is nice, but just not for me I guess. Probably should give it another chance.

Train back was LONG. Slept in Harry Potter compartments. But oh we almost missed our train. And our tickets were messed up. Needless to say tempers were high when we all got on. Only way to end the time in Prague.

Random nerdy picture. Its an Infinity Mobius with tanks and construction vehicles on it.

PS don't miss the post below from my weekend with my family. I am on a blogging roll today!