Prague: the city that never sleeps.. Or maybe that was just us..

Picture time... :)

me, abby, and kim, on the Charles Bridge in Prague!

it is a beautiful city!

famous St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Castle District

Well, the second Easter weekend since I was 2 that I wasn't visiting my grandma and grandpa in Florida with the fam! Seemed a little strange, but Prague will do :) We lucked out with the set-up there. Staying with a Mizzou alum who graduated last year and was Abby's friend, we had our own personal tour guide, public transportation guide, massive apartment and our own room even! Mike has lived in Prague for about a year now, and had a stacked itinerary for us full of sight seeing, lots of fun, and some great food.

(see post below..)

Mike, the guy from mizzou, me, and kim at a great pub!

bbq chicken wings. oh.em.gee. divineee.

We got in around dinner time, so we took our typical quick siesta before getting dinner at this awesome pub! Every table had it's own keg! We poured our own beers that were some of the best beer I've had, a mix between bud light and blue moon almost. I had some great barbecue chicken wings!! I had been craving those forever.. Czech food was insanely good. Great salads, awesome meat, and some good garlic soup :) oh and rye bread for once! In Spain we only have French bread it seems like with everythingggggg.

Near the old town, Mike took us to a bar his friend owns called the Drunken Monkey. Haha great name.. The owner is an American guy named Will and we walked in for the start of this great pub crawl and the girl at the door went to Mizzou! What a small world! But it gets even smaller.. I noticed two Iowa Hawkeye license plates on the wall and asked whose they were, come to find out Mike's friend, Will, who owns the place is from Cedar Rapids! Finally someone who knows where the Quad Cities is! It was great to talk to him and have that connection in Prague. He is wild.

that's Will. He wore the sombrero alll night. 

We continued on the pub crawl around to some cool Czech pubs, and Kim and I introduced ourselves to the men in kilts, a rugby team from Edinburough! They had a tournament or something in Prague and were there for the night. Fun time joking around with them about their kilts and little did they know that I knew a lot about Scotland thanks to my good old Dad! Wandering along in the freezing cold Prague night was a little different than the typical tank top and skirt we wear in Spain though..

me, kim, and abby, enjoying the pilsners

Easter led us to a tour by Mike of Prague- to the St. Vitus cathedral, the castle, the easter markets, and the St. Charles bridge. The easter markets were really neat to see. Vendors spread around a square near the astronomical clock tower with their kids making the food they sold or aligning their little trinkets.

it was snowing that morning!!

view of the bridge

old town

and again..

  It was cool to see the family affair and I couldn't resist one of the spiral cinnamon sugar dough circles! I had read about them and how it is a traditional Czech easter snack, and it was really good.

the snack :)

easter tree!

another view of the cathedral

from on top of the castle, overlooking the city

city streets, in old town

our hot wine break! we were absolutely freeezing.

a statue on the st. charles bridge

pretty view from the bridge, again..

lots of religious statues all along the bridge

After this, we appreciated the perks of touring with someone who lives in the city, as Mike took us to this terrace restaurant on top of a hotel with incredible views of the city and clock tower.

great view from on top of the hotel/restaurant mike took us to

the famous astronomical clock tower!

Prague is beautiful! After our long tour, the four of us headed back for a quick map before another great meal of salad with salmon and a real vinaigrette dressing! We felt so spoiled having salad with lettuce other than iceberg and dressing other than olive oil and salt..

One of our Mizzou friends studying in Alicante with CIEE was in Prague for the weekend with her parents as well, so she met us out after dinner along with a few of Mike's friends. Kim stayed in because she had an early train (6:30am!!) to Berlin to split from us and meet some other people there.

Kristen, me and abby, the mizzou crew in Prague!

Needless to say, we had a great night and stayed out way too long for our tired and toured bodies.. Coming home at 6 am to our lovely Kim, who overslept her alarm apparently and was hardly going to make her train.. That's all contingent on her actually finding her way to the train station.. Disaster city struck and Abby and I were no help, but Mikes nice roommate Guido walked her/ran carrying her bag to the metro stop and happened to find a taxi. She made it, luckily, but I think that will be the last early train Kim decides to take alone..

After a snooze for a few hours, the four of us grabbed lunch and some snacks for our Munich train ride. Funny enough, Mike randomly decided he wanted to join us to Munich for the night! That makes number two of our hosts deciding we are that fun and wanting to join on one of Abby and my European adventures.. I'm not sure if that's a good sign or not, but we have a lot of fun and still manage to see the sights of the cities and experience the culture, so what more could we ask for?

me, trying to repack that great backpack of mine for the millionth time!

We jumped on the train and headed for a scenic ride to Munich for the next few days. Bring on the beer, sausages, and pretzels!



-k