freezing in prague with two great girls!

My school gave me a two week travel break starting on Halloween and for the first weekend of my vacation I went to Prague with my two good friends, Amelia and Stephanie! For the rest of my break my parents came to Copenhagen and we traveled Copenhagen and Paris together, but that adventure will be in another entry!

We stepped off the plane in Prague with really no information at all about the city! And I kind of enjoyed not knowing because we had no expectations, we had all just heard it was a beautiful city and we were ready to explore! We realized though once we were at the ATM in the airport that we had no idea what the currency rate was in comparison to the dollar. I saw some girls about our age talking in English so I decided to ask if they knew the exchange rate and luckily they did! That was how little we knew about Prague. We only knew how to get to our hostel and that was about it! But before we went hunting for the bus to take us to our hostel, we saw a Subway in the airport and the three of us salivated for a taste of home. I must say it tasted nothing like the Subway at home, at home no matter if it is a Subway stop in Bakersfield on our way to Lake Mead, or a quick stop in Irvine for a classic sub, it always tastes the same. We were hoping for that classic taste, but I think we were too far away. But still we relished that little taste of America. It is funny what you miss when you are gone, it is the little things you miss. Never in my dreams did I think I would miss Subway!? It is kind of gross if you think about it…how Subway all tastes the same no matter where you are in America, what do you think they are putting in their meats?! But anyways, away from talking about food and back to Prague!

I must say I have never seen any other city like Prague. It was like stepping into a history book. The streets are cobble stoned and the buildings themselves are just beautiful! Our first day in Prague we just wandered the city! We went to the Prague castle which is the biggest castle in Europe! The cathedral there was beautiful, I especially loved the gargoyles guarding the church!

We then walked across the Charles Bridge into Old Town Prague! The whole weekend when we were there it was pretty cold in Prague. I was freezing, my other two friends are from Minnesota and Settle so they weren’t as cold as I was! To illustrate how cold I was I will tell you what I wearing: tights under my jeans, jeans, wool socks, ugg boots, two sweaters, a sweatshirt, jacket, gloves, scarf and mittens! I know…a little ridiculous! But it was THAT cold! I felt like telling the Czech, “You don’t have to live this way! Come to California!!” I must say that I feel very blessed to live where I do after living in a cold climate! I am seriously lacking some Vitamin D lovin! Here are some pictures of the bridge and Old Town:

We also went to the famous John Lenon wall, when he died people drew graffiti on a wall in remembrance of him…

I loved traveling with Steph and Amelia because we did not stress ourselves out trying to see everything. Also Prague is a pretty small city and you can see almost everything in a couple of days. But we would hide from the cold in different coffee shops around Prague and enjoy each other company’s for hours! I loved it! We also went to the movies, and we always had long meals together. At home, my meals are always so fast. My mom calls us down for dinner, we eat, do the dishes and are done in about 30 minutes. My sister and I use to race each other eating while dad would tell us to slow down and breath! ha ha It has taken a while for me to get us to eating slow and just sitting for longer periods of time, but now I really enjoy it!

For one meal, the three of us ordered beer samples! I tried dark beer, cherry beer, coffee beer, banana beer!, and even green beer! (don’t try it, its gross) ha ha Prague was cheap, which was a nice change from Copenhagen, where beer is 8 dollars, for a sample it was only 4! Much better price!

Another food place that I miss in America, which I knew I was going to miss, is the famous Trader Joes. Steph’s mom sent her a care package of great Trader Joe’s goodies and we made a meal one night out of it!

I loved Prague (even though my body was so tired from tensing up from the cold!) and I loved traveling with Steph and Amelia! We had so much fun! I was so glad that I joined them in the start of their travels and once I left Prague I was so excited to see my parents in Copenhagen the next day!!

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