Saturday, May 19, 2007

Ciao Czech! 'Popping over' to Prague

We are loving Europe in that everything is so close! We were able to just pop over to Prague for a visit from Berlin and back again which is such a nice feeling. Ok it wasn't really 'popping over' for us as of course we took the cheap option and found ourselves on yet another long and painful bus journey but popping over is possible for those who have money to spend on luxuries like train rides or flights. Anyhow, we're not complaining...
Prague was absolutely stunning!

Europeans call it 'Europes favourite city' and we would have to agree that it was pretty amazing. We spent our 4 days there just wandering around admiring the architecture and visiting the sights.


Look at this view!!!!








The famous St Wenseslas Statue.





















We stayed in a backpackers 14 bed dorm and so the both of us had weary eyes most of the time as we had a rude awakening the first night as a group of drunken girls turned the light on and decided to discuss the whole nights events at 4am! Then the next night the top bunk right next to Kristen and above Clare was shaking violently under the pressure of probably the worst snoring that a bed can endure. Our tiredness of course had nothing to do with the 21st birthday party on a boat that we incidently got an invite to and attended happily! It was pretty amazing - 2 bars on deck, a nightclub on the top deck and a nice place to chill out underneath.

Here is a photo of us as we arrived...







Czech's love their beer and can be found guzzling any time of the day








This was us wedged in on an overcrowded bus. You literally have to push your way in and then its a real fight to hold your place as the bus turns brutally around corners. You'd swear the bus driver was giggling to himself playing dominos with his passengers. At one stage Kristen went flying forward into Clare who in turn headbutted a poor undeserving woman.