Adventure Five: Prague, Czech Republic

Prague. Oh Prague.

Started out rough but ended wonderfully! Steph and I left Barcelona reminiscing on all the funny and pretty moments of our time there. We miss B, Rose's stories, Billford's faces, Pat's dance moves, and Kramme. But we shall see it all again soon in Swansea!

Moving on, we arrived in Prague safely and happily ... until the language barrier hit us. However, the Lord provided. We met a sweet man while boarding the plane in Barcelona who lived in Prague and after we arrived he graciously took the time to help us purchase the correct bus tickets that would lead us to our hostel for the night. Our 10 dollar a night hostel. Yeah, we were sketched out a little too. Little did we know, that hostel would help to make our stay in Prague the absolute best. The hostel was huge ... Plus Prague Hostel. The guy at the reception desk was SO helpful. He put us three girls in a huge room to ourselves, with decently comfy beds, and our own bathroom with extremely hot water .... it was heaven.

Unfortunately, our meeting up with Lindsey did not take place. Lindsey had a rough time getting to Prague .... so she ended up staying with a friend that night. We missed her. And Steph purchased a train ticket to Austria for the wrong day by mistake, so she had to purchase another, which she ended purchasing for the wrong day again, so she had to purchase a third, this time for the correct day. Rough night, but all is well now!

We spent the next day roaming Prague, seeing everything it had to offer. It also happened to be the week of their big Easter Market in the center of their Old Town. There were stands with homemade food, pastries, jewelry, clothes, etc. It was great. We saw many old, beautiful buildings ... pictures to come when I get back to Swansea. We also took probably a few billion pictures at the John Lennon Peace Wall ... the only place in Prague where graffiti is legal. Even though I know very little about Mr. Lennon, I like his Peace wall a bunch.

Before crossing The Charles' Bridge ... the big bridge you see in all the pictures of Prague .... we saw a group of what we thought were Czech sailors. So Steph asked for a picture, and they informed us they were not sailors ... just guys selling tickets for the boat rides. This is where we met Bayo ... such a gracious person! We talked to him about America, our time in Prague, our day of touring the city, and he got us into the boat ride for FREE which included free snacks and drinks, and an hour long boat ride around Prague. Such a blessing! Great day in Prague.

That night Steph and I took advantage of the free sauna in the hostel. I couldn't have asked for a better ending to Prague ... relaxing in a sauna, with diet coke and snacks, listening to Coldplay, and talking to someone who is becoming one of my dearest friends. Traveling around Europe on a tight budget, with a fellow college student who shares your same passion of chocolate, brings two people together like I can't explain. Then we took advantage of the free internet ... of course!

The next morning we were up early for our six hour train ride to Salzburg, Austria. We said goodbye to Prague, but we looked forward to the city where the Sound of music was filmed .... we couldn't wait to sing The Hills Are Alive at the top of our lungs ... in the mountains .... with our hair in braids .... wearing red and white striped skirts .... just kidding .... kinda.

Love you all!!