I did this whole blog and then closed my laptop without saving it. UGH! Here I will try again, but it will probably only be half as great as the original as I am exhausted and hating my computer right now!
I went to Prague with Ryan and Dave, two guys from Bahrain. They introduced me to Carmen and Kristy, two girls from Australia. Our first 24 hours in Prague were quite a whirlwind of fun! Let me try my best to recap the recap. Here we go.....
-11pm arrived in Prague at the train station with the guys.
-Met random guy looking for hostel tenants outside of the train station. Followed him down random road to check out said hostel. His hostel manager friend was pretty cool looking: Sweet comb over, sweaty, rather large, broken English, lots of keys. Reminds me of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
-Holes in the bathroom walls, fairly clean room, dirty towels, questionable, but...awesome location...we'll take it! Switched clothes & went to K&K Hotel to meet with Ryan & Dave's Australian friends they met at Oktoberfest: Carmen and Kristy.
-Learned that Prague was currently in Prohibition due to poison in vodka and rum that recently caused several deaths and illnesses. Interesting. You can read the letter below:
-Had a few drinks, got to meet the girls. Loved the girls right away.
-Headed out to a bar. Found a place called James Dean: waited in line for 30 mins or so, got in, resumed party. Bar was interesting. Found out Prohibition had ended. Enjoyed questionable vodka drinks. Great people watching!
-Stayed at James Dean until 5:30am.
-5:30am starts the glorious search for food. Wandered everywhere around the square and then some.
-Sent Dave into a resteraunt...he got told "They don't serve his kind" (whatever his 'kind' is??). Went to hotel to wait for 6:30am breakfast. Borrowed some bagels. Got tired of waiting. Left hotel and resumed food hunt. (What would you call "his kind" below??)
-Found McDonalds! Ordered a party box: 5 cheeseburgers, 20 chicken nuggets, 4 large fries, 3 large cokes. Enjoyed with Dave and Carmen. Best McDonalds experience of my life.
-Walked home and saw the sunset at 7am.
-Carmen, Dave, and I took a little nap at our sweet hostel. Questionable, yet oh so homey.
-12pm wake up time! Showered and headed out the door.
-Got the group together again: Ryan, Dave, Kristy, Carmen, me. Went for a walk to the square and enjoyed tons of random street performers. There were TONS of them! But, I particularly liked the guy doing the rain dance below. And it was raining...he's just.that.good.
-Found traditional food stops outside on the square. Shared a buffet of 2 orders of cabbage and ham, a few pounds of Prague Pork, 4 sausages, lots of bread, 2 Cokes, and 6 waters. Watched homeless people eat our leftovers out of the trash can. Sad. Left the 20lbs of food we still had on the table, hoping we could swing by and grab it on the way back. (we couldn't).
-Headed to a Prague Boat Tour.
-Went on the world's WORST boat tour of Prague. Moved about 1 inch per hour, had a recorded erotic tour guide who whispered everything she said as slowly as possible, saw 2 feet of Prague.Don't waste your time or money on a boat tour here. You're welcome for the tip!
-Randomly saw a Gay Pride/Zombie parade of thousands. Either they didn't communicate the point of the parade or it was a Gay Zombie Pride Parade. *shudders* Most entertaining part of the boat tour nonetheless........and had absolutely nothing to do with the boat tour.
-Went to a little bitty bar and had some Czech wine together. Delicous! This was a fantastic time talking with new friends. Decided it was probably time for another feast.
-Got lost looking for a place for dinner. Found a little Czech resteraunt. Had a delicious dinner of traditional food. I had sirloin with dumplings, cranberries, and a whipped cream like topping with a gravy type sauce and shared some white wine to drink. Absolutely stuffed of yet another delicious traditional meal that I would never get quite like it back home :)
-Went to the Absinthe bar. Had a DISGUSTING Absinthe Mojito. Met our friend the statue Tataball. Shared Absinthe ice cream. (also disgusting). Took meds for excessive shoveling. Enjoyed the experience of waiting to see what happened to the guys after their drinks. (nothing). Good fun anyhow. Starting to realize we'd only known each other less than 24 hours. Made a video of our experience thus far together.
-Walked back through the square. Saw lots of questionable activities in Prague. Headed to the hostel.
-The guys & Kristy went out. Carmen and I went in. 24 hours almost on the dot.
-5:30am my first batch of roomies crawled into the hostel. A couple hours later, the next. I was asleep in my sleepy suit, careful not to actually touch the bed at all :D
WHEW. 24 hours in Prauge felt like a week! Woke up the next morning and had an AMAZING day....stories to come, but we REALLY made great use of our travel time & sight seeing the 2nd day. Still can't fathom how much we actually did in the first 24 hours. I feel like I need a nap just rethinking it all!
I went to Prague with Ryan and Dave, two guys from Bahrain. They introduced me to Carmen and Kristy, two girls from Australia. Our first 24 hours in Prague were quite a whirlwind of fun! Let me try my best to recap the recap. Here we go.....
-11pm arrived in Prague at the train station with the guys.
-Met random guy looking for hostel tenants outside of the train station. Followed him down random road to check out said hostel. His hostel manager friend was pretty cool looking: Sweet comb over, sweaty, rather large, broken English, lots of keys. Reminds me of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
-Holes in the bathroom walls, fairly clean room, dirty towels, questionable, but...awesome location...we'll take it! Switched clothes & went to K&K Hotel to meet with Ryan & Dave's Australian friends they met at Oktoberfest: Carmen and Kristy.
-Learned that Prague was currently in Prohibition due to poison in vodka and rum that recently caused several deaths and illnesses. Interesting. You can read the letter below:
-Headed out to a bar. Found a place called James Dean: waited in line for 30 mins or so, got in, resumed party. Bar was interesting. Found out Prohibition had ended. Enjoyed questionable vodka drinks. Great people watching!
-5:30am starts the glorious search for food. Wandered everywhere around the square and then some.
-Sent Dave into a resteraunt...he got told "They don't serve his kind" (whatever his 'kind' is??). Went to hotel to wait for 6:30am breakfast. Borrowed some bagels. Got tired of waiting. Left hotel and resumed food hunt. (What would you call "his kind" below??)
-Got the group together again: Ryan, Dave, Kristy, Carmen, me. Went for a walk to the square and enjoyed tons of random street performers. There were TONS of them! But, I particularly liked the guy doing the rain dance below. And it was raining...he's just.that.good.
-Went on the world's WORST boat tour of Prague. Moved about 1 inch per hour, had a recorded erotic tour guide who whispered everything she said as slowly as possible, saw 2 feet of Prague.Don't waste your time or money on a boat tour here. You're welcome for the tip!
-Went to the Absinthe bar. Had a DISGUSTING Absinthe Mojito. Met our friend the statue Tataball. Shared Absinthe ice cream. (also disgusting). Took meds for excessive shoveling. Enjoyed the experience of waiting to see what happened to the guys after their drinks. (nothing). Good fun anyhow. Starting to realize we'd only known each other less than 24 hours. Made a video of our experience thus far together.
-5:30am my first batch of roomies crawled into the hostel. A couple hours later, the next. I was asleep in my sleepy suit, careful not to actually touch the bed at all :D
Sounds like you really Czeched things out in Prague! Guess who this is! I know you know.
ReplyDeleteHa! Well, my first guess would be my mother. And if that's not right...then...someone with equally awesome phrases.
ReplyDeleteSunset at 7 am?
ReplyDeleteHaha, good catch! Didn't you know Prague is opposite?? I really shouldn't blog tired :)
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