Prague...an adventure

So I went to Prague this past Sunday through Wednesday, and it's been one of my favorite cities so far! I love the streets and the buildings, and the castle is beautiful. Since it had minimal destruction during the World Wars, all of the original buildings are still standing and the streets are mostly still cobblestone, very cool. We got in Sunday afternoon and by the time we got checked into our hostel is was just about dinner time. We got directions to a good pizza place down the street from the guy at the hostel desk, but unfortunately never found it. However, we did find this amazing Tex Mex place called something like Billy Bob's. And they surprisingly had great food! So for all of use who hadn't seen American(ish) food in months, it was great. We also visited the Irish pub that is advertised all over the city, but it's not as great as you might think given all the hype.

The next day we walked EVERYWHERE. We went into this one natural history-type museum that I couldn't spell the name of much less pronounce. But they had an interesting exhibition about feet and shoes. They had shoes from first known civilizations to today, including a boot from Shaq. After they we wandered around the city, over to the Charles bridge, and then up the massive mountain that the castle stands on. Everyone else tried to convince me it was only a hill and that I had no room to talk because I was from Florida, but I swear it was a mountain.

That night we found a tasty Czech restaurant to eat at. I had some kind of bread dumpling things and pork steak with a creamy sauce that was delicious. They even put cranberries and whipped cream on it! We also sampled some Czech beer which I thought was good. I had no idea that Budweiser came from the Czech Republic! I looked at the sign and though, what are they doing importing American beer here when there's is so much better?? Silly me. Apparently there's a city called Budweis in the Czech Republic where it comes from. Go figure.

On our third day we visited a couple of other museums, one of them this kind of cool torture museum. Normally I'm a bit squeamish about that kind of thing, but this was more informative and interesting than about people getting mashed up. They had a decent amount of history along with it. Other exciting things included attempting to watch Who Wants to Be a Millionaire the Czech version. Couldn't really understand it, but it was amusing. Also watched The X Factor which is like American Idol a bit. It made me feel better that people in other countries also look like idiots on their respective national televisions. It's not just Americans.

In other news, I packed one of my suitcases today. I have to be all packed up by Monday morning so I can have my room inspection, and then I leave first thing Tuesday morning. I can't believe almost six months has flown by!!!