Day 1 began with us saying good bye to Pooptastic Budapest, and heading to Prague. The one problem with us getting to Prague is that we had to get back to Vienna, and then switch trains to get to Prague. This problem then spiraled out of control once we were told we’d have to get to the other major Vienna train station to catch our train, in 30minutes. We unfortunately, did not catch this train. Luckily for us, another train was leaving for Prague 2 hours later so we simply jumped on that one. This made our arrival to Prague a bit delayed, but it wasn’t a huge problem. Oh, and all of this happened on my (David’s) birthday. I thought we’d surely catch the first train to Prague since it was my birthday, but unfortunately that didn’t happen.
Once we got to Prague, we made our way to our hostel, which turned out to be a reception area that was located in a separate building from our room, which just happened to be 123 steps up to the 5th floor without an elevator (Don’t worry, Alex counted). Once we got up to our hostel room glistening from sweat and panting we sat down to figure out what to do for the night. Our hostel room was a room that was connected to a joint kitchen and bathroom with another room that was uninhabited for the first 3 nights. After a while we decided to go to an American themed bar and grill simply named Joe’s Bar. We managed to find this bar against all odds with the guide of a shitty map, no address, and the help of a tourist office employee. Once we got there, we enjoyed a few Prague beers and a full menu of American/Mexican food. We all enjoyed a delicious plate of enchiladas, quesadillas, and a burrito. The place was everything I wanted for my birthday in all American fashion. After a while, the bar started closing and we decided to call it a night.
Day 2 began with us began with us going to the market for some of that irresistible breakfast food of jam and bread we’ve come to love so much while we’ve been here. After we had our fill of the stout breakfast spread, we headed out to a free walking tour of the Prague Old Town and Castle District. Apparently there is a special Easter festival going on which brought out tons of Czech tent vendors that offered everything from Old Prague Ham to special painted ceramic eggs. On our way to the tour, we decided to grab a large sausage in a little bun for a quick lunch from one of the vendors. It was definitely not an American hotdog, but it was tasty all the same. We eventually arrived at the meeting point to be greeted by our tour guide Veronica, and her assistant, Honey Bunny which happened to be her Long-Haired Weimaraner (A dog). Our tour started off great and was very interesting through and through. We saw the Old Town Square, Rudolfinum, Charles Bridge, Mala Strana, Parliament, and Prague Castle, Changing of the guards, St. Vitus Cathedral, Strahov Monastery, Infant Jesus, John Lennon wall, Little Venice, and the place where mission impossible was filmed. Veronica continually made us laugh, due to her unique accent that sounded similar to Borat frequently . Also, Honey Bunny would attack her from time to time which was funny as well. After our tour was over it was nearing early evening so we made our way back up the 123 stairs to our hostel to rest before dinner. We decided to walk down the street to surprisingly enough, another Mexican restaurant. Luckily this place promised us that they abide by authentic Mexican recipes and are the real deal. They also had to describe in detail what each Mexican dish was such as: tacos, enchiladas, burritos etc due to the fact that I don’t think many people in the region are very familiar with what Mexican dishes entail. After dinner, a few drinks (we had some Czech Budweisers since they have a local brewery), and using the Mexican restaurant’s free wifi, we decided to call it a night.
Day 3 began with another hearty helping of bread and jam and then we were out the door the take the same company’s tour of “New Town” Prague. We were running a bit late, but caught up the tour at their first stop and low and behold, Veronica and Honey Bunny are giving the New Town tour. Our tour went very well and Veronica once again cracked us up from time to time with her Czech accent and references to American Pop Culture, “Ar Wade” = Darth Vader. On this tour we got to see much more recent Prague building and sites such as: astronomical clock(not so new), Powder tower, Charles University, New Town, Wenceslas Square, National Museum, David and the Horse, National Theater, The Dancing Building (pictured above), and the Jewish Ghetto. We were also able to see the difference between the different time periods’ architecture styles. After the tour was over, we had some delicious “Old Prague Ham” (smoked chunks of ham, mustard, and bread) and shopped around in the old town Easter open air market. We also ate these delicious treats of sugar bread that are cooked on a spit over an open fire. Alex bought a fruit pancake, which was slimy and gross. Alex also decided it was time to buy a Sherlockesque pipe and pick up a new hobby, so we found the perfect one near the open air market. Hey, they don’t call 21 the new 65 for nothing. We explored more of the newer part of Prague which happened to be a lot closer to our hostel than the old town portion of Prague is.
Our last day was spent eating delicious, cheap, and hugely portioned Czech food and then going to a park in the middle of the river on an island. Alex wanted to do this so he could smoke his cherry tobacco and climb trees. We also went to Charles Bridge again so that we could touch the statue that gives you good luck and watch street performers. Our night ended eating some good Greek food and then going to bed so that we could catch our early train to Berlin. I think that it is a good time to mention that we have become people haters. Specifically, haters of school groups that seem to be swarming the continent of Europe. These groups swarm hostels, restaurants, trains, and historical sites. These people should be added to peoplewhodeserveit.com. They are monsters that suck the very life force of everything they touch. Want to get a seat on a train? I don’t think so. These kids have managed to take every seat with their bags, feet, and disgusting smelly bodies. Oh did you want breakfast in the morning? If you don’t get to the breakfast line 12 hours before these creatures don’t count on anything being left. They are the plague of locusts from Moses’ time.
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