Praha!!

We arrived in Prague on May 9 by plane as it was nearly the same price to take the train. The hostel was great other than the 5 flights of stairs to our room which even without a backpack was death defying. There really was no one else on our floor so we pretty much had a private apartment. It had a fantastic view of Prague Castle and the Old town. Special mention to the hostel staff (AKA Vera!) who showed us a great night out on the town with her friends. It is an amazing city, maybe the most picturesque european city we have seen. Hopefully the pictures do it some justice. We were surprised at how touristy the city is. However, at night the walk back to the hostel was a gauntlet of sketchy men loitering on street corners most likely eyeing us up (we never made eye contact). The local prostitution ring was also quite apparent, as were the massive ladies cabarets which we understand to pretty much be brothels. But we do not want to paint a bad picture of this city because we really did love it and the local people were fantastic. We were lucky to be directed to less touristy areas and got more of a real feel for Czech culture and nightlife. When walking down the street you see many small looking pubs with a few people sitting at the bar. In reality, if you go in, there is usually many rooms and lower levels underground in cellar like spaces. They were always packed with loads of people dancing or whatever. Fire regulations anyone!? Clausterphobics need not apply. You would never know from the street the massive underground network that exists. It paints a real picture of the medieval origins of the city.














View of the castle from our hostel window







Astronomical Clock in the square











Jewish Quarters and the Jewish Cemetery (we would have had to pay like 10 euros to go into so forget it)












On the Charles Bridge, and the next two are the Prague Castle (and Cathedral)











Entrance to the castle. These guards switch it up every hour. Tawnya actually made eye contact with one.











View from the castle










Out with Alison from Sydney (and the Czech hotdog). The next one are our night out with our Czech friends, Vera, Kya, Lucie and their boys (Vera is the one in the red)And our very first taste of Absinth. Don't worry moms, we didn't hallucinate! Apparently if you drink alot of it things happen...or don't. We still can't believe Nick from Van had 7 and thats all he remembers. Well done.




















The moat behind me. The next pics are of our walk through it. Beautiful!













Jodi marching into the best bagel place ever!!