Eurotrip: Prague

9/19-Berlin to Prague:
woke up at 7:30 to get on the coach at 8:30 for Prague. STILL feeling like shit. Around lunchtime, we stopped in Dresden, Germany which is known as the "Florence of the North". Gorgeous, gorgeous city. The architecture was beyond amazing and it was astounding to find out that the city had been destroyed during WWII so almost all of the building were post-war. We had about 2 hours to walk around the city, so Derek and I stopped at an outdoor cafe called Piazza Nova, people watched and I tried to eat some pizza. At this point, I think my stomach was hurting because it was practically empty but any smell of food still made me feel nauseated so it was basically a catch-22.
Back on the bus at 1:45 and we finally reached Prague around 3 or 4. We went up to the Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral, which had spectacular views of the city. Many were complaining that Prague looked "dodgy" but it reminded a little of Italy so I felt very comfortable.

After that we drove to the hotel and checked in. We stayed at the Ibis hotel, which is basically a chain hotel. Therefore, the rooms were pretty standard. Small but clean. After a quick shower, we had dinner at 6. A group of us met Mark in the lobby at 7:30 to go for a walk to Old Town. Prague is so beautiful! Again, I can't fully describe the experience in being this places which is why we tried to take as many pictures as possible, but if I could go back to anywhere from our Eurotrip (besides Rome!) it would most definitely be Prague. Anyways, after about an hour myself, Derek and Gweed decided to go on our own so we could get some money and fried cheese-- ok before we left for Europe we watched Anthony Bordain's No Reservations on the Travel Channel where he went to Prague. They have these street vendors that sell the usual hotdogs and burgers but they also a fried cheese sandwich. The boys were so excited about this. I had my doubts so I didn't get my own but I tried a bite of Derek's and WHOA! So freakin good! FINALLY! My stomach does joyful backhandsprings.. normal fucking food!!!! Beyond good food, Prague prices are awesome. For a sandwich and Coke it was 70 czech crowns which basically equates to about 3 bucks. Now that might seem pretty standard for here, but ya gotta realize we were used to paying 8 euro for a damn coke! Needless to say, I went to bed that night feeling much better physically, mentally and spiritually.

9/20-Prague:

woke up at 7 and some breakfast. Left the hotel around 8:45 to walk to the bikeshop for our bike tour around Prague. We got to ride around the city for about 2 hours. Again, Prague is f'in AWESOMELY BEAUTIFUL! Here we are at the John Lennon wall:

Afterward, while everyone else went on the optional lunch cruise, Derek and I walked to the Hotel UPrince and ate at their rooftop terrace restaurant. Ah, the views!!! And the food was excellent-Derek had pork tenderloin and I had grilled chicken. It was so nice to be able to spend some alone time with my husband. Don't get me wrong, we fully enjoyed meeting new people and hanging out with the group but it was nice to take a break and just be with each other if only for a few hours. After lunch we walked around the city and did some sovenir shopping. We got back to the hotel around 2:30 and took some much needed naps. I finally got my marathon 3 hr nap :)

We woke up at 5:30, showered and headed out with the group for our Pub Crawl, but not until after we all enjoyed more fried cheese sandwiches. Anyways, the Pub Crawl was 20 euro and included unlimited alcohol for an hour and a half at the first pub and a shot each at the next 2 bars and also a tshirt. So we get to the first bar and they only have sizes small and medium for the shirts. I felt so bad for the guys!!!! The beer was TERRIBLE, the wine was watered down (so I heard) and the only shots they had were absinthe and vodka cranberry. so we basically struggled to get through 2 beers there. At the 2nd bar, which was beyond creepy our shot was straight vodka. Um, no thanks. I got some czech beer.. man they like it skunky. After an hour there, we headed to another bar which was actually our favorite for the night, however again all the included shot was stupid vodka. But the place had a great atmosphere and they had Budvar (Budweiser) so I was a very happy girl for that hour. The third bar was eh, and by that point we were starting to get bored. But Hayley wanted to check out the superclub so a reluctant Derek joined the group of us and we managed to stay for a half hour lol. Around midnight, the 3 stooges left and walked almost all the way back to the hotel. It was cold and I was starting to get worried since none of us really knew where we were, so we caught a cab back the rest of the way. Apparently we were only about 8 blocks away lol, but better safe than sorry. We called it a night at 1:30. The next day we would be off to Roma!!!

Ok so this next pic needs an explanation: when we reached the Pub Crawl bar, the Contiki group met a brother and sister from Ireland. Apparently this was their 4th night on the Pub Crawl and they were having a jolly old time at every single place we went to. Beyond the fact that the Irish have god awful teeth, you couldn't understand a word they were saying and they loved to riverdance to techno. Long story short, when you have a large group of people like ours, you tend to get in herd mode and make fun of the outcasts. It may be mean, but if you were there you would have been dying laughing with the rest of us! Anyways, here they are with me, Hayley and Kristin: