Prague

Prague was the last stop on our journey, and truly my favorite. We had great weather, it was sunny and about 80 degrees the entire time. The oldest part of Prague looks like a Fairytale city complete with cobblestone sidewalks and streets. In Prague, we were able to stay in a hotel instead of a hostel and it was really nice to have a real bed and real pillow for once! The first thing we did was go to a restaurant that my Barcelona roommate from Prague recommended. Luckily, I had the piece of paper he wrote on, so since the menu was only in Czech, I was still able to order correctly. I got Goulash, which is basically beef tips in a very tasty sauce w/ dumplings. We washed it down with the Czech Republic's most famous beer, Pilsner Urquell. According to our "Beer Challenge" guide in Munich, the Czechs brew Pilsner since the Czech region is "land of the pills" meaning they have very soft water. That night, we had a couple drinks at a pub my roommate recommended, then rested up for the next day. Our first full day in Prague, we did another bike tour. Our tour guide was a cool young Czech guy who kept it interesting. He showed us almost every major site in Prague and had a good story for each one. We did some more walking around during the day and that night went on an organized "pub crawl" which takes you to three bars and then a discotec. The people who run it do it in partnership with this restaurant called "Bohemian Bagel" in Prague. We ate at this restaurant everyday we were there and it had delicious American style food (Bagels, Sandwiches, Burgers, FOUNTAIN Coca-Cola!). The next day, we met up with a few of Matt's friends that he knew from Miami and walked to the Prague Castle with them. The Castle is just across the river, and is a huge complex of buildings built by previous Czech rulers. On the way across the river, we used the famous pedestrian "Charles bridge" and touched the statue of St...somebody that is supposed to protect you from drowning (tip from our bike tour guide). After the Castle, we went to a tea house and had some tea followed by some Goulash soup in a bread bowl. That night, we went to the "largest club in central europe," which was this five floor dance club right on the water. It was a pretty cool place, but it still doesn't hold a candle to the clubs here in Spain. The next day we were pretty tired and had a fairly lazy day eating, walking, and sitting down for drinks. We had sushi for dinner and I attempted to fall asleep, but it was useless as I had to wake up at 4:00 to catch my 6:00AM flight at the airport. This was easily the best spring break ever. I enjoyed the good beer, good food, and most of all, the good company!