Anyway, PRAGUE! Our Prague trip started with an epically long day of travel. Left Göttingen at 12, got to Coburg at 3, hung out until 4, got to Nürnberg at 5.30, got on a train at 6-something and got to Prague at 11. Craziness. The Czech train was super fun though, it was one of those cabined ones, and Al and I had a whole cabin to ourselves. Fun times!
Once we got to Prague, British Friend from last semester picked us up at the train station and took us to a bar, where we got caught up over beer (them) and orange juice (me). Then we went to her (really really cool) apartment and passed out. Yay, being exhausted!
The next day was May 1st--Al and my one-year anniversary (woah, that's a long time to put up with me) and also a holiday in both the Czech Republic and Germany, except I'm pretty sure Germany doesn't have that traditional where you have to get kissed under this one particular tree or else you'll wither up and die (applies to women only. Men apparently don't require lady kisses to keep themselves from withering and/or dying). Anyway, that morning we walked through the city center...
...stole some flowers off a tree...
On our way down we found this very dapper man chilling on the hill. So we took a picture.
Also while running around we found the Museum of Sex Toys and the Museum of Medieval Torture, which by the time we got to the bottom of the mountain had merged in our brains into one terrifying Museum of Medieval Sex Torture that we elected never to go to.
Other fun things we did in Prague!
Karlštejn Castle
Located a half hour out of Prague in the middle of lovely Bohemia, this castle chills out on the mountain and looks badass. The town itself is kind of touristy but we really liked it. Also, there was frozen yogurt. It was a very nice hike up to the castle itself, then we did the cheap tour which limited us to the outer walls, but that didn't stop us from enjoying ourselves (and the view).
That's my "OMG CZECH CASTLES" face.
Strahov Monastery
Al and I met up with a guy I studied in Konstanz with, way back in 2008. He lives right outside Prague and offered to take us on a free tour of Strahov Monastery, where he works in the library. Which is gorgeous, by the way. We very much enjoyed running around and looking at everything!
Other than that, we really didn't do anything specific other than run around, look at things without paying for them, and hang out with British Friend/meet all of her friends, which was awesome. At one point we found a free walking tour and jumped on it halfway through it's route through the city. We also found this in a shop and didn't know what to think, so we took pictures.
Is that a Hitler vs. Eisenhower chess set? Why yes, yes it is. I'll take ten.
All in all, Prague was an awesome time, an awesome anniversary, and a brilliant de-stressor in the middle of a stressful semester. After travelling all day Saturday, we finally got back to Coburg Saturday evening, took hot showers, ate food, and passed out. Al's parent were on vacation, so we had the whole house to ourselves and spent most of Sunday sleeping, doing homework in the sun, and recovering from our trip.
Yay Prague! You are awesome! Thank you British Friend for hosting us, you are awesomer!
3 comments:
The medieval torture museum is AWESOME!! You missed out ;-)
Medieval torture museum?...that is a prescription for a year of nightmares!
Whooo Prague! It was great to have you guys and you're welcome back any time! Although you probably shouldn't come right now because the river is flooding and it's the Apocalypse.
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