Thursday, 31 May 2012

Prague

Been in Prague for a couple days now, it's by far the best city we've visited. The architecture and the woman ate beautiful, the beer is cheap (1 to 3 Canadian dollars for a beer) and delicious. Everyone is friendly and speaks excellent English. There are beautiful statues and churches here, and unlike Italy where they're often made from fine white marble, in Prague it's mostly stones of dark browns and blacks, the figures are usually highlighted with a golden crown or sword, it's really amazing.

We're staying at Fusion Hotel, which is a backpackers hotel and once again a hipsters wet dream, this seems to be a common theme in hostels. It's brand new, incredibly cheap, and everything is within walking distance. We spent the first couple nights enjoying the food and beer and just exploring the city. Last night we joined a pub crawl, and it turned out to be pretty massive, there was probably 80 people. Once again more Aussies and Canadians. I'd like to meet people from other countries, but most of the Australians we've met have been cool. The pub crawl started with unlimited beer, vodka, and absinthe for an hour. We definitely had our fill. Absinthe is worse than palinka, it tastes like hairspray. The bars we went to weren't the coolest we've seen in Europe, but they were alright. One was comic book themed and during the day it has a comic book museum. The other two were in basements, they were ok. The last bar was the third largest nightclub in Europe, it's five stories tall each with its own theme. We only stuck around for 20 minutes before taking off.

Pretty hungover this morning so we went for burgers then took the bus to The Prague Castle, the grounds make it the largest castle in the world. It's more of a cathedral with some surrounding buildings, it was still pretty astounding. Bryce and Cam had absinthe ice cream this afternoon, it tastes better than the drink and still gave you a buzz.

Only two more nights here, then we head to Frankfurt, Colin and Dalton head back home and the three of us fly to Thailand.

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