Prague!!!!

Hello Everybody!!!!

So I just got back from an amazing weekend in Prague! Prague is so incredibly beautiful with stunning architecture and landscape. It was such an amazing weekend and a HUGE success as my first trip outside of Barcelona!

So I went with my two friends in my program, Sophie (from UCSB) and Anna (from UCSC). We arrived in Prague Friday around 5pm. We stayed at a hostel in the heart of Prague and shared a room with 9 others (12 people total). When we arrived, we immediately started chatting with two Bosnian girls that were in Prague for the weekend as well. We ended up talking for about 3 hours with them and it was super interesting because we did not know much about Bosnia before talking to them. One of the girls lived underground in a bomb shelter for five years when the Bosnian Wars were occurring! It was crazy talking to them because they were children when the wars were going on, and they enlightened us about their life and struggles living through the war. They also played some Bosnian music with us and further discussed Bosnian culture.

We also started talking to a group of 5 German guys staying in the hostel. They were so crazy, I actually think that they were drunk the whole weekend. But they were a lot of fun, and also discussed major German cultural aspects. All 10 of us (Bosnians and Germans) drank some beer and played some drinking games from the various countries. Our huge group then headed to a club in central Prague that is the biggest club in central Europe! It was a ton of fun, with 6 floors all playing different types of music. I actually ran into my friend Carissa from school who is studying in Rome. It was so crazy to see her because we did not know we would both be in Prague! So we literally were freaking out in the middle of the club and probably caused a scene.

The next day, Anna, Sophie, and I went to the main tourist attractions in Prague. We saw Old Town Square, the Astrological Clock, the Charles Bridge, the Lennon Wall, and the Prague Castle. Everything was SO beautiful! Just walking down the street, every building was special with a different style. The views were incredible from the Prague Castle; you could see all of Prague and the rivers. It was an incredible day that really exposed major cultural aspects of Prague.

Saturday night we did a pub crawl that is really famous in Prague. My friend Sarah was also in Prague that weekend so she did the pub crawl as well, and we got to hang out all night! We started at a local bar "The Drunken Monkey" where drinks were unlimited and there was a ton of young people. We then left that bar and made it to 3 others in the crawl. It was SUPER fun and we got to see a lot of the local Prague bars. There were a lot of college kids doing the crawl, so I met a bunch of people from all over the US studying in various European cities.

On Sunday, we first headed to the Communist Museum. It was very interesting because the communist regime is such a major part of Prague's history and has an incredible influence on Prague's culture to this day. After the interesting museum, we saw a beautiful synagogue and then headed to a tower that overlooked the whole city. It was quite a trek to the tower, and we found ourself in a forestry area with views of the castle to the right. The views from the top of the tower were absolutely stunning, and it was starting to get dark so you could see all the city lights. Afterwards, we went to a local Czech brewery close by. We had no idea what to order (it was all in Czech) so we just asked the waitress to bring her favorite beer and food. The food was questionable and quite hard to eat (cheese with actual fungi on it and questionable meat) and the beer literally tasted like a banana dipped in cinnamon. So that dinner was a failure, but at least we got to try local Czech food!

We got home and found a very drunk group of the Germans. They persuaded us to head to a bar with them, so we drank a little beer with them before then headed to the bar. It was really fun and we met some local Czechs. We were exhausted from the whole weekend, so we called it a night early.

On Monday, Anna and Sophie left around noon for their flight but mine wasn't until 9pm. So, I roamed the city be myself and it was beautiful. I strolled across the torture museum, and went in. It was not a good idea to go in by myself, it was so scary and freaky!! After walking around for a couple hours, I returned to the hostel where I met a girl from NY and a guy from Australia. They were teaching English in Paris. All three of us went to a brewery and got a couple beers. They were really interesting, and we ended up talking for hours. They are coming to Barcelona soon, so they told me they will let me know when they come! I then headed to the airport and made it back to Barcelona safely!

Well, that was my weekend in Prague! It was actually amazing and made me realize how much I want to travel when I am here. Oh, and I booked a ticket to Amsterdam for my birthday weekend! I am about to book a ticket to Munich for the end of April and am looking into Berlin!

That is it for now, I will update soon! Thanks for following meeeeee! Love you all!

P.S: See bottom of blog for more pics!

xoxo