Travel Adventures Continued...

The journey to Prague was definitely a traveling experience. Well, we knew it would take six hours from Salzburg, but we just didn't know we would have to get on four different trains. Our first train in Austria was nice and spacious but as we went further into the Czech Republic, the more dirty and scary the trains were. On our last train, there were clear signs in the bathroom telling us to not drink the tap water. Despite that, we arrived in Prague around 10:30 and then needed to find our way to the hostel. We didn't have any coins in Czech krones to get metro passes and everything was closed, so we had to take a taxi.


We arrived safe and sound at our hostel and went to bed peacefully until... a man staying in our hostel room started snoring (We stayed in a co-ed room). This is not some kind of quiet snoring that you can ignore if you put the pillow over your head. It was like Hillary and I were sleeping in a room with some kind of wild animal! So I got up and when I came back, Hillary was awake. We didn't know what to do or if we should wake him up, so... We  sat there giggling at three in the morning, trying to sleep with two pillows over our heads. Eventually we fell back asleep, and there is wonderful video commentary of Hillary and I describing the whole situation in detail.


The next day, we did some sight-seeing. We went on the Charles Bridge and visited Old Town Square. It was nice to see that the prices were a bit cheaper (sandwiches were $4 instead of $9 in Copenhagen). While in the square, we went up in a building to get the "best view of Prague." The building is famous for the astronomical clock that hangs on the outside of it. 

Every hour a man comes out of a window at the top of the building to play the trumpet. Hillary and I thought it might be a rare occasion, so we stayed to watch. We later found out that he does that every hour. It's not really anything spectacular, yet crowds of tourists gather every hour.

During the day, we found a quaint, little cafe and enjoyed cheese bagels, tea and hot chocolate. It was richest hot chocolate I have ever tasted. It tasted like I was drinking Hershey's chocolate syrup. On that topic in Copenhagen, at some cafes if you order a hot chocolate, they will often fill a glass with warm milk and then drop a stick with a chocolate cube into the glass.

On Friday, we stumbled onto a market in Old Town Square. We had some interesting with different cheeses and meats and enjoyed the view. It was nice to walk around with only a light coat. We then went on a boat ride around Prague and later found the Lennon wall.

That was probably my favorite part of visiting Prague besides the beautiful architecture.

Now my goal of this blog is to give the good, bad, and the ugly so here it is: Hillary and I unfortunately got a bit of food poisoning on Friday night. We suspect the pizza!

Prague Castle.

On Saturday, I headed on my way to Rome...