Beta Prague

... so I was expecting to get some new roommates. It was nice, though, to be in the room by myself. It was actually a very large room for a hostel, because it had been converted from apartments. And there was no one in the common room outside my door so it was completely silent! I couldn’t believe the difference from the partying of the night before.

Anyway, I was almost hesitant to go to sleep because I was afraid my roommates would show up just as I was ...

I know I used the Italian spelling of Prague, don't comment about that. Anyways, one of the cities I've always wanted to go to was Prague. I just had this vision of beauty and amazingness. It was totally amazing! I got in around 5pm and met up with Glenn, which was awesome! We then went back to her apartment, which is soooo nice!! She has a big spacious bedroom she shares with another girl Lex. She has a big kitchen and living room and she has one ...

... city when the Russians were approaching trying not to leave them much. But the Czechs have done a great job rebuilding what they can, old town hall which you can still tell where more then half the building was blown away by German tanks, interesting to see, they didn't rebuild that part just turned it into a little park. Prague is also famous for its Astronomical Clock they have on the tower. Very hard to read, I was being told all about it, but ...

... It was a little disappointing that he did not have as much enthusiasm as what Veronica did, but nevertheless it was still an interesting tour. Simon took us across the bridge (not the Charles Bridge as that would have taken us at least half an hour to push our way through all the other tourists) and to a hidden garden. It was surprising to find that behind a set of gates, surrounded by a wall, there was this beautiful garden with a whole ...

... beer is made in giant copper and stainless steel vats, and finally the cellars where the beer ferments. Pilsner Urquell is a bottom fermented beer, which means it ferments at 6-10 degrees Celsius so the cellars were very cold, but we got to try the beer right out of a fully fermented barrel, concentrated and unpasteurized. i usually hate beer but it was pretty good. we got back to Prague and went to dinner at an Italian restaurant ...

... a few of its communist-era quirks such as never keeping lights on in the stairway at night, when you actually need them, and the white walls have this chalky substance which gets on your clothes seemingly even if you don't touch it. Smoking is permitted inside, this being E Europe, and a few staff give gruff looks when you-gasp-do something radical like take the coffee from the kitchen and drink it upstairs. Order and control are still engrained I guess. But by ...

... jewish area of Prague and tasted some of the local czech food. One of the guys I have been hanging out with is from Canada (Jarred). We got talking and decided that we would leave tommorrow to go back to Budapest and the fly to Barcelona for a few days. My stay in Prague was short, but very very sweet and I am looking forwared to some beach action in Barcelona!

... and peas in gravy. Wifely had the bratwurst and schnitzel which actually was more to both of our taste. The "rind" wasn't something I'd order again, but for Dann's sake I got it down.( How about that Dann?!). The next morning we got the e-mail message from Michelle and Mark saying that the grandchilds arrival would be one day sooner than originally planned, so we decided to catch the train from Bern to Prague as soon as possible. We had breakfast and checked the train ...

... at first, but it was fun. We went to get glasses for Dad. They are green and square-shaped. We went to watch the apostles go by on the clock tower. We went back to the hotel and changed for dinner. We tried to eat at Charleston's, but it was closed. We ate at the traditional Czech restaurant. I had schnitzel and pancakes with blueberries and whipped cream. We went back to the hotel and packed.