Acc-Nifos Parkhotel Praha Prague

... to get back to the hostel for a 5 pm Skype date with my parents and brother (they had free wireless!). But I stayed for a while laughing at all the tourists getting their pictures taken with the castle guards.

I had to walk all the way back to the hostel, but I think my legs were finally really getting used to all this walking. They still felt fresh even after all the stair climbing and hill climbing I’d done. On my way back across the Charles Bridge ...

... full force, as during the day this iconographic place is packed to the hilt with those both buying and selling photos, souvenirs, paintings and jewelry. The synagogues in the Jewish quarter are a sight to behold. The Spanish synagogue contains so much detail and Moorish Islamic-style wall carvings that it is hard not be awed. At the Pinkas synagogue someone has painstakingly taken the time to write out all the names of the Czech ...

... a security damper on things).  But you walk inside and the center space is filled with Gehry.  I'll let you decide if you think it is as spectacular as we did.  Of course you can't appreciate it on a photo as small as what you're seeing.  Anyhow, I've got a few photos to share with you. TODAY We traveled to Prague today (about a 4.5 hr on the train).  As soon as ...

Prague is magical. Everyday I walk for hours, explore, memorize street names, take photographs. smile at people. Wear my huge sunglasses. Get pushed around by impatient people on the curbstone. I watched a little boy feed swans in Stromovka Park. the parks are beautful, huge and some of them have very nice bathrooms with paper towels and clean mirrors. I bought an icecream and wandered around in the afternoon. The World Roma Festival is on, and I watched the ...

One of our favorite cities so far! - where we stayed: Manhattan Hostel- highly recommended, the staff was soooo helpful and there are tons of young people staying there- we met people from Canada, Spain, and Denmark. - what we saw: Prague Castle (largest castle in Europe), Czeck President's office, changing of the guards, Charles Bridge, Old Town - what we'll remember: - the Spanish guy with a rat tail....which happens to be his friend's hair (we hope ...

... me what it was in Czech! lol). We had some great Czech beer and a Moravian appetizer plate and an Czech appertif called, Becherovka made with 34 herbs, and it's like 38% alcohol, I believe. The place was great, very quaint with beamed ceilings. We picked up our conversations and fun so easily. From there we walked around a little, and then we came across the find of the night. At first all we could see, really, were the ...

... it up to the castle and Palace. We walked around there and into the most amazing Cathedral. It was around 6 pm and the sun was in the West, it was shining through the stained glass and lighting up the inside in pastel purple and pinks, my jaw was on the floor. The outside of this Cathedral has creatures jetting out all over with open mouths, these are the drains for when it rains so the water shoots out of their mouths! I loved it! We went back to ...

... Beer -- the REAL Budweiser beer. Of course I took the tour, but it was sorely lacking in samples. At least, with my student card I got 50% off the admission fee. As I said, this is a country with its priorities in order. If you're ever cruising the beer aisle in the States and come across Czechvar, that's Budweiser, so give it a go. You'll realize just how **** the American stuff is. And in the States, Budweiser may taste like water, but it isn't cheaper than it.

... well. There was me, chris, kc, kristen, Henry, Matthew, Brynn, Adam and Chris. Everyone was american apart from me and Matthew. Chris is going back to texas, brynn is gonna go and teach in Spain, Henry is going back to Bordeux and Adam is going to croatia for the summer, then home. The rest of us are staying in Prague. So me and chris live together, kc and kristen are going to live together when they find a place (kc on our couch at the ...

Back in Prague...just in time for me to give my final presentation for studio (which went swimmingly I might add). I tried to show Julie around Prague and we even met my girlfriend Anna for dinner at one of my favorite places. The next day we headed for London where Julie and I would part ways.