Prague

I also took a trip to Prague during a one week academic break they give us to ease the pressure of 10 weeks of school. Unnecessary, but the point of coming here is not to stay inside and write papers.

It is an amazing city recommended by everyone Ive met who have visited there. Megan and I got a great hostel about 10 minutes outside of the city center. We stayed for 4 nights and walked about 6-8 hours per day. Some of the highlights were the communist museum, house of mirrors, another conservatory, and the food and beer.







You could get a one liter glass of dark, rich beer for about $3 US. I had an amazing roast duck dinner with traditional purple sauerkraut and potato dumplings. It was the best duck I have ever eaten and the whole meal with beer was only about $10 US.









We took one day in the Czech Republic a small town named Karlovy Vary about 60 km from Prague. It is famous for healthful hot springs but when we showed up with bathing suits we saw everybody with funny little cups to drink the water. It tastes terrible--minerally, salty and warm. It reminded me of drinking blood when my lips would get cut on my braces in high school wrestling... (Nice visual, huh?) There were no places open to soak in the spring water so we found a place to get naked and run back and forth from a sauna to an ice bath that felt really nice. We also went for a hike in the surrounding hills. All the leaves were changing and it felt like some place in a fairy tale.