All Aboard

So I spent most of my Blog time in Prague recapping Dublin and I want to correct this now as we sit on the train to Berlin. In an effort to make this easier I am going to recap Prague on the train and try to keep up with the rest of our stops as we go although some of them will likely be sans pictures. The preceding posts, however, are pictures from Prague.

So our first day in Prague was pretty chill as we arrived pretty late. We had some cheap gyros and pizza in one of the many random pizza and gyro places. Then we had a couple drinks at the glorious Music Sky Bar, an underground bar that was once the cellar and now has a great disco ball.

Day two is where we did the majority of our site seeing; being dumb American tourists. We started out by taking the 22 tram up to Prague Castle. We came up the side only to be greeted by a side view of the cathedral hidden behind the gorgeous trees that make Prague what it is. We arrived at the perfect time too as they were doing the full changing of the guard ceremony with the musicians and everything, which I did not get to see previously. It's a pretty awesome ceremony and I managed to get some pretty good video on my camera which I will try to post when I arrive back in the states to a youTube or something. So after enjoying that and getting some shots of the city we headed into the cathedral. For those of you who don't know, the cathedral is the biggest building in the castle and castle essentially means town in this context. The cathedral is as gorgeous as I remember and we were able to enjoy something I did not know about my first time around; the South Tower. Arrivig at a narrow, two-way spiral stair case, a sense of excitement overcomes you. The 287 stair climb is a great cardio workout and well worth the effort. At the top we enjoyed the most breathtaking panoramic views of Prague I have been able to enjoy to date.

After that we walked our way down to the Charles Bridge stopping for pictures and a giant feast at a local restaurant. Giant skewers of happiness on top of salad with sides of potatoes, fries, and rice. We wandered across the Charles and discovered another great view atop the main entrance. 50Kc will get you in and up another 186 steps to another great view perfect to observe the passers by on the Charles and the activity of the river.

When we were done enjoying that view, we worked our way around to Stare Mesto (Old Town) and the astronomical clock. Not much for me to say here I suppose as there wasn't much new to enjoy this time around. I was glad that the large church in the square and the statue were no longer under construction which was pretty nice. The rest of the night was wandering around going to food and drinks around Prague.

The third day was pretty relaxed as we atsued up pretty late the night before so those of us who didn't feel dead headed over to Kutna Hora to see Kostnice Ossuarry, aka Bone Church. This place is amazing. Hidden in a small town of great history and a perfect rural feel, Bone Church is decorated with the real bra of 40,000 people. This being in a city of approx 23,000 is quite intriguing and incredibly beautiful and morbid. The rest of our time in Prague went to eating, at the world famous and now New York Times reccomended Hlucna Samota, and catching some sleep as the travel is starting to wear on all of us. Now it's nap time on the train to be sure I am locked, stock and ready to roll when we arrive in Berlin. Cheers and enjoy some more pics.