Prague

We have moved country again since our last update – we left the internet cafe in Munich and walked across the road to collect our bags from the hold lockers. We then realised we were ready way too early so we grabbed a great Germany coffee ... from Starbucks.

After a bit of a wait we were able to board our overnight train to Prague. The train was pretty good – we had a room to ourselves with a couple of bunk beds. They weren’t the most comfortable but it was definitely worth the effort because we saved ourselves a day of travel and got to spend the extra time in Prague (and it turns out it was more comfortable than our bed in Prague :) )

Anyway we arrived in Prague around 9am and had a couple of rough instructions on how to get to the hostel. Only problem was it neglected to say if we needed to go right or left out of the station. We stupidly tried to find a spot to stop and work out what we were doing and almost instantly we were set upon by a guy who tried to pin Phil into a corner. We walked off ... at a quick pace... and he followed us down a few corridors and stairs until we managed to lose him at the exit. We made a quick call and headed out to the right of the station... of course... we should have gone left. But not knowing this we went about looking for the street name we had been given... or perhaps a map that would help us out. Instead we found another scary guy who spat at me and then followed us down the street saying something in a language we didn’t understand. A great start to Prague!!!

After doing a big circle we arrived at the hostel and the guy who looks after the hostel wasn’t in yet... so we (with our packs that seem so much heavier as the trip goes on :) ) walked around for a while to find a coffee & some money. By the time we made it back to the hostel we were able to check in... they didn’t have the room that we were supposed to have so we are in the top floor apartment that is meant for about six people to share – it is a lot bigger than the rooms we have been used to of late. We have a lounge room, bedroom, kitchen & bathroom but it is a bit run down.

Anyway... yesterday I had my first hit of home sickness. It has been a really big adventure & yesterday the tiredness hit in and after the trouble getting to the hotel – I cracked! So we didn’t get up to much yesterday. A little bit of a walk around in the afternoon and then we had a late lunch/early dinner before heading back to the room for a quiet night.

Today I felt much better and we headed out this morning for a walking tour. The tour went for about four hours & we got to see different areas of the city – Old Town, New Town, Jewish Quarter, Lesser Quarter & Prague Castle.

Our tour guide was a local girl who gave us quite a bit of information / history on the different areas. This holiday has definitely highlighted to both of us how little we know about geography & history and we have a huge list of things we want to read about when we get home... in preparation for our next adventure :) which won’t be for a few years as the list is really really long.

After the tour we headed to the train station to book our tickets for tomorrow’s trip – our last use of our Eurail pass – Prague to Berlin. We spend a big chunk of tomorrow on the train so probably no blog update until Monday night (Tuesday morning Bris time).

Hope all is going well at home.
Love Phil & Nic