After a short train ride from Vienna we arrived in beautiful Prague. We stayed at the Czech Inn, not the best location but it had amazing facilities and was highly recommended. That night we went out for dinner and had a few drinks at the hostel bar. We where still tired from a travel day and the night before so we went to bed a little earlier. The next day we had an amazing breakfast at the hostel and then set out to the free walking tour. After getting a little lost we made it to the meeting place. Overall it was a very good tour and our guide was pretty hilarious, probably the funniest we had. We saw all the main sights and went through “Jew Town” as our tour guide called it (the Jewish quarter). He was Jewish so I guess it was all good. During most of the afternoon we avoided the rain, but right after the tour ended it started to pour. So we headed back to the hostel to relax a little. After dinner we enjoyed happy hour at the hostel bar. Some guys from Montreal that we met in Dubrovnik recommended a bar called Chapeau Rouge, it was marked on our map and we walked by it earlier on the tour so we decided to check it out. All in all it was a cool bar. Instead of having multiple levels above, it had two basements below the main floor. While at the bar we met a local Czech dude who we conversed with for most of the night. He was quite the interesting guy. We left the bar a little later and it started to pour again. We tried to figure out where we were going but after getting nowhere we got in a cab.
The next day we once again enjoyed the hostel breakfast. The day would get started a little bit later because at 2 pm Joel needed to register for his courses for the up coming school year. He had already picked them in Vienna so the process was actually quite easy, the joys of the Internet. That afternoon we took a walk around the royal palace. It was very beautiful and gave a good view of the city.
After a quick bite and getting changed at the hostel we headed out to the pub crawl. Our tour guide the previous day recommended one of the three crawls Prague offers, so we chose that one. He ended up being the leader on it. After meeting at the clock tower we headed to the first bar for the power hour where there was unlimited drinks. We made sure to take full advantage. From there we stopped at a variety of bars, some of which we were told were actually in the movie Euro Trip. By the last bar, which ended up being Chapeau Rouge we had met most of the group. However, it was not until this bar that Scott met some girls that where from Toronto. As it turned out they knew a whole bunch of people he went to University with, random. It was getting late so we all decided to get out of there. Once again we did not know where we were going so we tried to grab a cab. There were 6 of us in the group and the cab would only take 5 people or charged extra for 6. Being a team player (and cheap) Joel opted for public transportation and let Scott take the cab with the girls. So Scott went back, hung out with the girls a little longer and then passed out. Meanwhile, Joel had to figure out where he was, so he stared walking. Lucky for him the sky was just starting to lighten up. He eventually got to a subway station that had just opened maybe 30 minutes earlier and ate some McDonalds. It was a Thursday and people were going to work, a fact that only slightly fazed Joel. From the subway Joel had to wait for a tram, which at that hour ran much less regularly. At the stop he had a random interaction with a Czech woman who wanted to have coffee with him (I say interaction because the woman did not rally speak English but still managed to communicate with Joel). Joel kindly declined, hopped on the next tram, arrived at the hostel and passed out.
After a good sleep in, we eventually made it out of the hostel. The first priority was booking tickets for the 10 hours of trains we would be on the next to get to Amsterdam. That was eventually taken care of; booking tickets for trains that go through 2 different countries was always more of a hassle. From there we took a walk around and hung out in a park. That night we figured we should take it easy so we went to see a movie called The Hangover, very fitting for the trip.
The next day we got on an early train to Dresden. From there we changed in Frankfurt and took the high speed train to Amsterdam.
The next day we once again enjoyed the hostel breakfast. The day would get started a little bit later because at 2 pm Joel needed to register for his courses for the up coming school year. He had already picked them in Vienna so the process was actually quite easy, the joys of the Internet. That afternoon we took a walk around the royal palace. It was very beautiful and gave a good view of the city.
After a quick bite and getting changed at the hostel we headed out to the pub crawl. Our tour guide the previous day recommended one of the three crawls Prague offers, so we chose that one. He ended up being the leader on it. After meeting at the clock tower we headed to the first bar for the power hour where there was unlimited drinks. We made sure to take full advantage. From there we stopped at a variety of bars, some of which we were told were actually in the movie Euro Trip. By the last bar, which ended up being Chapeau Rouge we had met most of the group. However, it was not until this bar that Scott met some girls that where from Toronto. As it turned out they knew a whole bunch of people he went to University with, random. It was getting late so we all decided to get out of there. Once again we did not know where we were going so we tried to grab a cab. There were 6 of us in the group and the cab would only take 5 people or charged extra for 6. Being a team player (and cheap) Joel opted for public transportation and let Scott take the cab with the girls. So Scott went back, hung out with the girls a little longer and then passed out. Meanwhile, Joel had to figure out where he was, so he stared walking. Lucky for him the sky was just starting to lighten up. He eventually got to a subway station that had just opened maybe 30 minutes earlier and ate some McDonalds. It was a Thursday and people were going to work, a fact that only slightly fazed Joel. From the subway Joel had to wait for a tram, which at that hour ran much less regularly. At the stop he had a random interaction with a Czech woman who wanted to have coffee with him (I say interaction because the woman did not rally speak English but still managed to communicate with Joel). Joel kindly declined, hopped on the next tram, arrived at the hostel and passed out.
After a good sleep in, we eventually made it out of the hostel. The first priority was booking tickets for the 10 hours of trains we would be on the next to get to Amsterdam. That was eventually taken care of; booking tickets for trains that go through 2 different countries was always more of a hassle. From there we took a walk around and hung out in a park. That night we figured we should take it easy so we went to see a movie called The Hangover, very fitting for the trip.
The next day we got on an early train to Dresden. From there we changed in Frankfurt and took the high speed train to Amsterdam.
