our flight left from Stanstead airport, which requires a bus ride there. Check-in CLOSES 40 min before your flight at this airport, soo we had to be there by 430am to give us enough time to check in by the closing time. that meant getting on a bus at 3:10am, which mean getting up and showering by 1:30am.... yikes! Kay and I got maybe a 2 hour nap in on friday night before heading to the airport. We got to Prague around 9:10 and met up with her friends Tanner, Bradley and Alan. We actually went to their campus in a real car, driven by a real student at the college that helps the american students. It was weird - I haven't been in a real car since I left hte states. We passed through countryside and fields. We grabbed breakfast at a place by the college - I got a crepe with cinnamon and sugar. It was really good, but not very filling. The boys had ice cream for breakfast, apparently ice cream and beer for breakfast is a normal thing in Prague. We went to see the castle, old town square, Charles bridge and a few other things. We got lunch on the way - yummy penne pasta in a cream sauce with leeks, chicken and mushrooms. delicious!
Then we checked into our hostel. Our hostel wasn't too bad until we ran out of toilet paper at 4 in the afternoon. I figured they'd restock, but by the time we got back after midnight they hadn't. I went downstairs to tell someone and they completely ignored me. so we had to venture up another flight of stairs to pee.
After we checked in, Kay and I walked around. She got gelato, I got cheesecake from this place suggested to us and then we got some hand made bohemian crystal. so pretty! I got a necklace and earrings. Then we changed and went to dinner at a pizzaria which was so good.
There was a group of guys sitting around us and started up conversation. They were there for their friend's stag party (bachelor) and the guy's fiance had dumped him before the party. cool huh? best part is that he still came to prague, but none of his friends had seen him.
After that we met back up with the boys and headed to a mexican place for drinks. We had a shot that tasted like christmas - or more like christmas tree. it was okay, not my fav. Then we went to the 5 story night club. It was fun. at first it was pretty empty since we got there before cover got really expensive, so we just sat at a table at one of the bars and drank.
We took a shot of absynth - I was pretty scared. the guys kept telling me all day that it tasted horrible, that it burned, and all of this other stuff. So I'd really only had 2 drinks before that since I figured it would make me go crazy. Tanner and I took the shot and yes, it was gross and yes it burned, but it was just like taking a shot of anything else, I didn't feel drunk at all. so that's good, but a little disappointing since absynth has quite the reputation.
People in Prague speak enough english to try to sell you things, but other than that we finally felt like we were in a different country. It was fun and exciting and we made it through 24 hours without sleep, so that was successful. We got to the airport today and bought really good chocolate and a t-shirt for heath. there was a really cute coffee mug I realllly wanted, but you had to buy this plate that came with it and the plate was ugly and unnecessary, so I just passed on the mug.
The town was filled with cobblestone streets, so our feet were in tons of pain by the end of the day. We had perfect weather - sunny and 65-70. We could walk around in our dresses and be fine.. all in all it was a good trip! I'd definitely go back.
Tonight I get to write a paper, relax and re-hydrate. =)
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