Prague: City of Beer

Did you know that the Czech’s are more punctual than the Germans? We took 2 buses in German both of which were late by a minimum of 20 minutes (45 minutes for one them!!). However, we got to our Berlin bus station 2 minutes late only to find out that our bus for Prague had already left…

So what do two travelers do that need to get to another country? They buy overly expensive, last-minute bus tickets that luckily only had 3 free seats left (apparently some people were missing this bus).

Fortunately we made it onto this bus, and even got two seats next to each other (although we did ask a girl to move, and she kept on giving me a look the whole time on the bus ride… Which I don’t understand. She could have told me “no”, but then it’s either she sits next to me, a stranger, or another stranger… So I don’t see the problem. On a crowded bus I am happy to offer my seat to a couple/ friends as for me it doesn’t matter whom I sit next to).  

Anyways, we made it to Prague, 30 minutes after our original bus. At one point on the road we actually passed our bus on the road! Ughh… 120 euros down the drain.

This was our first city where we would be staying in a hostel. We had booked the Postal Hostel, which if you are going to Prague we really recommend you stay at. The people running the hostel were really helpful in suggesting good/ cheap restaurants and bars, and the hostel itself is clean and very comfortable. However, if you are lazy/ would prefer to be closer to the downtown and bars this isn’t exactly your hostel.

Our hostel room.

Just got so comfortable in the hostel that I almost left in my flippy floppies. Dennis wasn't impressed.

Through our hostel we found our first “Free Walking Tour”. As I understand it is a certain company that organizes several tours around different European cities, some of which are completely free (tips are appreciated though. Considering how awesome every tour guide is and how much walking they do on a daily basis while keeping a smile on their face (rain or shine), they really do deserve a generous tip).

Prague is beautiful in the way that it has it's modern buildings integrated into it's history.

Many people all over Europe like to rub statues. In this case apparently if you rubbed his feet you'd get good luck. As you can see the feet are gold meaning lots of people had rubbed those feet.

.... and people would run other places too.

But I am a rebel.

You would find many fun things on the streets of Prague. 

The prices in Prague were really low for us (we would convert to the dollar). Alcohol especially. So in other words, we ate a lot of food. Street desserts (some rolled up pastry with sugar) and I went around to restaurants trying different “gulash” (an eastern European dish).

Gulash. Which was delicious! 

A pig roast that was served at the market.Unfortunately very overprices for Prague price standards, but it was amazing! If possible and you are in Prague either just pay for the roast, or find a cheaper one that is outside of the city centre area.

Beer, everywhere really good beer.

Prague (like many European cities) is divided by a river, the Vltava. Of course we checked out both sides. The side away from the “city center”, or across the Charles Bridge has a huge castle. However, we didn’t explore much of the castle itself as it seemed like a tourist trap. It was a really expensive ticket here, and another here, for different accesses to the castle.

On the other side of the column was a chick all dressed up and with a guy taking photos of her. So I got on the other side to take my own "modelling" photos.

On our last night in Prague we decided to go hard (keep in mind we needed to wake up in the morning to catch a 8:30 bus to Vienna. Oh and this time we didn’t want to be late).

We decided to go for a pub crawl. It was only 20 euros per person, you hit up 5 bars (ending at the largest club in Prague, that is 5 stories high with different “themes” at each level. I’m looking at you country-lover… you are more than welcome to stay on that floor), and you get one hour of free shots – We took great advantage of that I must say… Free shots were of vodka, absinthe, or a cup of beer.

Right away we met an Irish couple that we really liked and so we stuck around with them drinking shots, trying to scream over the music to talk, and of course, drinking more shots.

Once last call was called it was a scramble to get the last couple of shots and off to the next bar. On our way there we met a second couple, this time travelling Australians. We hung out with this crowd for the rest of the night, drinking, talking, and dancing. Apparently they “lost” me in one of the bars (boyfriend wasn’t too happy about this), but when girl chats happen in the line for the bathroom what can you do! You must offer great drunken advice to young 18-year-olds and then happily hug and say how you will always stay best friends. It happens.

Cool crew of travellers!

On the way home I was miserable about having to get up in a couple of hours and knowing I'd be incredibly hung-over, and being extremely cold. Dennis is having the time of his life.. I am not impressed.

Charles bridge at night.

While walking home we happened to look overhead to find a flock of bats. Pretty creepy, but at the same time really cool to witness something like this.

The morning after wasn’t so fun… The fact that we had a really nice bus helped! But hung-over and car-sick me wasn’t having it. I pretty much passed out almost right away, or just had to keep my head looking forward… God knows what would happen if I moved my head slightly in either direction.

Most comfortable bus ever! Tv's, hot chocolate, tea, and snacks. Oh and the cheapest bus we took the whole trip!

Overall Prague is a beautiful city, and spoiler alert: it was definitely my favourite cities we visited (After Paris and Moscow of course). The food was amazing, the sights were beautiful, and the people were very welcoming.