Praha!

From Germany we took our last coach ride over to the last stop on our tour, Prague. I really didn't know what to expect of this city because I didn't know anything about it or the Czech Republic really. So when we finally arrived I was eager to take it all in. The first thing we did when got there was hope off the bus and take a brief walking tour through the city. We started by going to the Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral to check them out. The cathedral was so gorgeous to see, the architecture was quite unique also. It was Gothic, but I thought it was prettier than most cathedrals of this style. We continued to walk to the next photo spot, which was on a hill over looking the city. Ryno took us through the streets of Prague and I did my best to capture its essence. We went over the Charles Bridge and through the Old Town square and saw the Astrological clock. This was one of my favorite things that we saw in Prague! I love clocks and this one is so cool to see. We hit many of the big spots of the city before finding the coach again and heading to the hotel to check in.

That night was out last big night out!! Many of us planned on going out to the largest Night Club in Europe! Five floors, each with a different style of music and atmosphere all together! This was definitely one of my favorite nights of the whole trip!! Once we checked in we were left to find dinner on our own and then meet up with Ryno between 9-10 at the U Prince, a hotel that was across the street from the astrological clock and that had a cool bar up on the roof. Whoever wanted to hit the club was going to meet there so we could all go together. Well that was what was suppose to happen! A smaller group had gone to meet Ryno in the city by 9 but a larger group of us started our nights a little earlier and went to catch up with Ryno and the rest a little later. So there was about 20 of us heading out into the city looking for the center of city. We were able to get to the metro and we all got on safely and took it to the right station. When we got up from the station and walked outside where it had started to rain- I take it back-POUR. So at first we try to hang out under awnings, but soon the awnings were to few and far between and we still had about 3 or 4 blocks to go. So at one point we had made a group decision to just run! So you can just imagine the sight of about 20 college kids running the the streets on Prague in the pouring rain! It was so much fun!!! I personally love warm summer rain! But finally we made it to the hotel where we took the elevator up to the roof only to get kicked out for being completely drenched! it was all too cinematic really. So the group of us hit up another bar instead and waited for Ryno and the other group to finish before all heading over to the club. When we got there my shoe broke and Christine was genius enough to give me her hair elastic to save my shoe, for the rest of the evening at least. Then we got dancing and checked out the place. It was a crazy good time!! When we left to grab a cab, Ryno advised us to tell the cab drivers to put their meters on so we wouldn't get screwed. We remembered this and Christine was sure to tell that cabbie we wanted the meter on. Even though we still payed more than the people who arrived in the cab behind us. He probably should have said to act as sober as possible while talking to the cab driver. Ah well. We went back into the hotel looking for some food to finish the night in the proper way. So Kevin managed to get a few sandwiches from the front desk and we headed back to our room, where Christine ended up with a cucumber on her face and almost told us a really good story from the windowsill. Still can't help but laugh when thinking about it. It was so much fun!

Luckily the next morning and day was completely by our own schedule because Christine and I didn't wake up until around 11:oo. It was so nice to wake up late. We really didn't waste anytime getting ready after that and heading into the city with a bunch of friends. My favorite thing that we did was paddle boat on the River Vltava. I know, you can go paddle boating just about anywhere. But the view from the river was gorgeous where ever you looked. I really enjoyed just paddling around aimlessly for about an hour. Then we went on walking the streets and checking out the shops and local fast food. I mean like small vendors not like McDonald's or anything, even though there was a few people in the group who hit a few KFC's up for beer. Not my story to tell. But later that afternoon we made our way back to the hotel and changed up for our last group dinner. I finally sat with my buddy Inna, which was lovely! We enjoyed another meal with some cultural music being played in the background. After dinner most of us went to one last bar to say cheers to all the new things we saw, all of the new things we did and all the newest faces we call friends!