Czech it- Praha!

Ahh...Prague. There was so many, shall we say, contradictions to this enchanting city. We arrived in the hot afternoon to a place that we really didn't know much of; mind you, there was only so much Monet could tell us about this place, but seeing the train station signs in Czech made us slightly more worried...There was a load of people at the train station and the first person we spoke to wasn't very accomodating. I'm not sure if it was just the way they spoke/ cultural difference, but they spoke to you in such a tone as if they were mad at every one that even looked in their direction. It might also be the bunch of tourists who have arrived and taken over in August to this town that might make them a little hostile.

The first night we arrived we met this really cool chick named Gayle from Atlanta with whom we decided to take the "Ghost and Beer Tour" with; wow. When we got to the meeting place, we were met by this very old man named Milan. This was not good. We felt bad for the old man, but we figured we'd give him a chance. He spoke slow and with a strong accent. After the tour Natalie wanted ice cream so we headed to the nearest stand; the ice man preceded to not only jipp Nat but then decided to deny his shortchangings...we later went to a local eatery/ bar where they took our order but then told us the kitchen was closed; that would've been fine except they kept serving everyone else well after they had told us that (?!).

It's not like I'm bagging poor Prague, but it did have its quirks...the winding roads and the great art noveau everywhere made it a very interesting town. There was the Prague Castle ( what a climb!) the Charles Bridge, the Astronomical Clock, and the Jewish Cemetery in the old Jewish Quarter. We went to the Mucha museum (my favorite artist...hint hint) and then to the Franz Kafka museum which was kooky in its own sense..(lets just say Nat got freaked out and wanted to leave the place but couldn't).


PS- Its been a while with the posting, but internet is scarce and very expensive; oh, and people don't believe in USB drives or something, because I haven't found one to post some neat photos; Oh well.