Prague

While waiting in Munich we decided (as we had time to kill) to head off to Prague, Czech Republic for a couple of days. It was super close to Germany and we were told that the Christmas markets where worth checking out.

A 6 hour train ride and we had arrived, it was insane that in such a short amount of distance we were in a new country with a completely different language and culture. We were unable to find a host on such short notice so stayed in a hostel instead. The hostel was amazing we decided to go for a private room for a little bit extra then shared and ended up getting this huge room on the top floor!

 We only had 2.5 days in Prague so we made the most of it; the first night we checked out the christmas markets. The markets were similar to the ones in Germany and Austria but a little different again. Everything was made out of wood, food or plants. Such a change especially coming from North America where everything is mass produced and made out of plastic.

Day 1: In the morning we made our way to the huge gothic Prague Castle. It was awesome, my favorite parts of the castle were 'Golden Lane' a small street of tiny homes where the castle's servants lived (it was fun to stand next to and in the homes and feel like a giant), St. Vitus Cathedral was bloody huge (so big I struggled to get a picture of the whole building with my camera) it was a very dark gothic church with amazing decorations, tombs of kings and emperors.






























After the castle we made our way to lunch and to warm up, playing tourist in winter is not really that much fun as it is super cold especially when visiting huge old cold buildings! A short walk to the top of the hill where the Strahov Monastery was located we stopped for lunch and some beer samples at the 'Strahov Monastic Brewery'. The beer was really good, Marc loved the IPA and the food was pretty good but the lack of service was a little strange; but with a little bit of patience we managed to have a lovely break and warm our bones.


In the afternoon we were off to see some more sights, lovely views of Prague from the monastery, the Lennon wall, Charles bridge, dancing house and then stopped in for some more beer and warmth at the 'Pivovarsky Dum' another Prague brewery. They had a pretty large range of different beers, Marc liked the beer but I really enjoyed the sour cheery and banana beer.

That night we returned to the hostel for a quick break before we headed out on a pub crawl around Prague. The pub crawl was fun but a little too expensive for what it was. We visited 3 different bars, they were all super different; the first 2 where both underground and full of cigaret smoke (a big change for us), the last bar was more of a night club and was loads of fun because it was bigger the smoke was not as bad. We had a great time, it was quiet being a Tuesday night but luckily there were some really nice people on the tour who we got along with really well and ended up dancing the night away with. Needless to say we did not get home until after 4am!

Day 2: Well Marc and I can party... however we can't recover as well! After a bit of a sleep in and rainy weather outside we spent most of the day resting our sore heads in the hostel. After such a big day 1 having a rest days was exactly what we needed.

Day 3: Our train back to Munich was leaving mid afternoon so we were up early to see a few more sights before we left. First stop a walk around Vyšehrad, another old castle with a crazy cemetery and more views of Prague. The rest of the day we joined a free walking tour to learn and see more of the city. There was just so much to see, we wish we had more time to check out more of the sights but it was still cool to see the main sights in a highlighted tour.

We picked up our bags from the hostel and made our way to the train station where I thought we were right on time about 45 mins before our train left... however I had miss read the 24 hour time and we were 2 hours early oops. Not too much we could do about it so headed to starbucks for some tea while we waited.

Prague was an amazing city and if we ever get a chance to go back it will be in spring when it is warmer and I will make sure we have more then just a couple of days.