:: Bohemian Adventure ::

Last night I got home from a great weekend in Prague, Czech Republic!

We arrived in the evening on friday and went out for a great traditional Czech meal right away along with delicious Bohemian Beer of course :) Our hostel the "Czech Inn" was by far the best hostel we have stayed at yet. Was actually more like a hotel very clean and designed with a very modern style would definitely recommend it to anyone traveling to prague. We were all tired from a long week of classes so went to bed early on friday since we knew we would have a full day on saturday...

In the morning first thing we did was explore the Prague Castle Area. It was absolutely gorgeous and looked like it was straight out of a storybook. It had different buildings with the old medieval castles and basillicas but the best part was the cathedral it had gigantic stained glass windows that beamed amazing colors when the sun hit them. The whole area was like a little village separate than the city, it felt like you were stepping back into the past.

Me n kels in front of the Cathedral

Amazing colors inside from the stained glass

sweet statue

From the castle we made our way up to Petrin Hill. It was a beautiful walk up in the great cool fall weather and the changing leaves. When we reached the top we stumbled across a cool festival with lots of Czech reinactors, for those of you from Northeast Iowa it was a lot like Rendevous Days... only czech style. People were decked out in authentic outfits and lots of old fashioned food stands. We climbed the stairs to the top of the Prague version of the Eiffle Tower for more great views!

hiking up Petrin Hill

View of Prague's Eiffle

food at the festival on Petrin Hill

crazy czechs shooting guns and eating weird food hah

Going back down the hill we stopped by the Lennon Peace Wall. Dedicated to the deceased Beatle's member it used to be a protest area against communism. There had originally been a massive painting of Lennon on it but it was painted over by communist officers.. today it is a graffiti wall symbolizing peace and love. lots of beatle's lyrics and signatures and messages from visitors.

the group in front of the lenon wall

One of my writings on the wall for dad and the Busta's!

Next we explored old town and found yet another festival! The Spice and Chesse Festival again it was a lot of traditional czech food stands and some street performers with authentic czech dancers. The atmosphere was very friendly and inviting, we had a great time soaking it all in and testing some yummy crepes and candy stands!

streets of old town prague

on charles bridge

We headed back to the hostel and that night did the Prague Bar Crawl which took us to 4 different bars and ended at Pragues famous 5 story dance club. Each floor featured a different type of music and dancing!

Sunday we just bumbed around and did some more exploring of old town then at night we bought tickets for the Czech Ballet and Opera performance of "Carmen". It was my first of both and it was fantastic! the singing was amazing and it was a familiar story line so the fact that it was in french didn't bother too much haha.

exploring downtown prague

Sunday morning we left the hostel early and back to rome...

after three back to back weeks of travel I'm looking forward to some time in Rome and relaxing at the apartment... Next too weeks will be a little slower but lots of projects do...

Missing the fall weather back home! leaves are brown here :(