In which Emily goes a-traveling.

8:04-- Prague, Czech Republic

Being that we have a week between the end of German Intensive and the beginning of real class, yesterday Ellen and I decided to go to Prague, and then maybe to Krakow. So, Prague is where I am writing from.

The train ride from Wien to Praha, Tschechiche Republik (as it's called in German) was relaxing and pretty much deserted, so we were able to put our feet up and read and nap and really enjoy the ride. We got into Prague at maybe eight o'clock in the evening, and successfully navigated the metro system, which was difficult because of giant man-eating escalators at an incline at least twice that of regular escalators, moving twice as fast, and twice as long. It is the I-MAX of escalators, complete with the feeling dizzy and the imperative of not looking down. And, because I wasn't dizzy enough, the Czech posters along the wall are stapled sideways.

We got into Old Town Prague (which is where our hostel is conveniently located) and spotted through the buildings two spires of the most MAGNIFICENT CASTLE EVER. We're going to see this castle today. Prague is called the City of Spires, and if I thought architecture of Vienna was amazing, Prague is that times 2. We were pointed to an excellent (and cheap!) eatery/pub where we got Czech food and Czech beer for at total of 9 Euros --that's both of us together--and then came back to the hostel and crashed, despite the kind advice of the hostel attendant who told us in his learned British English where to go if we "fancied a dance."

Okay, until next time!

Emily