Dessau last Friday. Awesome. The sun was out. I had an awesome
nap on the train. Bauhaus was way cooler than I thought it would be. They really haven't taught us much about it. There is so much attention to detail. It's awesome.The environmental building we went to, as well, is supposed to be the greenest building in the world at the moment. It was really cool to look around.
Although, I felt it was a bit over done at some points. It looked really cool and had really nice details. Definitely worth seeing.This weekend. Prague. I love Prague. Could easily be one of my favorite places in Europe, but of course I have a ton more to see!
Here's the story of Prague.
An hour and forty five minutes after the bus was supposed to leave, we actually left. Can't say anyone was real happy at that point. But it was an overnight bus, so I just couldn't wait to get to sleep. The people running the bus were mildly sketchy, but the bus wasn't bad so I got over it. We arrived only about 45 minutes late to Prague. I don't know how that works. But we were there, in one piece. That's all that really mattered at the moment.
Well it's about 6 in the morning and we're in the Czech Republic. It's dark. The bus station is, to say the least bit, interesting. We have no idea where to even find a street sign. Not to mention we can't even check into our hotel until about 1 anyways. So after getting yelled at by this guy who sits in a little booth in the bathroom.. because you have to pay to use public bathrooms apparently.. we found the golden arches. Here, I would like to give a very large thank you to McDonald's for being global. Not only global, but 24 hours. Although, I have to say the loud techno music at 6 in the morning was a bit different. So my first trip to McDonald's in Europe this time around was not because I was craving a double cheeseburger, but because it was dark and none of us speak even the tiniest bit of Czech. I can't say it was the most comfortable position I've ever been in.
Well, I paid my 5 crowns to use the facilities, ate a McMuffin, and then daylight finally came. Prague because less sketchier as the sun rose. We managed to use the crappy tiny map we printed out to get us to a better area. Also, we used a lot of "that looks architectural and big, let's go that way." Our insticts taught us well. Basically Prague just kind of fell into our hands at that point.
Everything we wanted to see was basically right there.The city of Prague is small, probably smaller than Boston. We didn't even use to subway once. We walked everywhere... in -5 degrees c, but oh well. You'll catch a few photos with my mitten in the corner. It was too bitter to take them off for every photo I was taking. Prague was just amazing. When you think of traditional Europe, you should think Prague. Everywhere you turned there was something beautiful (minus the bus station.)
Our hotel was awesome. And all of our meals were amazing. I don't think I've ever had food that good. And it was cheap. I could usually get a meal for about 10 American dollars and that included a glass of wine. Steve documents most of our meals, so those photos might show up at some point. We were those awesome tourists taking pictures in the restaurants. By the way, if you ever want to go to Prague, don't freak out about language. They speak a lot of English there. It was great considering together all four of us could get a few phrases in French, Spanish, and German, but not a single word of Czech. The one thing all Europeans have in common is English. Works great for us. I kind of feel bad for everyone else though.
Ultimately, I'm exhausted and I miss Prague. And I still don't like school and I can't wait to graduate.
