Prague: love and shoes

Next stop Prague, a city we had heard rave reviews about. It certainly lived up to the reputation. The train ride running along the Vltava river was beautiful, cute villages along the hillsides and valleys. We stayed in the University residence which turned out to be a bit far away, across the river and on a huge hill, however, the area was very beautiful with rose gardens and even a little lake and it was much more quiet away from the busy tourist area. We enjoyed our hour walk in and out of the city centre each day past the castle and over the famous Charles bridge.

We found that Prague was a city for lovers and felt a bit out of place not holding hands and whispering sweet nothings in one anothers ears, but one could easily fall in love with the city just looking around at all the stunning architecture of different types, the gardens and the river, simply beautiful. We also sampled some of Prague's nightlife at "Middle Europe's biggest club" With over five levels of music there's no need to go pub crawling, and the beer is under 2 bucks a pop. We were very confused to see Budweiser on the menu but soon realized that the original Budweiser Budvar came from Czech and of course, it's far better than the American version.

Here's some pics

Stopping to smell the roses

Just another romantic night, As Kim and I sat on the river sipping beer the fireworks started going off!

Night view of the castle

Perfect place for reflection

Kim by the river

The town clock, one of the biggest tourist attractions. Everyone stands around until the clock strikes the hour and the min apostles come to the window. Afterwards the crowd says, "That was it???"

Ahh, a big Czech beer for a sunny day!

Peeking into the Jewish cemetery. Another city where the Jewish people were discriminated against, the town would only give them a small amount of land for the cemetery and thus they had to layer the grave sites and now the tombstones are crowded together at all angles

A Giant shoe, one of Pragues greatest monuments... Just kidding, apparently it is public art. We spent an enjoyable hour watching the tourist's reaction to this strange piece.

Now we're on to Vienna. Hope everyone's doing well. Internet is a little expensive here so sorry if I'm not keeping in great touch but I do miss everyone!