Prague

First of all, I forgot to mention the tiny detail that after Kosovo, Lizzy, Susanna, and I went to Budapest, Hungary for the weekend. How one forgets to mention that she went to BUDAPEST, I don’t know but it was beautiful. And exhausting. And we saw essentially everything and had an amazing time.

Sus, Lizzy, and I in Budapest in
front of St. Stephen's Basilica

On to PRAGUE.

Mom and I arrive in Prague Friday night and take a taxi to one of the nicest hotels I’ve ever stayed in. It was simply fabulous. We unloaded and went to a small Serbian restaurant right next door. The entire restaurant was ornately decorated and there was a small band playing. After eating entirely too much pasta and a few glasses of wine, we decided to get a good night’s sleep so that we could tackle Prague the following day.

Dinner the first night. SO FUN!

Saturday, we woke up, ate breakfast (delicious), and attempted to see all that Prague had to offer. After about 30 minutes of walking straight uphill only to realize we had to clue what we were looking at, we decided to turn around and catch a tour. So we started our 3 ½ hour tour around Prague which was fabulous. We saw the changing of the guards, the castle, the Cathedral, Old Town, New Town, Lesser Town, the Jewish Quarter, synagogues, churches, squares, the list goes on and on. Needless to say, we were exhausted and starving after the tour so we settled on a place for a late lunch. We ate goulash and snitzel, both traditional Czech food and it was DELICIOUS. After dinner, we could hardly move because we were so full so we took a leisurely walk around Prague and ended up back at home. That night, we were entirely too full for dinner so grabbed drinks at the hotel bar, watched “Crash,” (fabulous movie by the way. I encourage everyone to watch it tonight.), and passed out.

Sunday, we went to the National Museum. I saw every mineral in the world! And fossils! Then we toured the Castle and St. Vitus’ Cathedral. I don’t think I can ever get used to seeing such amazing buildings, architecture, and landscape. The Cathedral took over 500 years to complete! The capped off the afternoon with a visit to the Castle’s special Cartier exhibit. Never have I ever seen so many HUGE diamonds and jewels in my life. Sweeeeet.

Our Hotel's Garden

That night, we went to an Italian restaurant for dinner, ate too much once again, and went to sleep fat and happy. Sunday morning, we woke up, packed, and headed off the to airport where I was off to Copenhagen and mom was off on a longggg journey back home to Mobile.