So I’ve been in Prague for 3 days now, and I’ve managed to see a lot! Yesterday a big group of us ran errands to get some things we needed to make our apartments a little more homey. After some confusion, we made our way to the center of town on the underground. We charged the vodaphone store and bought our Czech cell phones. Then we went to the Tesco, which is like a huge department store and got a lot of little things. There were about 10 of us riding the Metro with giant laundry baskets full of stuff, pretty hard not to stick out! When we got home the boys cooked us a big pasta dinner, and we all got together and ate in our apartment. Then we explored the nightlife of our neighborhood a little bit.
This morning Ana, Rachel, and I went on a little jog through Zizkov (our ‘hood). It is VERRRY hilly, so we went very slow. There is a little monument and park up the hill behind our building, so we explored that area. Then we got together with some of the other girls and set out for the center of the city. We explored the Easter Market in Wenceslas Square.
Heather and Ana at the Candy Shop
They have all kinds of goodies. Candy, potatoes, all sorts of doughy treats. I got a big slice of ham that was roasting outside, very good. They also have some great painted eggs as well as the sticks that boys are supposed to go around hitting girls with on Easter Monday. After that we set out for Charles Bridge. We wandered around for a bit and got to see some really cool old streets. We found the national theatre and finally got to the Bridge. It was absolutely packed and very hard to get across.
Charles Bridge and the Castle
Julia read to us from one of the guide books what some of the statues were. When we got into the Lesser Town across the bridge, we went to a really cute Café and had the most amazing hot chocolate. It was really more like hot chocolate pudding.
A lot of us had been itching to see the Lennon Wall, and we realized it was only about 2 blocks away from our café, so we went and explored it.
Our Big Group At the Lennon Wall
After that we were exhausted and decided to head home. We start class tomorrow, and we all want to get some rest.
I miss you all! I can’t wait to here from you!
AnnyDoug
