Last weekend eight of us girls from Amsterdam took a 4 day trip to the enchanting city of Prague. As soon as I stepped off the metro and walked up the escalator into the night there was a gothic style church dimly lit and cobblestone streets. This was only the outskirts of the city, yet it was already charming.
Once we checked into the Czech Inn (a pun we severely overused throughout the weekend) we all got ready and headed out to Karlovy, the biggest club in central Europe. Its reputation proceeded itself, as the club was five stories with two sections on each floor. It is also safe to say that every one of us had a good time because there were so many different choices when it came to music and the crowd.
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| Imagine Wall |
The next morning we woke up and planned to take a free 3 hour walking tour of the city to learn its history and our way around. But before the tour started we made a stop at the Lennon Wall, Imagine, and then the lock bridge. The Lennon Wall is a graffiti wall that anyone is allowed to contribute to dedicated to spreading messages of peace, love, and hope. The wall is owned by a church, and the monks allow people to continue contributing to the wall. Besides it being inspiring, it was really interesting that the wall changes so frequently. Not far from the wall is the lock bridge. We took a quick stop at the bridge because Nicole’s boyfriend, who was in Prague last spring, bought a lock and added it to the bridge. So after a half hour of looking for the little blue lock on the crowded bridge we had to give up and meet in Old Town Square for our tour.
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| Love, Love, Love |
During our 3 hour tour our guide brought us all around the city pointing out historical buildings and telling us historical stories of the events that took place where we stood. The Czech history was very interesting to learn about, especially because of how far it goes into history. The most fascinating part for me was how recently they came out of Communism. Only 30 years ago they were still under the influence of the Soviet Union. After our tour we went to a restaurant called Café Café and the food was delicious. One of the best things about Prague is that everything is so cheep! Our dinner, drinks included, was just about half as expensive as it would have been in Amsterdam.
The next day we took a day trip to Terazine, a 16th century fortress that was used as a propaganda concentration camp during WWII. The camp is now a small run down village, but during WWII Hitler transformed it into a concentration camp for Jews. The entire village was depressing, especially the museum and cremation area. After we returned from Terizine we decided to take a walk up Petrin Hill to catch a view of the city. The walk going up was beautiful. The fall foliage was at its best and the reds and yellows were so vibrant. Once we were at the top of the hill we had the mini effile tower staring down at us. With the last of our climb ahead of us embarked up the stairs for the view. On our way down the hill we stopped for dinner at a restaurant overlooking the city. It turned out to be quite the romantic evening for us girls as we walked back over the Charles bridge as the sun set. Here are some views from climb up the hill and from the top of the tower.
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| the eight of us with the palace in the background |
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| just hanging out in a tree |
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| Prague from the tower on top of Petrin Hill |
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| view from Charles Bridge |
On our last day we took a tour of the Royal Palace. The Palace was more like a few royal buildings with a beautiful gothic cathedral in the middle. After the palace we all had another nice romantic sushi diner and then headed to the airport home to Amsterdam. Unfortunately I never got to meet up with my friend Michelle, but still ended up having a great time.
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