Last Day in Prague

Since had to leave tonight at 10:30pm we had to check out of the hostel by 10 in the morning. We were a little tired because of going out the night before but not that bad.

We went out for breakfast. One nice thing about Prague being filled with more tourists than Disney World is that you can get eggs and bacon for breakfast! Try going out for breakfast in Budapest...I hope you like McDonalds!

Tour

Samir and I went on a sightseeing bus tour. The other guys didn’t want to and so they went and looked at this church that had a Brazilian saint in it.


We kind of wanted to know a little bit more about the things we were looking at around town. It was about 10 Euros which is a pretty decent price (it was 1hr and 15 mins). They just drove you around and a recording played that told you about the things you were seeing. They had it recorded in 20-some languages! This was cool because this way Samir could listen to it in Portuguese (his first language) which was probably a lot easier. Unfortunately, it was Portugal Portuguese and he kept debating whether it was easier to understand the English or the Portugal Portuguese!

Castle (again)

We went back to the castle to go in the Cathedral. Really cool cathedral.



Church

We ended up going to the church that they went to while we did the sightseeing tour. It was a really pretty little church.


Going home



We took the overnight (10:30pm - 6:00am) bus home. I like overnighting the travel because it saves time. The bus ride was a little bumpy but we were all able to get at least a couple of hours of decent sleep.

Impressions of Prague

Don’t get me wrong-Prague is a cool place. It is cool to see a city that has never been destroyed by war. With this being said, Prague didn’t even come close to meeting my expectations. Prague has been hyped to the point where I was expecting to see one of the coolest and prettiest places in the world. I don’t think that it is. Also, it is overflowing with tourists. I’m not one of those people who are against touristy places. I just don’t like it when there are so many people that you can’t even get a good picture or see somethings because of the huge crowds. I also go to other countries to experience and learn about the culture. This is impossible in Prague. It is likely that the only Czechs that you’ll meet will be the ones selling you souvenirs on every corner.

To be fair, we did have some crappy weather which can take away from the beauty of a place. My conclusion on Prague would be this: go there for a day if it is a nice day and you really like pretty old buildings. Don’t go to experience Czech or Eastern European culture and don’t expect it to be “breathtaking.”