Saturday, September 27
This morning we departed for the Prague Castle which is set up on a hill overlooking the city. We had the chance to tour the cathedral, the castle, and walk down Golden Lane. It was absolutely gorgeous. We wandered away from the tour guide toward the end which was wonderful and ended up meeting back up with the group later for a wonderful lunch.
While I LOVED seeing the castle, I have to pause to comment on the number of tourists in this city. YUCK! Not just in the castle but EVERYWHERE! It feels like New York City or maybe even Rome. I love love love it here but I’ve spent the last 6 weeks desperately trying to keep myself from being a tourist, so being here and following a Chinese fan that my tour guide’s holding gets annoying. (By the way, the title of this blog is a list of some of the many strange things we saw being waved in the air by tour guides.)
Anyways…After lunch we wandered around/got lost in Prague which was surprisingly fun. When we finally found our way to the Jewish Quarter we ran into Maria and I ended up splitting away from the group and walking with her to buy boots. While I didn’t find any I loved it was fun looking for them and so great to hang out with Maria. We have become pretty close on this trip and it’s amazing how helpful she is with German. Today, for the first time, we finally wandered away from the small talk and had a real conversation about life. While I messed up my German quite a bit, it was so rewarding. And really fun when I said a complicated sentence completely correct without her help. We would celebrate by screaming and clapping our hands…people must have thought we were crazy.
We went to a Czech brewery for dinner which was fun, not the best meal ever but a good time. And now here I am, catching up on the last couple of days of my life after a nice long hot shower before I return to Berlin.
And on that note, I could NOT be more excited about going “home” to Berlin tomorrow. Being away for 8 days and traveling through Eastern Europe has made me realize just how much I love Berlin and just how wonderful it really is. 24 hour, clean, safe public transportation. People who speak a language I speak. A wonderfully rich culture worth visiting by tourists but not flooded with tourists. Uh, I could go on forever but I’ll stop here. I love Berlin and I’m ABSOLUTELY thrilled to be going back.
THRILLED!
By the way, Mom and Dad I’m meeting you in Prague…I’ve got to come back!
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