The Best Way to Experience Prague: "Get lost in it!"

Post By: Caitlin O'Brien
Location: Prague, Day 9

This morning we figured out that public transportation might be cheaper but not faster! The group last night decided to experience what Prague had to offer at night! We experienced one of the biggest night club in Eastern Europe! Half the group took a cab home, where the rest of us took advantage of the public transportation, which was quite the adventure. We waited for the bus for an hour, then had an hour bus ride which took us to a spot where we had mapped out. After getting off the bus we didn't recognized anything around us. We all just stopped looked at each other and were like shoot! As we all pulled out our maps to get us back a bus with our stop had drove by that we quickly caught and finally made it back to our bus stop little over 2 hours later! That being said we were all thrilled that we got to sleep in this morning after that long night/morning! 

 Lost in Prague at 4:30am

We woke up had breakfast packed our belonging up and meet to check out! Since tonight we have the night train we had all day to kill in the city! We all went into the central square of Prague where we all spilt up and did the last things we wanted to do in Prague! After our last day to explore the city we meet up and relaxed on some green grass before dinner! During our stay in Prague it had been raining a lot but today was beautiful with the sun shining so we all soaked up the sun and relaxed for a bit! We grabbed our last meal in Prague and then went back to our hotel to grab our luggage and meet the bus to go to the train station! 

Photo 1: The number of tourists in the Old Town Square in front of the Astronomical Clock 

Photo 2: Josh admiring the ferrari

Photo 3: The John Lennon Memorial Wall

Photo 4: Our entertainment the last day in the city

No one in the group has been to Budapest so we are all experiencing a new place together! Our train leaves at 11:45 pm where we arrive in Budapest at 8:45am! It's going to be a long night but it will be worth it to see a new country!

Waiting for the train to Budapest

First Day Alone in Prague

Post By: Christina Gervais
Location: Prague, Day 8

Today was the first day where we were able to take on the city of Prague on our own. Our only assignment was to converse with three locals. We started out by stumbling upon a museum called Speculum Alchemlae, which is the 2nd oldest building in the city. This was a place where they made potions and gold in the 16th century. The most incredible thing about this museum is that the underground tunnels were founded in 2002 and opened to the public only in 2012.

Another thing that I really enjoyed today was going on a boat tour along the river. It was very enjoyable to see the river from the water since we have already seen it from the streets and on top of the hill. The tour guide was very interactive with the group and at the beginning had everyone go around and say where they were from. There were tourists from all over the world Denmark, Norway, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. We were told that 2 million tourists cross the Charles Bridge each month with a population of Prague being 1.2 million. I am anxious to get to Budapest and experience another city in Europe!

Photo 1: The secret door in the Speculum Alchemlae

Photo 2: View of Prague and the River Danube