Euro Trip - Prague

Ohhh Prague, how I love you! Such an amazing city! Below is a picture of of a little town on our train ride. That's how all the train rides have been, little towns everywhere, lots of green open land, a lot of beautiful amazingness.

We got a little lost finding our hostel in Prague, but eventually we found it. It was sooo busy in Prague. The celebration of the reunification of Berlin was Friday, so it was a holiday for everyone in Germany, which naturally meant they all went to Prague for the long weekend. The streets were packed, so we're the restaurants, bars, hotels, etc.

Once we checked in, we went to the old city of Prague. It was different than Dresden, but still so cool! There were performers in Old Town Square, and all of the restaurants had outside eating where you could drink, eat, watch the performers, and be merry. We ate at a Czech restaurant for dinner, Tyler got goulash, and I got baked duck. This was the best baked duck I have ever had, it came with dumplings and green and red cabbage; I ate it all. Tyler's phone died so I couldn't take a picture. :( 

At dinner was decided to go on a pub crawl that ended in a 5 story club. It was a great time. We met some people from New Zealand and South America, and partied with them all night.

But first let me take a selfie came on..

The next day we got up and headed to the Prague Castle. It looked like a castle out of a movie, up high on a hill, overlooking the rest of the city. It was absolutely gorgeous. We went to the cathedral there and the old castle as well. We also crossed the beautiful Charles Bridge to get there. 

When we got back, we ended up taking a nap, then going to dinner. We went to dinner at an old monastery that brews different beers, including IPAs. I got duck again, Tyler got rabbit, and we both got IPAs. This place was really far away, so we had quite a trek there and back, but the view was spectacular. I wish the camera would've captured it better. 

Prague is the most Americanized city we've been in so far. It's crazy how much you felt like you were in the Time Square of Prague when you were downtown. Everyone speaks English too. We have been lucky with that, but Prague was still the most Americanized. 

Every city is so different so it's hard to choose a favorite, but Prague certainly holds a special place in my heart.

Until the next city...

Peace & Love :)

Euro Trip - Dresden

We made it to Dresden... barely. So happy we made our train. The trains in Dresden were super confusing and no one spoke English, so it took us awhile to figure out where we were going. While we were on the platform waiting for our train, I saw the first gym I've seen in Europe. (Of course I had to take a picture!) 

Once we got off our commuter train, it was easy peasy. We stayed in the Kangaroo Stop Hostel, which was very centrally located to the area of Dresden we were looking to explore. Dresden is beyond beautiful. It wasn't a major city which was different from Amsterdam or Berlin. Instead, it was very quaint, with the river running through, and the old city near. 

We were only there for a night, so that's why we took an early train out so it was a full day there.  We were fortunate because the day we arrived, Friday, they were setting up a huge street fair with food booths, drink booths, music, etc. 

We were able to try some amazing different types of food we probably wouldn't have been able to try otherwise. I had cabbage pasta, it was out of this world amazing! (I am going to try and recreate it!) Tyler of course had sausage, lol. Later we split this cheesy bread with pancetta. Yeah, I think that's the day my food soul went to heaven! It was amazing! 

At the street fair, they didn't use any paper cups and plates or throw away cups and plates, instead they charged you a 1 euro deposit and you had to return the cup or plate you were using in order to get the euro back. It was really different. The people here don't believe in water, we have been trying to drink water whenever we can get our hands on it.

After we hung out at the street fair, we walked over to the old city. It was beautiful. I think it's my favorite city so far in terms of architecture. It was so cool to feel like you were in a whole city that was so not transformed. They really have preserved the grounds and feel of the old city. 

We went to the Zwinger, which is where royalty used to hold parties of all sorts, and the Frauenkirche Cathedral. I personally liked the inside of the Berliner Dom more, but this one was beautiful too. We went on a tour of the royal jewels. There was a whole room of diamonds that I pretty much drooled over. The diamond crusted blinged out sword was one of my favorite pieces. 

We took a break between exploring in the old city to go back to the street fair and grab our snack (the pancetta cheesy bread) and beer. Clearly we are eating super healthy, duh! 

After the royal jewels tour, we head to the Biergarten that was right on the river. We had a few beers, played rummy, enjoyed the sights and soaked up our surroundings as much as possible. 

After we walked back to the hostel and got ready to go to dinner. We went to a Turkish restaurant where we ordered a kabob platter to share. It was really good. Not our best meal, but it was good. 

We were exhausted so we went back to the hostel, watched a couple episodes of the final season of How I Met Your Mother. (It's been a good one so far!) 

The next day we walked back to the street fair in the morning, and walked back to the river before we had to catch our train to Prague. Dresden is beautiful, I highly recommend it.

:)