Hellooooo. So since day 6 was technically just a travel day, we'll say that day five was the last day of our little Euro-adventure. It also happened to be... the most awesome.
Day 5: Friday. Prague, Czech Republic.
Woke up feeling pretty awesome, and ate some breakfast to help start the morning off right. We all decided that we wanted to spend the morning in the old city square. This square is home to tons of amazing architecture (stuff that would make Ted Mosby freak) an awesome Christmas market (only in December), some pretty cool churches, and the astronomicalclock.
We wandered around taking pics for about an hour until we realized we could go up to the top of the astronomical clock and take pictures of the city from there.
After we left the tower, we decided to take a carriage ride around the city.
Once the carriage ride was done, we headed to a cozy restaurant for a Czech favorite - Goulash.
Finally it was time for the music. We had tickets to two separate shows in two separate theaters. Both were amazing.
Show number one
theater number two
As soon as we left the theaters, we heard some music we weren't expecting - there was a bell organ concert in the city square. It was awesome. New life goal: learn to play the bell organ.
Aside from some window and Christmas shopping and a very uneventful car ride home, that was the end of a wonderful trip! So thankful to these two wonderful people for not only coming and visiting us so we wouldn't be lonely on Christmas, but also for taking us to such an amazing place.
Happy Almost Friday! Do you guys all have big plans for New Year's Eve? This party animal does not. Yet. Anyone wanna hop a plane to Germany and come hang out?! Hahaha. Seriously, though. Hubby and I need to get out of this town.
Speaking of which, we were 5 hours away from this town one week ago. Let me tell you all about it.
Day 4: Thursday. Prague, Czech Republic.
The day started off with a delicious breakfast at the hotel, then it was off to Prague Castle. Well, it should have been... we took some detours (yeah, we detour to kiss - what up?).
Back to the castle. I actually don't have any pictures of that because... everything on the grounds was closed. The churches were off-limits, the castle museum was closed, and the castle itself wasn't open, either. The grounds were being prepared, because the next day was Vaclav Havel's funeral.
At first we thought it was kind of lame that we wouldn't be able to do anything, but we did get to stand in a really long line to see his casket. Thousands and thousands of people were in that line, and this was a pretty crazy opportunity.
After waiting in the line, we decided to grab some hot cocoa and talk about what to do next. Food won. Unfortunately, we never got to eat. We headed out toward the [very difficult to find] restaurant [Peklo's, if you've been to Prague... it's awesome, but nestled far away from anything easy to find], but fate had something else in mind [dun dun dun].
None of us could find the restaurant. My father-in-law did, however, find an awesome place to stop and take photos, so stop and take photos we did.
Well, almost all of us stopped, anyway. Somehow, the FIL got separated from us, and we spent the next few hours looking for each other. No one knows what happened, but we all eventually ended up safe and sound [thank goodness] back at the hotel.
We proceeded to eat sausages from a street vendor, and Hubby and I called it an early night because neither of us felt the greatest (not from the sausages, it was a sinus thing). We went to sleep with dreams of the beautiful city in our achy little heads. :)
Happy Wednesday! Hopefully everyone is doing just splendid! I know I'm feeling pretty lazy and lethargic myself. Hopefully you all are doing a little bit better than me!
Ooohh... I almost forgot. I'm guest posting over here. You should go read about my wedding mishaps! Seriously... all the cool kids are doing it.
Anyway... on to the fun stuff.
Warning: Picture Overload.
Day three. Wednesday. Nürnberg (Nuremberg) and Prague.
The day started off in Nürnberg with a quick trip to the bakery - some croissants, cheesebread, jelly filled donuts, and Belgianwaffles, and we were energized enough to survive the 10-minute walk to the Altstadt (old city).
Once there, we spotted a pretty awesome church, and decided to go inside (read: it started to rain, and we noticed a convenientlylocated church nearby).
We spent a bit of time warming upwandering and admiring, then decided to head further into the town to get a bite to eat. Oh, and to stop and spend 15 minutes getting a good jumpingpicture for this here blog.
As we left the church, we thought we were going to kill our hungerpains, but then Hubby saw an amazingchurch (he has a thing for old churches), so naturally, we went inside and killed about an hour.
Anyway, we eventually made it to a delicious Italian restaurant where I ate the most delicious calzone known to mankind. That's also where I scored this little picture (I think it's kind of cool).
As soon as we were done filling our bellies with deliciousness, we headed over to the ChristmasMarket (supposedly one of the best in the world).
And then.... we jumped back into the tiny car to head to Prague. We arrived in Prague at about 9:00 pm, so all we really got to do was explore the area around our hotel. Doesn't sound too exciting, but this is what we saw...
The candles are because VaclavHavel (the first leader after the Velvet Revolution) died earlier that week.
So. Sorry that was forever long. Stay tuned to hear about an actual day in Prague tomorrow.
Oh! And before I leave... can someone please explain this fountain in Nuremberg? Or am I the onlyone that thinks it's a little weird/odd/awkward?
Guys... this city is amazing, and I never want to leave. Given that fact, I thought it would be fun to do the usual favorite things Friday post, just narrow it down to Prague, since that's probably all it would consist of, anyway.
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1. The city. Is that allowed? I don't care. This place has earned the "Alyx's Favorite City in the Whole Wide World" award. Not kidding.
2. The music scene. If you like classical music, Prague would be like Heaven. We got to go to two amazing concerts, and even though they weren't big events by any means, they were nothing short of amazing. There is so much musical talent in this city.
This is obviously not the concert we went to, but it IS the theatre. Amazing.
3. The architecture. Prague has a wonderful mix of modern and ancient architecture. On one corner you could have a church constructed in the 1400s, then a building from the 1700s across the street, and a brand new building on another corner. It's beautiful.
4. The churches. They're super cool.
5. The Christmas lights. This city is all lit up, and it's wonderful.
6. The crystals. Hubby got me this necklace and earrings. Crystal is a big deal here. Apparently they started it or something. Who knows?! Sorry for the awful quality, by the way. Webcam and crappy light.
