Sunday, March 23 2008

I slept like a rock on the night train! It was wonderful to be in a bed even if it was in a train!We got to Prague around 7:00 and it took us forever to figure out how to get to our hostel (what's new?). None of us had ANY idea what the currency exchange rate was so I ended up with 1 bill that was worth 2,000 Czech!We found out that the exchange was like 15 to 1, but it was still weird holding a bill that said 2,000! We all took showers because we had been wearing the same clothes for over 48 hours!I don't think I have ever been happier to take a shower than I was in Prague! We missed our free tour because we got lost in old town, but we tagged along with another tour.Our tour guide was really good so it made the tour fun, but it started snowing and once again Hannah and I were not really dressed for the weather!Half way through the tour we ducked into Starbucks and ordered Venti hot chocolates!My favorite thing we saw on the tour was The Charles Bridge which was named after King Charles IV.Prague was very beautiful but I would love to go back someday when it is warmer!We thought everything would close early since it was Easter Sunday, but Easter for them is on Monday!We were able to get our souvenirs and walk around old town before everything closed.