Last weekend, I spend a great time meeting friends in Prague. By train, it's only about 4h to get there from Leipzig - perfect for a weekend. The train went through a beautiful piece of countryside - the little Swiss Valley, the Elbsandsteingebirge. The rock formations and pillars look great, but the climbing there scares me (badly bolted, and no metal protection gear allowed meaning you have to stuff knots into cracks...). On arrival in Prague, Lubi picked me up at the station and we went buying my new crash-pad! It was fun to take the bus, tram and train with it! It came in handy twice at the train station when I had to wait for delayed trains...After having gone to Lubi's place, we went for coffee and meet the Torontonians, which we missed due to misunderstandings and non-working cell-phones...We had typical Czech dinner, no english menu, including beer, lots of meat and potatoes and little veggies.
The next day at breakfast, I met Lubi's boyfriend Libor (whose english btw is very good), and then we went out to meet Amy and Damien. We took a long stroll through the city and over the Charles bridge, went up to the castle through quiet and cute back alleys, had lunch including beer, and arrived at the way to busy castle. Nowadays you also have to pay an entrance fee to see the complete cathedral. The view from the castle over the city is great, however it was cold and windy, felt more like april than july! We had great cake and probably one of the best and densest hot chocolates I have ever had, like eating dark chocolate pudding (with chilli)! It was just in a side street next to the bridge and really nice and quiet there. After stepping by at Lubi's, we walked a little more and went for yet another heavy Czech meal close to Lubi's institute. The food was very tasty, but I couldn't eat it every day! So much meat and potatoes - I was glad about the salad that Lubi prepared the next day for lunch.
Sunday, it was raining a lot - we missed each other again, and Lubi and I went shortly to Vysehrad Castle to see a photo exhibit. But then it started to rain, and we much rather drank a coffee and ate cake. The time was over much to fast, and me and my crash-pad got back on the train to Germany. Great thing that it's so close, so you can expect me again in Prague soonish :)
the crash pad :)
view from Lubi's balcony
Art Nouveau architecture
jepp, they are Canadians and not Americans ;)
in the old center
classic view
the typical picture: Charles bridge and castle
quiet side streets towards the castle
with interesting flower pots
cathedral
and the classic view over Prague
self shot!
super-dense hot chocolate
and delicious honey-cake
It was awesome meeting you guys again! Hope to see you soon again, somewhere...!
