Before we left Maastricht I know I checked the weather and was positive it was supposed to be semi-cold and rain the entire time! Of course it would work out that it was super hot and sunny, which I would usually be overly happy about, but in the case that myself and everyone I was traveling with brought NO summer clothes, we spent the day sightseeing and sweating!!!
The girls all woke up earlier than the boys, we had to wait for two other people from the group that were meeting us in Prague after their final. They had taken the overnight train and arrived in Prague around 9:00 AM. Once they got settled and everyone had showered we started walking towards the Prague Castle and Charles Bridge that were on our list of must sees while in Prague. Along with the heat everyone was tired, so we were dragging a little bit in our walking speed. Prague was 10x more beautiful in the sun! Every building, famous or not, looked detailed, old, and marvelous!
We grabbed some food along the way, and finally made our way to the Charles Bridge. The view from there was wonderful! you could see down the river and across to the castle. We stopped to take a few pictures and then continued on our walk. It was touristy in the area that we were at, but it wasn’t as bad as I had expected. All along the streets and across the bridge there was a large amount of artists selling their artwork. It was fun to look at the variety of items for sale.
Once over in the castle, we walked up what felt like a million stairs.. it kept going up. But once at the top it was worth it. We had a perfect view of the entire city of Prague!! The sun was still beating down so we didn’t stay long in any one spot that was in direct sunlight and we frequently stopped for a rest. We walked around inside the walls of the castle, finally finding a map and trying to direct ourselves around to know a little bit more about what we were looking at. We were all hot and with traveling in such a big group, everyone isn’t going to always want to do the same things… so we saw a few more sights and then stopped by supposedly “the oldest pub in Prague” (1475), grabbed a quick drink and then continued the long walk home.
That night we cleaned up , ready to go out and went on a boat cruise. It was a pretty humorous situation to me… Don’t get me wrong we had a delicious buffet meal, probably one of the best meals we have had since we have been in Europe! The scenery was beautiful, but I am pretty sure our group of 9-21 year olds.. brought the average age of the boat down by a good 30 years. We enjoyed ourselves but periodically on the trip we would see several boats going by with techno music, and everyone dancing! Although we wished we were on those at times, I doubt they had as good of a meal as we did!
After the boat trip, the bus took us downtown to where the club was located that we wanted to go to that evening. We piled off of the bus and walked into the club. The cover was 100 Czech! Which sounds like a lot but is really 5 dollars which is normal. The exchange rate was about 20 Czech to 1 US dollar. We showed up early to the club and were basically the only ones there. The music was fun, we made our own dance party for the time being! As the night went on, we danced some more… sat outside enjoying the views and again laughed so hard my abs were hurting by the end of the night! After an incredibly late night we all went back to the room and got some sleep, vowing that no one would set an alarm and we would sleep in.
