czeching out the sights in prague

B- Lexie, Brittany, Chris, Caroline, Kathy, Kaitlyn
F- Rachel, Amanda, Me

Tuesday afternoon, we decided to go find the Prague Castle. Unfortunately, it was closed for renovations. But, the cathedral was open, so we explored it.

Later, we were greeted by an amazing view...naturally we took a ton of pictures. And speaking of pictures, tragically I ran out of room on my camera and had to scrimp for each city. I let everyone else take the group pictures after this!


Prague really is a beautiful city. It was clean and full of tourist shops but the language was impossible for us to understand. Also, we had to switch currencies- to Czech crowns, which are about 30 to 1 euro. (By the way I'm starting to think of things in terms of Euros now instead of dollars...crazy.) We thought that was confusing...but just wait till Hungarian forints!!

Anyways, Tuesday's adventures didn't end there. We decided to explore the city square, which is gorgeous. Our group had planned to find a concert at some point on our journey, so when we saw a sign for a costumed Mozart & Strauss concert by the Prague Royal Orchestra, well, we couldn't resist.
The thing is, some random guy outside of the concert hall sold us the tickets. And when we looked at them, they didn't have a date or even the name of the concert on them...and that led us to wonder-- had we been conned?! We had to wait until Wednesday night to find out...

Prague is apparently known for its Astronomical Clock, so we made sure to check it out. I have to say it was beautiful, but I think we all felt it was a little overrated...there was a huge crowd of people every hour.

Brittany and I

This is the infamous Father Chris photo...I was joking that Chris kind of had to be like a dad and take care of us all, so I said to make a fatherly face...not so sure about that one!

Tuesday night marked our one month anniversary of studying abroad in Europe- can you believe it?! To celebrate, well, we thought we would look for a taste of home. We ended up going to a place called Red, Hot and Blues, with free music and Mexican food. I had quesadillas! It was nice to hear a little English, too! :)