The beer keeps coming. Guys are enjoying buying rounds for the whole bar, because where else can you buy a round for a couple dollars? At 12:15 we head off on a pub crawl. It's 200Kc and includes a taxi ride to the first club. It's cheap.
We pull up to the first club after leaving the taxi, which felt much like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. We meet up with our pub crawl group and we're about 160 strong. People everywhere. The club handles the volume easily, buy after about a half hour or so we leave it to go to our next stop. The Temple Club used to be a church, but it had since been turned into a club. Jesus would not have approved of what was inside. A runway goes along the center of the club, and on the podium at the end of it stands a scandily clad girl in furry boots dancing away. The inside still looks much like a church, with some pews left for sitting, high cathedral ceilings, and a balcony. I'm getting tired, but our group shows no signs of stopping so I decide to have a Red Bull. It's around 2am.
Another two hours go by and I find myself up on the runway clubbing away. Eventually I see the rest of my group leaving so I head out the door with them, but they're not heading home. They're heading to the club with five stories and I'm coming with them.
So be it.
The club is crazy big and there are still a ton of people everywhere. It's a great time, but I had more fun in the church. At around 5:45am I decide to leave the club and head home. As I walk outside I'm hit with blinding sunlight and I find myself faced with a difficult question.
I'm already in the historic area, do I sightsee now or do I wait until after I've slept?
I decide my mother wouldn't approve of me staying out without sleep so I head home. I remembered how to get back on the tram from the historic area so I did just that. After brushing my teeth it's 6am. I get into bed and hear Tyler coming in just a few minutes later than I did.
What a night.
Around noon I finally decide I should get out of bed and tour Prague. I head out of the hostel and take the tram back to where I was just a few hours ago. This time however, the place is crawling with people. I arrived just in time to watch the clock tower do its hourly show with wooden figures popping out of windows. I walk around the old town square, the Charles bridge, and the town building. It's all so sinister. The buildings have dark, jagged spires and their crowned with statues that have blackened over the years. It's dark, but it's beautiful. I cross the Charles bridge on my way to Prague's Castle. From the castle, the views of the city are amazing. Most buildings have red roofs, but the red is speckled with church spires and historic buildings. Eventually I walk back to the hostel from the castle. I book a couple hostels and send an email to Chris about going to Cesky Krumlov in the morning.
Now, what to do about dinner?
Since the kitchen has pots and pans I decide to cook. But first I've got to get beer. The store around the corner sells them for 12Kc, which is about 50 cents. It's cheaper than water.
I get back to the hostel and decide to cook the meals my ex-girlfriend Michelle bought for me a few years ago. I have two pouches. One is Chana Masala, and Indian meal with rice and garbanzo beans. The other is cheesecake. I decide to make them both, since this hostel has pots and pans. All I have to do is add boiling water to the Chana masala and cold water to the cheesecake. They're meant for backpackers.
Space food.
After I finished preparing them I brought them outside to sit and eat with the rest of the hostel. Everyone gives me a hard time about my space food, but everyone who tries it loves it. It's actually delicious.
After dinner I check my email to find that Chris has replied to me. He and Sam are going to come to Cesky Krumlov tomorrow with me. I asked them if they wanted to grab a beer tonight and they said they could meet at 8 and wanted to watch the Olympics. When I meet up with them, they haven't eaten yet tonight. I recommend Usadu. We watch some of the Games, and after they finish eating we head off to a beer garden nearby. One of the receptionists at my hostel recommended I go there if I wanted to watch the olympics.
He was quite right about the place.
There are big, long wooden banquet-style tables and a massive screen that's showing the olympics. It's perfect.
After another beer, the Games are over for the night so we head back to our hostels and split off after we agree to meet at their hostel at 6:45am tomorrow so we can catch a train to Cesky Krumlov.
We pull up to the first club after leaving the taxi, which felt much like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. We meet up with our pub crawl group and we're about 160 strong. People everywhere. The club handles the volume easily, buy after about a half hour or so we leave it to go to our next stop. The Temple Club used to be a church, but it had since been turned into a club. Jesus would not have approved of what was inside. A runway goes along the center of the club, and on the podium at the end of it stands a scandily clad girl in furry boots dancing away. The inside still looks much like a church, with some pews left for sitting, high cathedral ceilings, and a balcony. I'm getting tired, but our group shows no signs of stopping so I decide to have a Red Bull. It's around 2am.
Another two hours go by and I find myself up on the runway clubbing away. Eventually I see the rest of my group leaving so I head out the door with them, but they're not heading home. They're heading to the club with five stories and I'm coming with them.
So be it.
The club is crazy big and there are still a ton of people everywhere. It's a great time, but I had more fun in the church. At around 5:45am I decide to leave the club and head home. As I walk outside I'm hit with blinding sunlight and I find myself faced with a difficult question.
I'm already in the historic area, do I sightsee now or do I wait until after I've slept?
I decide my mother wouldn't approve of me staying out without sleep so I head home. I remembered how to get back on the tram from the historic area so I did just that. After brushing my teeth it's 6am. I get into bed and hear Tyler coming in just a few minutes later than I did.
What a night.
Around noon I finally decide I should get out of bed and tour Prague. I head out of the hostel and take the tram back to where I was just a few hours ago. This time however, the place is crawling with people. I arrived just in time to watch the clock tower do its hourly show with wooden figures popping out of windows. I walk around the old town square, the Charles bridge, and the town building. It's all so sinister. The buildings have dark, jagged spires and their crowned with statues that have blackened over the years. It's dark, but it's beautiful. I cross the Charles bridge on my way to Prague's Castle. From the castle, the views of the city are amazing. Most buildings have red roofs, but the red is speckled with church spires and historic buildings. Eventually I walk back to the hostel from the castle. I book a couple hostels and send an email to Chris about going to Cesky Krumlov in the morning.Now, what to do about dinner?
Since the kitchen has pots and pans I decide to cook. But first I've got to get beer. The store around the corner sells them for 12Kc, which is about 50 cents. It's cheaper than water.
I get back to the hostel and decide to cook the meals my ex-girlfriend Michelle bought for me a few years ago. I have two pouches. One is Chana Masala, and Indian meal with rice and garbanzo beans. The other is cheesecake. I decide to make them both, since this hostel has pots and pans. All I have to do is add boiling water to the Chana masala and cold water to the cheesecake. They're meant for backpackers.
Space food.
After I finished preparing them I brought them outside to sit and eat with the rest of the hostel. Everyone gives me a hard time about my space food, but everyone who tries it loves it. It's actually delicious.
After dinner I check my email to find that Chris has replied to me. He and Sam are going to come to Cesky Krumlov tomorrow with me. I asked them if they wanted to grab a beer tonight and they said they could meet at 8 and wanted to watch the Olympics. When I meet up with them, they haven't eaten yet tonight. I recommend Usadu. We watch some of the Games, and after they finish eating we head off to a beer garden nearby. One of the receptionists at my hostel recommended I go there if I wanted to watch the olympics.
He was quite right about the place.
There are big, long wooden banquet-style tables and a massive screen that's showing the olympics. It's perfect.
After another beer, the Games are over for the night so we head back to our hostels and split off after we agree to meet at their hostel at 6:45am tomorrow so we can catch a train to Cesky Krumlov.
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