Prague

What an incredible city. This weekend the three stooges (Caroline, Abby, and I) set off on our next adventure. This time to Prague, Czech Republic. Although my first plane ticket was mistakenly booked for Thursday, 95 euros later, we did in fact depart on Friday.

We arrived in Prague late afternoon. After taking out crowns (besides Abby who decided she'd just go with pounds), we got on a bus and then transferred to the metro eventually arriving at our hotel. I'm still impressed with our navigation skills seeing as it took us about two hours and an expensive cab ride to go .2 miles from the bus to out hostel in Barcelona. The hotel we stayed in, Pension Brezina, was extremely inexpensive but was perfect for our short stay. Our room was spacious and clean which is all we really needed since we didn't spend much time in it anyway. Caroline's friend Annie, from HWS, was our savior this weekend. She is currently studying abroad in Prague and showed us around the city, taking us to all the best spots. She lives in an apartment with two other HWS girls who had five other HWS girls visiting. Needless to say, there was a lot of William Smith spirit in the city of Prague this weekend.

Friday night, after getting situated at our hotel, Annie met us there and brought us to a typical Czech bistro for dinner. We then went back to her apartment, which puts our apartments in Gort to shame, and enjoyed the exciting nightlife Prague had to offer.

Saturday was a packed day, as it was our only full day in the city. We started the morning with a hearty brunch before exploring Prague Castle, the John Lennon Wall, Charles Bridge, and much of the rest of the city. We had perfect fall weather. I had forgotten what the sun looked like since living in Ireland, so that was a plus. Prague is a gorgeous city, with tall architecturally appealing statures, detailed bridges running between different sides of the city, and long cobblestone streets.

We finished the afternoon with a coffee and snack in Old Town Square. We watched the street performers and obviously took lots of pictures. By the end, Abby and Caroline were in major foot pain from all the walking. I, on the other hand, was in major knee pain from all the falling. Cobblestone cities are a serious hazard for me. I thought it was just Ireland that made me clumsy but apparently it's a European thing.  

Exhausted from the days events, we took a power nap before dinner at Katr. We went to Annie's apartment after dinner again and later headed to an ice bar with the whole Hobart crew plus a smaller Union crew including three of Abby's friends who were also visiting Prague for the weekend.

After another fun night we hit the hay. Sunday was a looooong day. After another delicious brunch, we went to the Petrin Tower. A rough replica of the Eiffel Tower, we got a wide, but foggy, view of the entire city. What can I say, most of the attractions we hit are the one's with the best pictures. We gotta keep our instagram game strong. We had a 5:30 flight out of Prague followed by a three hour bus ride from Dublin to Galway. We finally arrived at home at about 1:00am so our 9am class the next morning was more than a struggle.

It looks like the next few weekends will be spent in Galway. With the amount of papers I have to write, it should be very productive. Classes here end on the 26th of November. There is a one week study period during the first week of December and then exams are between then and the third week in December. I only have one exam so the month of December will include some more European travel up until we leave December 20th (but I refuse to think about leaving so that's not happening).