Stage One
10 days 5 countries one average sized backpack. That is what I am about to attempt to accomplish.
10 days 5 countries one average sized backpack. That is what I am about to attempt to accomplish.
slightly under-packed for a rather cold 10 day trip...woops
This time it was basically a party though which made the time go by even faster. After some talking and joking around we decided to attempt to do something that is absolutely impossible to do at the Malaga airport .... Sleep
Since the seats have armrest that don’t go down or up and the floor at this point seemed rather uncomfortable I decided to wiggle my way through the hole that was between the armrest and seatand made a rather comfy bed
At 5 am we got ready for our first flight to the Netherlands. This would be my first time flying on Ryanair and it was an experience to say the least.
Now I've always heard the expression you get what you pay for bur never in my life had it become as evident to me as I boarded that. "plane" . But I guess with a 25 euro flight you shouldn't expect much. This is what we got
1. Our bag had to fit in the box that was about the size of a small drawer or large encyclopedia
2. No lines! Good?? No bad they weren't organized enough to make lines we just mobbed
3. Picking a seat was a free for all … first come first serve.. if not SORRY no seat for you
4. The airplane was painted in these neon yellow and blue that made you nauseous
5. They did not provide those little throw up bags
6. The seats did not recline at all
7. Window seats did not always Include window
8. Upon arrival there is a loud cheering noise that plays on the speakers which says hoorrayyy you have been on one of 11-% of Ryan air flights that make it on time
9. The airline sells you toy airplanes that cost more than your actual ticket
10. At no point during the flight were the cabin lights turned off??
Gracias a dios we made it o the Netherlands just fine. The airport in Eidenhoven was no bigger than the union and that's being generous.
We wait for the plane and we wait and wait... And then an announcement. Woo one hour delay
While we wait a group of 12 guys come into the waiting room. They are completely decked out in neon suites... We don't no why this is the case but we are all very amused. They board our plane as well.
Stage Two: Prague
All smiles on the way to Sam's
After a 900 Crown taxi ride (yeah the currency is ridiculous but cheaper than the dollar and euros) we made it to Ryan’s friends apartment.
Well kind of… You see even though Ryan new the address he didn't know which one of the apartments was actually his.
We had 10 choices. 9 door bells were blank and the other had the name Aswani.
So we figured as any normal person would that since none of Ryan’s friends were named Aswani it had to be one of the first 9
Well 9 guesses later and me saying Sam… Sammy… is this Sam?? 9 times with no answer we decided to try Aswani and bam door opens
Sam? Yes yes it was Sam and the most wonderful apartment ever
5 bedrooms two floors. For something that was given to them by their program it was a palace. We would have one pull out couch and a bed to share for the next three nights.
After settling in we decides to go off and explore a bit. Lucky for us Sam’s place was no more 10min away from the main square so we ventured off there.
We got to see some pretty amazing sights as the sun was setting and we walked through Prague old town
On our way home we stopped at these little slice of heaven. These food stands that sell sausages and fried cheese sandwiches. OM NOM NOM I got a massive sausage that was the size of my arm French fries OM NOM NOM for a really good price
Prague Day 2
We woke up and had a quick typical European breakfast... Toast with nuttella, now I regret to say
that at a later date I would actually hate this combo because of the obscene amounts that I consumed it in during my trip bit for now I still loves it.. lots
After breakfast our "super six" yeah Cory came up with that real original name, made our way once again to old time sqaure. There we met up with a free tour company and our new BFF FILLIP
Now it was during this 3 hour tour that I realizes I still had allot of old pics on my camera so I started deleting them to make room for the next 9 days of my European travels
Womp womp my camera apparently features a delete all button which I pressed woohhooo and with that I lost all the pica from the previous night. Prague during sunset, Madeline spilling her allergy pills all over the bus station, Bruce and Logan and their grandma and grandpa luggage and the original nomming of the sausage pics.
I was devestated.
Lucky for me this lil accident occurred on day one, and not later on in the trip. During the tour we went all over Prague and got to see some pretty amazing sights.
Womp womp my camera apparently features a delete all button which I pressed woohhooo and with that I lost all the pica from the previous night. Prague during sunset, Madeline spilling her allergy pills all over the bus station, Bruce and Logan and their grandma and grandpa luggage and the original nomming of the sausage pics.
I was devestated.
Lucky for me this lil accident occurred on day one, and not later on in the trip. During the tour we went all over Prague and got to see some pretty amazing sights.
By the end of it we were all freezing. But were determined to make the most of our day so we crossed the famous Bridge and made our way to the John Lennon wall
After a couple of failed attempts at taking a cartwheel pic in front of this wall we made our way back home to Sam’s place where Madeline being the good little Italian that she is made all 10 of us a wonderful pasta dinner.
Prague Day 3
1130
Bam?-!? The bad luck monster strikes again. An alarm that was supposed to be set for 10am was not set and we do not end up making it out of the apartment till 12.
This would not have been a problem except foe tw fact that the Castle closed at 3 and the Jew museum closed at 4
We made it to the Castle at 1, walked around the castle grounds and made are way through yet another gorgeous cathedral. Afterward we made our way to the Jewish museum. This would turn out to be on of my favorite part of my Prague trip.
3 of the rooms had nothing on the walls but black and red writing. These where the names of Prague Jews who were sent off to concentration camps. It included their date of birth and death. For many of the names of the wall this record is the only record of their existence.
Bam?-!? The bad luck monster strikes again. An alarm that was supposed to be set for 10am was not set and we do not end up making it out of the apartment till 12.
This would not have been a problem except foe tw fact that the Castle closed at 3 and the Jew museum closed at 4
We made it to the Castle at 1, walked around the castle grounds and made are way through yet another gorgeous cathedral. Afterward we made our way to the Jewish museum. This would turn out to be on of my favorite part of my Prague trip.
3 of the rooms had nothing on the walls but black and red writing. These where the names of Prague Jews who were sent off to concentration camps. It included their date of birth and death. For many of the names of the wall this record is the only record of their existence.
Upstairs featured a smaller room filled with children’s art. These sketches and doodles were drawn by children secretly inside of a concentration camp. Though this art children of the holocaust were better able to express their feelings toward the situation around them
We continued our visit of the museum with a trip to the Jewish cemetery that was also on the same grounds. This grave was about 11 feet above ground level. A result of the lack of space for more Jewish burial grounds, bodies at this cemetery are literally buried one on top of the other.
The cemetery also features the grave of a famous rabbi and as legend has it if you leave a wish with him it always comes true.
We all left a little wish behind before making our way to the Spanish synagogue one block away.
This synagogue was gorgeous and even though we were all so eager to take pictures . Pictures were not allowed
I find this no photo thing to be a reoccurring theme in Europe. Almost every Place I have visited has had one of these signs, but since no one was ever really there to enforce it all was okay
Except for the Spanish synagogue. Web we walked in we saw a various people taking photos so we thought it was okay. Then Ryan pulls out his camera and bam
We continued our visit of the museum with a trip to the Jewish cemetery that was also on the same grounds. This grave was about 11 feet above ground level. A result of the lack of space for more Jewish burial grounds, bodies at this cemetery are literally buried one on top of the other.
The cemetery also features the grave of a famous rabbi and as legend has it if you leave a wish with him it always comes true.
We all left a little wish behind before making our way to the Spanish synagogue one block away.
This synagogue was gorgeous and even though we were all so eager to take pictures . Pictures were not allowed
I find this no photo thing to be a reoccurring theme in Europe. Almost every Place I have visited has had one of these signs, but since no one was ever really there to enforce it all was okay
Except for the Spanish synagogue. Web we walked in we saw a various people taking photos so we thought it was okay. Then Ryan pulls out his camera and bam
Put of no where this cracky little old woman comes and starts yelling at him saying no photo ! No photo!
He apologizes and buta his camera away and then we watch in awe as a woman and her husband take a series of photos right in front f her face
Her reaction... None
After that episode was over we headed back toward the main square to do some touristy shopping
for those of you who don't no I have a thing for collecting black and white postcards and I had ye
He apologizes and buta his camera away and then we watch in awe as a woman and her husband take a series of photos right in front f her face
Her reaction... None
After that episode was over we headed back toward the main square to do some touristy shopping
for those of you who don't no I have a thing for collecting black and white postcards and I had ye
t to snag one here
Before making it to the square we stopped and nommed another amazing sausage then we continued on with our shopping.
Now the day prior we had stumpled upon this restaurant called bohemian bagel. It was a chain restaurant
Before making it to the square we stopped and nommed another amazing sausage then we continued on with our shopping.
Now the day prior we had stumpled upon this restaurant called bohemian bagel. It was a chain restaurant
with what looked and sounded like amazing breakfast food. The night prior we had all decided that this would be the perfect place to have dinner on our Finnalt night. And we were all planning on ordering this delicious egg pancake bagel sausage bacon and hashbrown combo
We made our way to this lil gem with nothing but positive things on our mind and then we get there and I make a rather alarming discovery.
Womp womp bohemian bagel does. Not accept any credit cards or euro. The majority of us had very limit
We made our way to this lil gem with nothing but positive things on our mind and then we get there and I make a rather alarming discovery.
Womp womp bohemian bagel does. Not accept any credit cards or euro. The majority of us had very limit
ed crown left and none of us had thought that such a Cain place would nit exempt that form of currecy
We decide to make our way to the nearest change place to excnahw some euro for crowns to pay for the meal.
Bad idea .
We then decide that the cheapest thing to do is to just o home and call it a day. Our awaken dinner turned into a night of outmeal and waffela with nuttela
We had a early bus to catch the next day so we all stayed in and got ready for the next part Of our trip...
We decide to make our way to the nearest change place to excnahw some euro for crowns to pay for the meal.
Bad idea .
We then decide that the cheapest thing to do is to just o home and call it a day. Our awaken dinner turned into a night of outmeal and waffela with nuttela
We had a early bus to catch the next day so we all stayed in and got ready for the next part Of our trip...
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