Sleepless in Prague

So we finally made it to our hostel in Prague at around 11pm last night. It was a surprisingly comfortable and easy journey from the US. (I actually slept for most of the plane flight!). And since we are too posh for public transportation we were delivered to our 'hostel' by the very nice manager. I put 'hostel' in quotes because really it's essentially a hotel. We get our own private room and bathroom with a TV, towels, fridge, etc. Tired, but elated to finally be in the city, the three of us went for a midnight stroll. I walked across a bridge and back, taking in the beautiful city lights reflecting off the river, while Ethan and Andy tried to figure out how to take good night photos with their cameras at the entrance to the bridge. Finally, it was time for bed. I woke up feeling really refreshed before I realised that it was only 2:30 am! I tossed and turned in vain until Andy woke up around 5am. We started talking and woke Ethan. I was pretty giddy from boredom, and we had some good laughs and pillow fights (pillow catch, really) until 6am when we finally decided to shut up and get some sleep.

We headed off to an observatory at 10am, which is like a mini Eiffel Tower. Beautiful 360 degree views of the city with alot less steps (granted a nice uphill hike through a park was necessary). We then went to the Prague Castle which contains a gorgeous Baroque cathedral (similar to Notre Dame). Don't get me wrong, Prague is quite different from Paris. More beautiful, in my opinion, with so many more castles and churches. We visited many little buildings and displays around the castle. Including dungeons!! (I have some mobrid facination with such places, Andy was creeped out). I also really loved seeing old clothing in the 'history of the castle' museum display (not surprisingly, I was the only one of us who felt this way). Hmm, I should torture the boys with some shopping....Ok time to go. Andy and I are such slow bloggers that Ethan went for a walk, and I'm afraid we may have lost him....perhaps he got to Rome by now.