So I have just returned from one of the most magical weekends of my life- PRAGUE!!!!  It was so so so much better than I ever could have hoped for and I really had no idea what to expect.  For three days, my life was like a movie and I couldn't believe all of the ridiculous, fun and amazing things we saw, ate, and experienced!  We left on Thursday afternoon, and after a week of feeling homesick for the first time I was ready to get out of Barcelona for a few days not to mention I was with great company!  I went with my roommate Karina, and friend from home, Lena. ( My friend from school flew with us as well but then stayed with a friend there so we didn't get to spend time with her once we got to Prague but that was fine because we can spend time with her here!) We arrived at night and discovered yet again a wonderful and cute hostel.  (That hostelbookers website sure does a good job of letting you know the good hostels to stay in) Once we were settled in our room, we met several cute argentinos who were also in our habitacion for the evening and so we all went out to explore the city together and practice our spanish!  It was really great because we spoke Spanish all night long which was really good for us and we were in the czech republic!  The next day, a little tired but happy we wandered around the city for quite a while, ate delicious bagels (which they do not have in Spain), went to the Mucha Museum, which was absolutely amazing and fell in love with all of his prints and paintings.  He was a famous Czech artist who designed many posters and prints for all sorts of things including plays, movies etc.  I would highly recommend to everyone looking him up online as his work is unbelievably intricate, delicate, and beautiful.  After an extended stay there, we went to the famous clock tower, which on the hour has quite the elaborate clock set up in which saints make a little procession out of doors in the clock and.  It was beautiful to watch as the sun set and then we proceeded to hike up to the top of the tower for a look around.  It was one of the most mystical, magical views I have ever seen.  As the sun set into the fog, everything turned an intense, glowing blue and as all the lights gradually came on the gothic spires rose out of the mist creating the most surreal landscape I have ever seen.  It was so foreign and so beautiful and I knew from that point on that I was going to have to come back one day.  

Once we were finally able to drag ourselves down from the clock tower, we ate some really delicious dinner (what we thought was czech turned out to be really good italian food) and then met up with one of Karina's friends who we spent part of the evening with before wandering the streets of Prague with some cute American boys studying in Budapest while eating chocolate and gummy bears.  It was a really beautiful, though slightly cold evening.  The next morning we enjoyed some free cereal given to us (by the Argentinians) czech coco puffs, and set off the find the famous gothic cathedral.  We crossed the famous Charles bridge (its super old and stuff :)) and wandered around the palace for a while before heading inside the cathedral to be greeted by enormous stained glass windows, and the craziest gothic and baroque architecture ever!!!! (It did take 600 years to build after all)  After awwing for quite some time we went to a cafe to enjoy some mulled wine before it back onto the streets to meet our hostel owners who were taking a group to this very euro sporting event called Crashed Ice, where hockey players basically race down a toboggan like ice course.  So we decided to go, and it was probably one of the most ridiculous things we have ever watched.  I don't know if I really understood the point but it was really funny, especially with Karina and Lena there laughing.   We had to stand on these pieces of wood nailed into astroturf on the side of a hill, I'm pretty sure that would have been illegal in the US but we are in Europe so its a little more lax here :).  

After Crashed Ice 2009, we decided to really try for traditional czech food, which is meaty but delicious and then went to the beer factory, where I witnessed the most hilarious dance party of my life!  We thought maybe what we were seeing was a gay guys birthday party, everyone was dancing up on each other and one guy had on a purple cowboy hat and red nurse dress over his clothes.  It was really great AND the best part is that is turned out to be a British bachelor party!?!!?  WHAT!!??!?!  We were obviously surprised, especially when about a dozen superheros showed up at the bar as well- and yes, it was another British bachelor party.  YAY for Central Europe!!  (No One wants to be considered part of eastern Europe, its like an insult) We were sad to leave and could have spent a lot more time there, there is so much to see and do! But I will just have to go back-  and  now I am off to do homework, what is this school or something??  :)