Thursday, March 26, I took my first train ride to Prague
with the rest of the UNK group. Upon arriving we got to our hostel and took a
tour of the city. I had already been to my Prague with my parents, so I kind of
already knew my way around, but this weekend, they had Easter markets and
decorations set up. It looked like a different city, there were so many
tourists, way more than when my parents and I came.
Our group wandered to the Charles
Bridge and toured the Prague Castle. We didn't have any tour guides when I was
with my parents, so this time it was nice to learn about the historical side of
the castle. We had free time afterwards, so a group of us decided to trek up to
the monastery. It was quite the uphill walk. But once we reached it, the view was
definitely worth it. Prague is such a pretty place to admire from above.
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| View from the Monastery |
We
then wanted to go to the Petrin Tower, so we climbed up that, and got another
wonderful view of the beautiful city. After walking 10 miles, a couple girls
and I decided we wanted to treat ourselves. So we found a Thai massage place
and choose to get a fish pedicure. We had to stick our legs inside a fish tank,
while these little fish ate away dead skin on your feet and legs. It was the
most unsettling thing I have ever done in my life! I had to sit through it for
15 minutes, I almost couldn't take it, and it was so unbearable! After a long
day we headed for bed.
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| This was my face 99% of that 15 minutes |
Early the
next day we headed for Dresden, Germany. We toured the Martin Luther church, a
museum, and other sightseeing attractions. We were able to climb to the top of
the Martin Luther church, the sight was so pretty, but no pictures could really
do the justice. Actually, any pictures that I have taken from this trip have
not done the justice of how beautiful this country is! We were only in Germany
for 5 hours, it was a quick day trip, but I can now say that I have been to
Germany.
We then
headed back to Prague for the night. In the morning we toured the Jewish Head
Quarters. There was a memorial set up there with Jewish children’s drawings, one topic
asked was, “what do you miss from home?” It was sad to see that little kids
drew their own bed, or drew their mom. It brought tears to my eyes. We also
went into an old Jewish Ghetto, and painted on every wall was a name of a Jew that
had died from the camps. All together there was 85,000 names! It was a shocking experience. We then headed back home for Olomouc. I feel weird calling
that my home, but it is for the next two months! Next stop is London :)
64 more days until I come home!
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