First Taste of Eastern Europe - Prague

Our easyjet flight was delayed (naturally) for about four hours due to technical difficulties so we didn't arrive into Prague until midnight. Waiting in London we met another Aussie guy, Tim, who was travelling to meet his parents so we had a beer at Wetherspoons at the airport then all sat together on the plane. His parents were waiting for him when we got to the airport and we told them where we were going so they said to come with them. They paid for our bus much to our dismay but refused to let us pay them back...what lovely people! Lucky we found them though but it would have been a bit of a challenge trying to find our way there ourselves as it was very confusing. We agreed to meet up with Tim the next night and finally got to bed around 2am.

We were staying at the Prague Belushi's which is the same chain for which Emma works for. It was like a hotel, it would even have been impressive if it WAS a hotel. Breakfast was amazing, hot food like eggs and hash browns and then there was breads, cheeses, ham, cereals, yoghurt and the list goes on. We were stoked! After breakfast we got a map off reception and set off to explore Prague. The city was everything I hoped it would be, it was so beautiful. We wandered across Charles Bridge and up to the Castle then just around the town. We went to part of the National Museum which was a bit disappointing but still enjoyed all the amazing architecture. We had lunch at a secret beer garden the staff at Belushi's told us about then sat in the sun looking over the city. After passing the Prague theatre during the day we saw that Swan Lake was on that night so we decided to buy tickets. We had a quick dinner back at the hostel, got ready and headed for the ballet at around seven. We both really enjoyed it, although were a bit disappointed with the quality. I think we were expected the standards of the American Ballet or something. But we still had fun and were glad that we went.

Around ten we met up with Tim back at our hostel. We had a few drinks and then decided to check out some of the local bars and clubs. The first one we went to reminded me of one of those secret underground nightclubs that you see in movies like XXX, however instead of Vin Diesel it was an array of older nightclubbers...which made sense after we realised it was 'oldies night.' Nevertheless, there were some classic tunes being played from artists such as Vanilla Ice, Queen and La Bouche, and then also some tunes from our generation...are we really getting that old? Some highlights were Men In Black, and the Bloodhound Gang with 'Discovery Channel', what a tune. After this we tried a few more clubs before heading down the river to the infamous five story nightclub 'Karlovy Lazne'. This place was epic! Each level had a different type of music, everything was dark but lit up with glow in the dark paint. We made friends with some French people and danced the night away, trying out all the different levels. Was a fantastic night, unfortunately it got ruined when I was robbed whilst standing talking to someone. A man yanked my bag off me and I chased after the guy but whilst I managed to grab my bag back, my iphone was G-O-N-E. Damn. Was pretty upset about it but what can you do...these things happen, all part of travelling aye?

The next day was pretty average, we waited for three hours at the police station to file a report, it was raining, and we were very tired from the night before. After we'd finished there we went back and just hung out at the hostel before it was time to catch our night train to Krakow in Poland. I really liked Prague and always wanted to go, its a shame my experience was tainted by the stolen phone situation. Ah well. Off to country number two!