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7/29/09
We are on the train from Prague to Innsbruck, stopping in Munich. Prague was a beautiful, historic city, and it was very intriguing to get a glimpse at Eastern Europe. Since it was high tourist season, there were many shops set up around the main streets. The key merchandise that we encountered included an assortment of marionettes, fancily dressed cat and dog embroidered pillows, and absinthe ice cream cones…strange place. Huge churches, old buildings and decorated bridges (including the Charles Bridge) are apparent on seemingly every corner. The streets are mostly very narrow and lain with cobblestones. There were many small shops (selling the above mentioned items as well as a plethora of pashminas) and bars/restaurants everywhere. Buildings were covered with statues (some figures looked like they were disco dancing) and carvings.
They love beer, these Czech people. The people on the train across from me are drinking beer now. Oddly, each bar only has one or two kinds of beer (mostly Pilsner which is fairly tragic). I tried a Kozel, which was nice and dark but not quite up to my hoppy standards.
The hostel was, by best description, an uncertain kind of experience. It seemed nice enough; it offered large wooden doors, personal showers, and free internet. However, a group of rambunctious Danish people made the experience a bit more interesting. They charged drunkenly into the room, at about 1 or 2 in the morning, yelling dramatically, expressing theatrical sighs and cries, and pounding on things (all in English which I found very odd). They eventually went to bed, or maybe it was I who fell asleep first having popped some Tylenol PM. When I caught a glimpse of the one who was sleeping below my bunk, a young Danish man, I decided that it could be advisable to use my sleeping bag in all remaining hostels/hotels for the rest of eternity (which I didn't).
He was sleeping in his tiny underwear and had a body covered in bright red dots, seemingly everywhere. These may have been bug bites, but I don't think that was the case. It looked more like some advanced chemical warfare form of the Chicken Pox. It was a tad frightening to say the least, and just writing about it makes me itch.
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