Up bright and early this morning and headed towards the funicular to take us up to the Northern hills of Prague. On the way we stopped at a cafe our tour guide recommended called Cafe Savoy. All the waiting staff were dressed in black vests and bow ties and the ambience of the place was amazing. After a great breakfast, we started towards the funicular. On the way we came across a memorial to the victims of communism, which was quite stirring. The funicular too...

We rose bright and early this morning to take a 6 hour walking tour of Prague. The tour was great. There were only 10 of us and Misha our guide was very knowledgable about the history of Prague. The city centre is composed of three main sections, the old town and the lesser town are about 700 years old and the new town is about 300 years old. The old town is very busy and touristy, with the main town square, including the astronomical clock, which is a fascina...

Yesterday was a sad day. We said goodbye to Alex, and dropped her off at Tegel airport Berlin for her flight home. We have had such a ball together over the past 3 weeks. Lid and I couldn't sleep and were awake at 3:00am. Had to be up at 5:00 to take Alex to her flight. We continued on to Dresden, Lidia shedding a tear the entire way. What a softy! I soon had her laughing with my insanely funny jokes though (or was she trying her best to ignore me, I forget). A...