The Atomium in Brussels! Made in the 58th World Expo in the 50s, back when they thought atomic power was the future. Pretty nice view t the top!
The East Side Gallery, what the Berliners did with the remains of the Berlin wall. Pretty cool, if you ask me!
One night, one day and a half in Berlin. We went on an alternative walking tour and saw a whole bunch of cool street art, and this old bombed out train station that was converted into an alternative enclave with vegetarian cafes, taekwondo, rock climbing, a video game cafe, and plenty of art/live music space!
MOOOAR PRAGUE. Me at the Lennon wall, the creepy ghost from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, friends!, a mini Eiffel Tower, dancing!
More sights from the walking tour of Prague: the ghost from Mozart’s Son Giovanni, brother on St. Charles bridge, statues from the bridge, AND NEW FRIENDS!! Brian from SF Californiaaaa and Melina from Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!
This is a fancy clock in Prague that ha a little puppet show where all the apostles stick their faces out a little window and the golden rooster makes a sad little noise. There’s also a statue of a Jewish man hoarding a bag of Jew gold so symbolize greed. Way to go Prague, racism yeah! This clock apparently used to be THE place to go back before technology made things mire interesting.
This is a Protestant church. The Catholic church nearby didn’t like that it was so big and fancy, so they bought the property in front of the Protestant cathedral here an built a building right there to block the entrance. The Protestants later went on to throw some Catholics out of some windows, known as the First ad Second Defenestrations. Prague is a colorful city.
First real day in Prague: it’s coooold and rainy!!! What the nuggets! Alejandro and I go walking and see some interesting statues, buy some groceries, and now WE’RE LIVING IN 3D WOOOOAH
Alejandro and I arrived in Prague around 11pm. As we were walking from the train station to our hostel we saw: three brothels, two fancy art galleries, a burlesque/cabaret strip show, a fancy hotel, a Mexican restaurant, and a police station all on the same block. NO JOKE. I also keep seeing these bank adverts with two stereotypical old Chinese men with the long white beard and mustache getting into a fancy red car and laughing abut something that is clearly hilarious. Prague has a sense of humor.
Holy nuggets, it has been a schlep to get to Prague! More than a schlep, it’s been a pain in the keester! Our story begins the night of May 24th.
It was 11pm, Alejandro and I were waiting for our 11:30pm overnight train to Vienna. The train station was pretty empty except for sleepy travelers. The timetable said our train was 15 minutes delayed so we played cards on the platform.
A train came in. The screen said this train was headed for Munich, so we waited. The timetables now said our train was 20 minutes delayed. We played more card games and watched as they futzed around with the train doing repairs or something. And then the train split in half.
We were very confused as half the train crept off into the night. The signs still said the train was for Munich and that our train was now delayed 30 minutes. We played more card games, assuming our train hadn’t arrived yet.
But then a man began blowing on a whistle and workers were preparing to see the train off. I was worried this might be our train so I got up to ask, but Alejandro said, “No, this can’t be our train, it’s still delayed another 15 minutes!”
I really should not have listened to him.
The train left, all information on or train disappeared from the screens, no one was working because it was 12:30 at night so we frantically wandered until we found the security office who told us that yes, the train that we were supposed to sleep on had left without us.
Blergh!!! I was so frustrated because it was all so stupid! I should have ignored my silly brother and just asked the man with the whistle, but alack alack, the cookie has crumbled and we would now need a spoon to fish it out of the milk.
Luckily I think soggy cookies are delicious! We went back to Maria’s house and had one last night of kebabs and Italian pizza. We left early the next morning to take a train to Verona, then Munich (how ironic), and at last to Prague.
I’m so tired.
A few more photos from Bologna. There’s Maria being pretty in Via Zamboni, the towers by her house, and the weird trippy photos are from the history museum where thy had an AWESOME display on the canals that used to be all over Bologna. We had a lot of fun down there :D
The next day we all went up the big tower by Maria’s house. Got some silly pictures there. Great view! Nice and sunny!!
