aaand on to Prague, part 1

There is a lot to do in Prague. We're going to be here a few days so today we decided to kind of take it easy and wander around but we ended up doing lots and lots of things.

We bought some train tickets to go to Krakow, we went to a Medieval Torture Museum, we went to a Belgium Chocolate Museum, we went to Salvador Dali exhibition, we found both an Adria Hotel AND a Palace Adria (I am everywhere in this city. A regular celeb.), we went to the Old Town we saw the Astronomical Clock, we went to a Jewish Synagogue, we bought tickets to go see the ballet Swan Lake tomorrow night, we ate, we wandered, we were exhausted. There is a lot more to do too but we've got a while still. We also never knew exaaactly how much we were spending. Just as we were getting used to Euros, we go to a country where they aren't used. Now we've got the Czech Crowns. About 25 Crowns to a Euro and 1 Euro = 1.30 Dollars. Lots of conversions. We'll think, "oh that was cheap! I.... I think. I don't know though, I just payed with a 100 bill."

And we're getting used to our hostel situation. We're staying in actually a really really nice hostel. When you come in, you walk into the bar area which has live music every night and kind of looks like a night club. The building is really new and nice. We're staying in a 6 bed room which is fine. Each night so far we've been with only guys however. We met the first one when we got in late last night, a little lost and a little exhausted. His name was Jim, from San Francisco, 21, studying landscape design, traveling alone. A very pleasant guy. The other 3 guys were rowdy, possibly Czech guys who partied late and snored loudly. This morning I sat up quietly trying to see if the other guys were still here and just saw a sea of hairy legs. They were all sleeping in their underwear with just their legs exposed. Yup. Still here. Those 3 left today but this very instant, in walked in our other 3. All again look rough and tumble. One from possibly Australia and the other two from Mexico? So far I've only said "Hi" to everyone. --- Never mind, they all just introduced themselves literally just now. And yes. Sydney and Mexico. I was correct. Booya. And also the guys from Mexico seem very nice actually. Sydney still seems rough and tumble. He introduced him self, threw his stuff in the corner and said, "I need a beer" and left. And now we're resting because day after day of walking walking walking and being lost gets tiring. And seeing as how beer is cheaper than water here (about 45 crowns- 1.80 euros-ish) we'll probably partake in that pretty soon as well.