Hey! So last weekend was a German holiday, so we had a four day break. While some people went to Barcelona, I visited Prague in the Czech Republic with seven or eight of the guys. It was about a seven hour train and bus trip, and we got there at night. When we arrived, I was surprised to discover that the Czech Republic doesn’t use the euro. They have their own currency, the crown (17 crowns to 1 dollar). You can imagine how excited we all were to withdraw 1,000 or 2,000 crowns from the ATM in the train station.
Anyway, we were staying the the Mosaic House, a really nice hostel right in the middle of the city. When we got there, we were greeted by one of the boy’s older sister who came to visit him for the weekend (so cute!). Anyway, we spent two days in the city. Each morning I got up early to wander the streets and find food and shopping. The city was so amazing! The architecture was similar but the buildings were so much more colorful! There were also fewer tourists than in places like Paris. There were people from all over too! I met people from Macedonia, Russia, and Germany. In my hostel room alone, there was a girl from Belarus, a girl from Nevada, two girls from Australia, and three guys from Austria. The whole city was so fantastic, from the landscape to the history of WWII and Soviet occupation. If I ever get the chance to return to one place that I’ve visited in Europe, it’s going to be here!
Location: the Czech Republic
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I didn’t know that Czech Republic had there own currency, that’s really interesting. It sounds like you had a great time, I hope one day I can visit there.