For my spring break Prague or Praha was my first destination. To get there I took a bus for 17 hours.....one of the most miserable experiences of my life. After arriving in Prague around nine in the morning we checked into our hostel and immediately went on the New Europe walking touring of Prague and I can honestly say I learned more about this history of Prague than I know about the States. After a full day of exploring the city we decided to find some real czech food and ended up getting completely ripped off spending over 20 dollars on a meal that was worth five. To explain Czech is the only country in the EU that doesn't use the euro, they use the Crown. One euro is equal to 26 crown, so it is extremely difficult at first when you are use to using euro and then you have to use Crown. Imagine taking out 2000 crown for the weekend and spending 500 crown for a dinner, it gets pretty confusing at times and thats how we got so ripped off on our lunch because we honestly had no idea how much we were spending.
After touring the city and getting ripped off on a midocre lunch me and a few friends did a beer challenge. And let me tell you Praha beer is pretty awesome, no preservatives, no added chemicals= No hangover. After that we experienced the crazy night life in prague, they have a club that is five stories and on each floor its a different genre of music and it gets absolutely crazy. They also have a 80 clubs that strictly plays American 80's music, which was extremely wild.
After spending two wonderful days in Prague which is extremly modern compared to Roma we headed off on a seven hour bus ride to the amazing city of Berlin. We arrived in Berlin in the afternoon and we had a walking tour the next day so we decided to walk around the city and see what was up. And I soon discovered Berlin is nothing what I expected, I expected beer halls and a semi modern city not near as old as Roma but not as modern as the states. I was completely wrong, walking the streets of Berlin reminded me of being back at home except everyone speaks German. After walking around for awhile we decided to go up on the TV tower which is the highest point in Berlin and I think germany, its around 200 meters tall. From there we could see the entire city which is enourmous and breathtaking.
After experiencing Berlins crazy night life we woke up and did another New Europe walking tour around Berlin. By the way these tours are great the people that do them are all pretty young and they absolutely love there job, plus is free and they only take tips. My tour guide in Berlin was amazing and makes you want to learn about the city. After learning about all of the history of germany and berlin it really made me want to see old berlin instead of the super modern city that it is. We went and saw all of the main attractions like checkpoint charlie, hitlers bombshelter, and the berlin wall which has an amazing history to it and I'd advise anybody reading my blog to do some more research becasue its pretty remarkable I mean you build a wall to keep people out not to keep people in. After that I went with my bus2alps group and we experienced a traditional germany dinner with brats and a porkroast which was amazing. Plus the beer is amazing over there but I really want to go experience Munich and go to all the beer halls there isn't alot of that in Berlin.
After spending 2 days and 1 night in Berlin our crew left for Amsterdam. I honestly didnt know what to expect when going to Amsterdam except for what I had heard about the red light district. But Amsterdam blew my mind, the city is so beatuiful and reminds me a lot of Venice but Amsterdam is much prettier and a lot less water. The most amazing thing about Amsterdam is the amount of bikes that are there, you really have to see it there are more bikes than people. And the people are freaking fraking insane they are so freaking dangerous and I know from experience because we rented bikes for the day and I'm surprised im still alive.
After riding bikes all day and doing another free walking to we stopped by the Anne Frank house, which is a lot bigger than I expected. Its also really emotional when you go in the house and is really really heavy. While we were the the weather was extremely beautiful so we just hung out in the park all day and chill and it was an amazing and beautiful city to just relax in. One fun fact to know about Amsterdam is how they inforce laws.....So for example the red light district- if what you are doing brings in business, is descrete, and doesn't harm anybody than the police turn the other way and let things happen and that pretty much sums up the city.
Then I made my way to Paris for my last 3 days of spring break and your gonna have to wait for that because I'm done typing
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