It's the first day in Prague, we are all excited even if we didn't sleep so much ! We arrive at the hotel at 6:00 am, we are starving but we can't eat yet because it's closed until 7:00 am... We are really disappointed and the worth is we need to go to the toilet but we can't neither !
Finally it's 6:00 am ! We get off the bus for breakfast. Usually, I eat sugared breakfast but in Czechoslovakia I have to eat salted breakfast... I'm really sad and in addition I don't have a mug of hot chocolate... It sounds bad for the rest of the trip ! After a short breakfast, I go and get dressed so I'm going to the toilet but there is not lock to close it and it doesn't smell so good. The trip's beginning looks like a bad joke...
After these misadventures, our guide, Liba, arrives and introduces herself. We have to take the bus in order to go in Prague's center. Today it's really windy but there is a little bit of sun playing hide and seek with the clouds. So, we begin to visit the town and making our first steps. I discover a lovely town with a beautiful heart and beautiful buildings, but as soon as we leave the center it's really different. Indeed, the center is rich and well maintained whereas the surroundings are poorer and the buildings are dilapidated... This contrast is shocking but it's a good representation of the countries of Eastern Europe, it reminds me of Croatia or Greece. We visit many districts such as Malá Strana, Čertovce, the Old Town Square. In the town, we can only see colored houses and the guide explains us that the Prague people didn't have many sunny days so they have colored houses in order to bring themselves joy in their daily life. It's a cute explanation. In Malá Strana district, we visit the Saint-Nicolas church which is a huge baroque style church. The inside is really impressive and beautiful. In Čertovce district, there are grills with a lot of padlocks as in Paris with the "Lovers Bridge". The Old Town Square is a big square where we can find the astronomical clock : it's an amazing clock which gives the time, the Zodiac sign and several other things but I don't know what...
It's almost 1:00 pm so we are going to the restaurant, a typical one. I'm very complicated about food, so I don't eat so much but I see that I'm not the only one who doesn't appreciate the taste. Indeed, there is too much garlic in their dishes !
After the meal, we keep on visiting the town walking to Nové Město district. There are plenty original monuments such as the upsidedown horse, a big head which turns and so many other works of art.
When the visit is over, we go to the bus to go back to the hotel. After such a walking day (20 km !) all of us are exhausted. At the hotel, the rooms are allocated so we can have a rest and take a shower. Then it's the dinner and I swear that since the morning I want to eat pasta. Lucky me, we are going to eat pasta ! After the dinner, we decide to gather into a room in order to play the game Werewolf. We enjoy our first evening together, it's really cool !
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