Thursday, October 29, 2009
Czech
So the Czech was pretty cool. We rented a car and I finally got to drive on the autobahn which is great. Got the car pretty much up to max speed around 185 kph/115 mph which was great and legal. However, there are many a cars out there that are much faster so can't wait to test one of those suckers out. While in Prague we saw the typical touristy type things and mainly just hung out and enjoyed the life there. Met a whole bunch of random people, tried to stay away from too many places surrounded by tourists and experience what it was really like there. Prague is Prague and it was a great time all around. After Prague we went to Kutna Hora to see the bone church there which was really cool. They dug up this old cemetery a century or two ago and made a memorial with all of the bones. Reason is the cemetery is/was sacred and they ran out of space so they dug up the bodies and made all of these really neat designs and sculptures out of bones. Now there is space there for more bodies to be buried and is a really high class place for the wealthy to be buried. Since my camera is broken I'll have to wait and get some pics from friends to post on here but it was awesome nonetheless. Kutna Hora was just a slight hour or so bypass from our way from Prague to Cesky Krumlov where we spent another night. CK is kind of like a mini version on Prague and pretty low key. It's a pretty big city and all but nothing like Prague regarding the size; I had no idea how big Prague was until I got there. In Cesky we just roamed around the town and eventually ran into this place with live music which seemed like a cool place to hang for the night. However, once we walk in we notice everyone around us is dressed absolutely insane, wearing these crazy costumes similar to Halloween but even crazier. We also noticed how young everyone looked and later learned that it was an initiation party for people getting into an art school there. And they were all around the ages of 15-17 just having the time of their lives at this bar. I'd like to see that fly back in the states. Everyone there was extremely friendly and we all had a great time. Tonight some friends and myself went out to Munich for a semi going away party for a friend and made it out to the infamous Hofbrahaus. All was great until the train stopped on the way home and a friend and myself missed the bus from going to the bathroom. Next thing we know we are walking down railroad tracks for a few hours and get tired of that and finally get on the road and continue our journey back to Garmisch. For the record it's about an hour and a half train ride from Garmisch to Munich and we got off about half way so do the math and we had a lot of walking ahead of us. Anywho, we finally flagged a random Deutcher down and hitchhiked about 30 minutes all the way back to Garmisch. I don't know if I have ever been happier in my life to not be walking on railroad ties or the road having no idea where I was going or when I would make it home. Somehow, someway I made it back and here I am typing this now. Until next time....
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Brady, thanks for keeping us posted on your journeys! Oh my....115mph!!! I continue to be on my knees praying for your protection!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are having this experience of a lifetime.
Love and miss you.
mom