day 4 - prague (4/11)

so we reached prague at an ungodly hour... and spent a fair bit of time trying to get to the hostel. managed to get on the metro to the right station... whereupon we took 6 escalators (or more) up and down cos there weren't overground crossings and we were simply confused. still we found the place... and the room we were given was huge! (awesome start to the day!)

one of the many escalators we went up (and down) on

boys hard at work: navigation
girls hard at play: slackers
the first half of our room (with 2 beds, toilet and a kitchenette)
2nd half of the room (5 beds... and a dining table)

we dumped our stuff... and took a well-deserved shower. woohoo! (the train cabin was sooo hot! we were sweating and mark was smelling like mark... ya... well. i actually opened the train window outside the cabin and left the door open for 30 min waiting for the room to cool down =S) then headed out again for the walking tour mark booked.

vintage car!!!! *drool*the town square
the famous astronomical clock (which i couldn't figure out how to read)
'x' marks the spot where someone died... and they all died at the same time 0_o
gunpowder tower... deserves some army pose.
london?
cubism architecture!... rox lah.

oho. i was kuku here (at the river). i tripped over this bit of pipe sticking out of the ground... and then while stumbling out of balance, slipped on a bit of rock, protected my camera (by twisting sideways), stuck a hand out (which slipped too) and landed splat on my side... in the order of - hand, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee... basically sprawled out. ugh. unglam. at least lunch was almost right after and i got to wash up... tsk. ohoh. ya we ate chinese food! and it's better than london's food by far!

ghost of christmas past? (don quixote)
patronised this shop... it was kind of like a cinnamon sugar roll thing... yummy =)we got bored waiting for the guide... and compared legs... guess who's jilyn and who's huixuan!
enormous birdcage + bird?

when the tour ended we just stayed in the area taking a multitude of photos... goodness... i think we spent 1 hr doing nothing but take photos... i must say prague is one of the prettiest places i've seen... some amazing architecture! it's kinda like italy with a different style... and a very laid-back feel. awesome.

gordon attempting the 3rd arabesque attitude... and looking like... i dunno.
emoness... i love the way the benches and the windows go together
more giordano shots!
gordon requested an emo shot... amazing
don't do it mark! life still has meaning!
heh... red stripey guy with red camera...

we tried to look for a museum of miniatures to no avail... we only found the toy museum... so... well. another wrong guide book thingy of the trip. so we took more photos! haha. and decided to go shopping before dinner as we walked past a lot of souveniour shops during the walking tour.
dinner was pretty amazing... goulash and bread pudding... among other things *drool* - from this cafe/pub place recommended by one of the shop keepers. awesome... (awesome enough that we didn't take any photos! too hungry and too yummy lol.) though the waiter was kinda rude (maybe he didn't know the nuances of english...)... but that was something we got throughout the trip... either treated very well... by some really kind people... or just ignored half the time and made to wait for everything and not served very well. ohwell.

then it was back to the main square for the free ghost tour - where our guide wasn't very scary, was applying to go to ucl the next year, and had a really good accent compared to our guide in the afternoon who pronounced charles as 'chalice'

the square at night...charles' bridge... which we all thought was chalice bridge until we saw a sign -.-"

and here we met some interesting souveniour shopkeeps... who wanted to learn chinese from us and who were trying to teach us a bit of spanish and czech! and then it was back to the huge-ass room to wash up and sleep (i think we all slept really really well...)

first impression of prague: awesome!