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Prague with my family
From 2 to 4 May my aunt and my cousin
came to Prague to visit me.
I was really excited cause it was the first time
that some family memebers travelled to
Czech Republic just for me. Actually they
wanted to go to Prostjov to see my new
hometown, but I chose Prague as the
meeting point because it's nearest to
Germany, so my family didn't have to pay for
the train tickets and, of course, it is the capital
of Czech Republic and I wanted to show it to my Cousin who was
in the country for the first
time.
Unfortunately it rained on friday, so we just went to our
pension what was almost opposite the
embassy of the USA and North Ireland. Also it was close to the
Karl's bridge, so instead of the
bad weather we went out to see the bridge and the Church of the
Crusaders ( Kostel svatho
Frantika z Assisi) as well as the Church of St. Salvator (Kostel
Nejsvtjho Salvtora).
On saturday it stopped to rain, so we walked trough the narrow
streets and alleys discovering
the Old Town Square, the Rudolfinum, the National Theatre, the
Wanceslas Place and many
more.
Instead of the short time we visited a lot of places and,
of course, we also enjoyed the time together speaking,
telling stories and laughing. Furthermore I could speak
in German as normally and didn't have to think if
everyone understand me. So in my mind my family will
go to Czech Republic again and visit another Czech city.
By the way they were really impressed by the fact that a
lot of people in Prague could speak German very well.
But I tached them some words, so if you meet some
German people who just say Ahoj and Dekuji it can
be members of my family! :)
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Budapest here we come!
The 8 May is a bank holiday because of the
capitulation and the resulting end of the Second
World War, so Lucie, some other friends and
I decided to take a free day on friday and go to
Budapest. It's the capital of Hungary and one of the
most beautiful cities I've ever seen.
After arriving in our hostel what is close to the White
Bridge, we went out to a Bar just to drink something
and talk. It consist from different old apartments that are
rebuilded into little rooms where there
are bars, tables and chairs. In every room you could listen to
different music, e.g. Jazz or soul.
Unfortunately we were too tired to stay there for a longtime, so
we went to sleep.
Next day we wanted to join a walking tour through
Budapest for free, but unfortunately we missed it (in
the whole weekend we missed it three times, so we
decided to go to Budapest again just to make this
tour). That's why we made our own tour and started
to walk along the Andrassy Avenue what is part of
the World Heritage List. There, you find a lot of old
villas, museums, embassies and boutiques.
Then we visited the Heroes' Square, the Hungarian
Parlament Building, the Dohny Street Synagoge
(the largest synagoge in Europe!) and oher places.
Of course awe also discovered the nightlife in
Budapest and met interesting people.
On last day when we wanted to travel back to
Czech Republic, we met a french boy called Cdric.
He said that on this day it was his birthday. So we
invited spontanously him for cake and beer. He was
really happy about it and we talked about our EVS experiences
and his Europe trip. He told that
he was in Prague and planned to Republic of Croatia and Belarus.
But it is just a preparation for
his Asia tour. We were quiet impressed by it! Before going to
the train station we took a picture
and pomise to see us as soon as possible.
So it was an intensive trip and we saw a lot of stuff during the
weekend. But we were also happy
when we arrived in Prostjov!
