Thursday, August 5

Prague

Because we booked our hostel so late we were only able to get 2 nights at one hostel and needed to stay our third night at a different hostel. So, this morning we had to get up by 10:00 and check in a few minutes down the road at the Pension Tara. The whole thing was slightly annoying, but we put up with it (see: being friends with Grodman). We dropped off our luggage and headed for the Lennon Wall, armed only with two cans (BM, G, Bedford) of spray paint.
After a few minutes of planning, we went to work. In front of a small crowd (see: TB Devil Rays games) Shelman and I tagged the Lennon wall, forever leaving our orange and yellow marks in Prague. Three quarters of the way through, however, we ran out of paint and not wanting to buy another can, were forced to leave our artwork unfinished.
Later, we made our way up towards the Prague Castle, stopping for a hot-dog (see: Smith, of course) lunch along the way. We walked around the castle, through its many courtyards, and even into a mini vineyard on the Castle grounds. The small grapes in the vineyard were extremely sour to eat and left much to be desired. [Fun Fact: the Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.]
After hiking back to our hostel, Shelman and I passed out hard (see: Akshay Buddiga, Spelling Bee, 2004). When naptime was over, we went downstairs for dinner and then to Starbucks to connect to the Interweb and update you, dear readers. Tomorrow at 7:00 am it’s off to Vienna for the day, then we’ll take an overnight train to Venice and see Italy for the first time. Suggestions? Questions? Ideas? Leave ‘em in the comments section, folks!

Pictures: Us telling the Castle guard to RELAX; A view of the city from the castle (vineyard in the background); St. Vitus Cathedral at the Prague Castle (Variety is the spice of life, KWIS?); Me tagging Lennon Wall; Max and I with our (semi) finished products