Hello everyone! Welcome to our blog. Here we will write many interesting things that will be sure to make you all jealous. We started our journey 6 days ago when we boarded a flight to London. The flight was only 5 hours but it seemed like much longer. It was an overnight flight but we did not get much sleep. The London airport for me was a blur. I could barely keep my eyes open and our plane to Munich was delayed. The rest of the people boarding the plane however was ready to go. Oktoberfest had started and people were in full force. Our flight to Munich was pretty short, about two hour. When we got off the plane we were pretty awake and had no idea what to do. We took a very terrifying and expensive cab ride to our hotel and crashed for several hours. Our night was pretty relaxed, we ate at a German resturant and understood nothing on the menu. It didn't seem to matter however, as all German food seems to be meat and potatoes.
The next day we got up early and started to head into the city. The train station was nuts. Everyone was drinking beer and I actually saw a guy polish off a bottle of Jack Daniels on the train. All before noon. the festival itself was far larger than either of us had expected. Each brewery had its own giant building that was packed with people and beer. There must have been close to 20 in all. Another thing I did not expect were all the carnival rides. There was everything I could think of including at least 3 roller coasters. Most of the rides looked like ones that would just make you dizzy (which seems like the wost idea at Oktoberfest) so Dave and I opted for the tower of terror. Once 4:00 rolled around the place was out of control. There were lineups everywhere and it looked like finding a place to sit was impossible. We booted it home and drank our own beer in the hotel.
The next day we had our first Eurorail experience and it went pretty well. We arrived at the train station just early enough to get our pass validated and to grab a bite to eat in the CocaCola lounge. Our sandwiches had lettuce and tomato on it - the first sign of vegtables we saw in the country. Our train was nice and our ride was actually enjoyable. We arrrived in Prague as sunlight was diminishing. We had no place to stay and almost everywhere was full for the night, as it was a Saturday. We finally scored the last two beds in a 6 bed dorm. We shared this dorm with 4 other boys who came from England to drink and party in Prague. Dave and I were out pretty early, but awoken in the middle of the night (or very early in the morning) but the boys who had just come back and weren't done partying. The turned on the music and opened the beer and wine. Dave and I saw nothing else we could do at this point but join them. One by one they all passed out and we thought we could finally get some sleep, but the snoring was louder than I've ever heard. Finally around 7am we booted it downstairs to join the other early risers for breakfast. We were scrambling to find a place to stay for the following night so we could get some sleep but no one would take us in until noon. Finally we found a great spot who would at least take our bags so we could manage touring around the city without aching backs.
We are spending our third night and final night in this place tonight. They upgraded us to a huge 4 person, private room so we could be close to the other Canadians. So far we have fallen in love with Prague. Never have I seen a city so beautiful. We have spent so much time wondering around getting lost just to explore. Also since the average income here is pretty low, things are affordable. The Czech food is still a lot of meat and potatoes but there are so many other options. We will be sad to leave this place but tomorrow we board the train to Berlin! More stories about that to come.
Much love,
Sarah
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