Prague, Czech Republic

Anytime I sign on facebook to keep tabs on my friend Evan who is studying abroad in Europe, I always go straight to his itinerary that he has posted blatantly on the front of his page; that is if he isn’t showing off already via his status.  For example, this week reads “Nov. 6-8: Budapest, Nov. 13-16: Brussels & Amsterdam and Nov. 20-22: Munich.”  I guess being in Europe presents the opportunity to see a lot of great places in a short period of time.  When I asked Evan about some favorite places he’s been too he didn’t have enough to say about Prague and all that it has to offer.  I think when a guy like Evan has an itinerary including Budapest, Brussels, Amsterdam and Munich all in the span of two weeks and he won’t stop talking about Prague, it must be a special place.  One plus about Prague is the cost of living.  For a really cheap price you can pick up a schnitzel, Czech goulash and a large stein of beer.  If you really want to, you could fill that stein up with Budweiser, seeing that it’s originally from there and not in the U.S contrary to popular belief.  Evan said this can cost up to $14 in the nicest of restaurants which is a cheap price for most of Europe.  Prague is said to be a clean city containing helpful people who put up with the tourist attraction that the city is experiencing of late.  Prague has a rich history in architecture and contains buildings that have been there for more than 1,000 years without a pinch of decay. The Prague Castle, which was visited and occupied by Hitler during WWII, is a spectacle in photographs and is apparently even more breath-taking in person judging by the way Evan described it to me.  If words were worth schnitzels Evan would be a schnitzel-naire’ after all the wonderful things he had to say about Prague.  Excuse me, I need to go work on my itinerary.

*I did not receive any funding to travel to or write about these places.