So our first Euro Train experience was better than we could have ever conceived it to be. We were in first class, had amazing seats that pulled down into beds, and felt extra special and grateful for our wonderful travel agent. Krystal was very excited because it was her very first train ride. The language barrier became a slight issue once again as we heard Praha and decided that this was the stop we needed to get off on. Not too long into the train station, and speaking with many people who had no idea what we were asking them, we encountered a man who helped explain where we were and had one of the men who worked for him give us a taxi ride to our hostel. By this time we gave in to the realization that we should have went to the second Praha stop which was much further into the city.
Despite our crazy trek we did make it to our hostel in a fairly decent amount of time, where it quickly became obvious that we had been more than spoiled by our first hostel encounter. Needless to say, this hostel was much older and consisted of larger rooms with very unfriendly French natives. The individuals in our room and the hostel itself were so unimpressive that Krystal went to a hotel to check on prices, but we chose to stick it out in the Chili Hostel and hope for the best. To our advantage we made friends with some younger European ‘babies’ and made an executive decision that it would be a grand idea to switch rooms and hangout with them for the duration of our stay…good choice on our part!
Our first adventure into the city of Prague sent us in search of Kron (the currency they use in Czech). How entertaining it was if you all could have been watching the three of us try to mentally convert the currency. ‘Do we really need a 2000.00 note?’ Apparently we did, and oh boy did we feel rich because it is not very often you get to hold a single bill that large in your very own hands, but the money did not last long. Tip for the European newbie’s, do NOT open the peanuts, do NOT eat the bread brought to your table if you did not order it, and watch out for the extra plates..those will cost you! However, dinner was excellent, but after a long day of travel we decided the best option for the evening was to get a bottle of vino and head back to the hostel where we could take the opportunity to play games and get to know our new friends/roommates; the night was a grand success!
Despite our crazy trek we did make it to our hostel in a fairly decent amount of time, where it quickly became obvious that we had been more than spoiled by our first hostel encounter. Needless to say, this hostel was much older and consisted of larger rooms with very unfriendly French natives. The individuals in our room and the hostel itself were so unimpressive that Krystal went to a hotel to check on prices, but we chose to stick it out in the Chili Hostel and hope for the best. To our advantage we made friends with some younger European ‘babies’ and made an executive decision that it would be a grand idea to switch rooms and hangout with them for the duration of our stay…good choice on our part!
Our first adventure into the city of Prague sent us in search of Kron (the currency they use in Czech). How entertaining it was if you all could have been watching the three of us try to mentally convert the currency. ‘Do we really need a 2000.00 note?’ Apparently we did, and oh boy did we feel rich because it is not very often you get to hold a single bill that large in your very own hands, but the money did not last long. Tip for the European newbie’s, do NOT open the peanuts, do NOT eat the bread brought to your table if you did not order it, and watch out for the extra plates..those will cost you! However, dinner was excellent, but after a long day of travel we decided the best option for the evening was to get a bottle of vino and head back to the hostel where we could take the opportunity to play games and get to know our new friends/roommates; the night was a grand success!
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