So, the city itself was the most beautiful city ever! It is big but it has been largely unscathed by the centuries of war that have decimate so many other European cities!
Prague Castle is a MUST SEE and you can spend days on end exploring it. It traces its routes back to the 1100s and has medieval torture chambers, gothic cathedrals, and cobblestone streets (my foot felt the brunt of one of the streets when I twisted it running one morning!) The city is literally a scene out of a fairy tale though.
Here's a factoid about Prague too... One of the reasons it was left unscathed by the Nazis was because Hitler wanted to keep the city as a museum for Jewish life after the Jews had become "extinct"! Just something else to remind people how messed up the Holocaust was!
Of all the places I could have spent my 32nd birthday though, Prague was definitely my top choice! My CouchSurfing host took me out, we drank a bunch of beers, and I saw the city lit up, which was amazing!
In Prague, beer is literally cheaper than bottled water; unfortunately, Pilsner Urquell is LIKE drinking water. That's what happens when Miller now owns them!
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