So first up: Poland.
I was only really there for a day, maybe a day and a half. We stayed in the little town of Oswiecim, which is the town that the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum was located in. Actually, from our hotel, you could see the camp.
But it was definitely a nice area. I absolutely loved the Polish food, so why not brag about what I ate?
I mean, I've heard people rave about pierogi before but I was just like "eh. it's another kind of dumpling, what could be different?" Turns out that I should have investigated further because dumplings happen to be my favorite food and pierogis are no exception. I absolutely loved them!! While we were in Poland, I ate them at any chance I got.
The next day we had to leave for Prague. The train and then bus to Prague was around 7 hours so we decided to leave early so that we could have more time in Prague. By early, I mean 5 am. Which for a college student feels illegal. My theory has always been that if the sun isn't up, I should not be up. I love my sleep.
But sure, I'll admit, it was a good idea, because we got to Prague around 2. The getting there part was not easy at all. We left on time, got on the right train and did everything we could to ensure that we were going to get to our bus on time. What Poland public transportation decided to do was to not be on time and show up about half an hour late, meaning we only had minutes to find and get to our bus. While we were freaking out, we were overheard by a Polish guy, who probably doubles as a saint in his spare time.
He heard us and said that he could help us find our bus in time because we might get lost otherwise, even ran with us to our bus, when we only had a minute to get there. I could barely run (I was in the beginning phases of a nasty upper respiratory infection, of course I didn't know that yet) but had to run with a suitcase and very heavy backpack. But because of that person, we made our bus!!! We were so happy and I am eternally grateful to this person. It's one of those things I make sure to remember when I get pessimistic about the world: that there are still incredibly kind people who are willing to go the extra mile to help people they don't know at all!
But either way, after a sort of terrible long bus ride (there weren't any windows and it was so hot!!!!), we made it to Prague. I went to Prague in early January 2016, one of the last trips I went on before visiting home. I will be posting about that soon! I think my catch up posts will be on a different day than my regularly scheduled blog, so that I can eventually get caught up on my travels.
This was probably the perfect weekend to be in Prague because it was probably the first very warm weekend in Europe for a while! I had to put on sunscreen! It was very exciting for me. So we decided to celebrate this and go paddle boating on the Vlatava river, which flows directly through Prague. It was amazing and caused us to watch the sunset on the river. Absolutely amazing.
And, of course, this beautiful one of me, mid cough, with the Charles bridge in the background.
Very graceful.
So that was absolutely amazing, but so was the Czech food!!!! We asked what the most traditional food would be and he suggested goulash, pictured second.
My stomach was so happy and so full!! We got to walk around Prague a lot and sight see. Our last day in Prague actually consisted of going to the Prague Zoo! This is probably the greatest zoo I've ever been to! It was such a beautiful, sunny day and I wanted to see some penguins.
There was also a very high lift to the top of the hill where the zoo was so you could go up and down easily, I thought it was cool but it was quite high and I got very nervous
But it's totally fine because I ended up getting this beautiful slushie for moral support.
That's all for now! Let me know if you ever have any questions!
