Day 1
Our first meal was in a pretty authentic restaurant. It had tables separated, but all in a long row, and there were a good amount of families there probably celebrating the holiday together. At first I ordered just 3 dumplings, and Autumn did the same. They gave us a weird look. In my family, dumplings are fist-sized balls of dough. In Prague though, they are the size of baguette slices. Can't make a meal out of that! So I ordered it as a side dish for schnitzel, yumm. We also did some money exchanging this day. Czech korunas are at a very different rate than USD, euros, or British pounds, which are all relatively equivalent. I believe 100 euros was worth about 2200 korunas. We're rich!! Not really, bc according to our guide, 200 korunas buys a lunch and beer. For dinner we had kielbasa from a nearby Easter market. Comes with complimentary rye bread. :) Oh, I bought myself a decorated egg. It's life with me would be short: I wore it around my neck for safekeeping, and then leaned against the Charles Bridge. Oops. :\ Our first night we were quite tired, but didn't get much sleep being in an 8-person room with a mad snorer. It happens.
Day 2
We decided to take a Free Tour which was in fact, an excellent decision. We not only saw a lot of the city to get an idea of places to go, we also learned a lot of history. The 20th century was not a very joyous time in Prague. We strolled the Charles Bridge, where we were treated to their jazzy Bridge band, and did some souvenir shopping. We also saw the Infant of Prague, the inside of the church is very elaborate. Strudl was definitely eaten today, can't remember what else. At night, as per recommendation by our guide, Autumn and I went to see a musical performance. It was a string quintet that played a variety of classical pieces. Quite pleasant, and apparently the thing to do in Praga. In our hostel we had a 4 bed room, because that night our friends Diana and Meghan arrived. It was like our own hotel room, dobre!
Day 3
We repeated some of the attractions, now that our other travel companions were in tow. There was light rain while on the Charles Bridge, which made for some cute umbrella pics. Luckily, my strawberry umbrella is just precious. :P Lunch was at an Easter market, and I had what I dub the Czech pizza: fried bread, topped with shredded cheese and ketchup. And the kind sir gave me 2 for 1 since he claimed they were small. Yum! :) Later on in the day, we took another tour, this time in the Castle area of Prague. It's up a bit of a hill, and not only is there the castle but some churches and just another neighborhood essentially. We saw a changing of the guard ceremony, and stood in a place designed so that apparently you hear your voice extra loud or something. (Not sure, it didn't seem to work for me) After the tour they recommended a Monastery with national award-winning beer. Since the Czech Republic consumes the most beer annually, this honor seemed pretty legit. I tried the special Easter Beer, which did magically taste more springlike than the other brews I've had. Afterwards we strolled down Nerudovny Street. Here's a fun fact: Pablo Neruda got his name from a Czech author named Jan Neruda. 
Day 4
We all had lunch at a place with a new friend from the hostel. The tables here have their own beer spout or whatever it's called. On top of that, there is a screen on the wall which says which table has drunk the most beer so far. Clever marketing strategy, eh! The table near us had over 7 tallies (and 10 people, mind you), whereas we had 2. Woopie! Today was nice because we got to split up differently (9 days travelling together...everyone gets a bit annoyed heh). Diana and I went to the lock bridge, where couples put a lock around the rails to represent their undying love. Even I find it sweet! :) We also saw the Lennon grafiti wall, where the day before unbeknownst to us, Autumn had left her little mark within the heart. Other Prague classics we saw were the freaky baby sculptures, and an odd shaped building featured on postcards.
Day 5
