Praha

Our world travels has brought us to Praha, or Prague as the U.S. knows it. The train trip was interesting getting here. You could definitely tell when Austria ended and the Czech Republic started. All of a sudden you just could tell that you were in a (what used to be) soviet occupied country. The main structures in the small villages changed from a church to a power plant and all the buildings changed from nicely painted houses to a stone cold structure. There is definitely a different feel here.

Katie, my friend from high school, has been a wonderful host. She took us on a lovely walk of the city today to give us an idea of were things are and what we can see. There are many wonderful sculptures that are in the soviet style and even some great modern sculptures of some very interesting subjects. I’m sure I will post some of these later on.

We went shopping this evening to make a lasagna. It is really weird having a 523 koruna bill at the supermarket and a 237 koruna bill at the cheese shop. I must say the cheese shop was amazing. You could taste any of their cheese and they were really friendly. I would like to go there every day and try a new cheese.

Tomorrow should be filled with more exciting adventures around Prague. Stay tuned.