Ahoj, Czech Republic! Oh my goodness, this place is completely breathtaking. The 13 hour bus ride here actually wasn't as bad as I was dreading. Since I had gotten no sleep the night before, I was out like a light. I woke up about every hour or two to listen to music and such but I probably slept a good 8 hours. Since it was daylight savings, we arrived at the bus station at 4AM instead of 5AM like we had originally planned. When I was buying bus tickets online, the Prague bus station looked so nice! My impression was: it was huge, it had a shopping center, and nice restaurants. So I figured, hey, we arrive at 5AM, we can just chill in the station for a couple hours and then start our day at 8 or so. Well, since we had spent the whole previous day in Warsaw with no place to stay (read my last blog post for this story) we had not been showered, had spent 20 hours on a bus in 1 1/2 days, and we. were. tired. We arrived at the bus station and we walk in to the lost ghetto station in history, I swear. It's just like this white dungeon with a few bunches (tha were all full) and NO food places were open. In most train and bus stations, there are usually convenience stores or fast food places open all night. No, not here. And I was starved. We set up camp on the floor and were all just sort-of...not in good moods. Everyone felt stinky (I don't know what it is about sitting on a bus that makes you feel so gross), tired, and wanted to brush their teeth. And I was hungry (I'm usually the only one who's ever hungry). So we had a grand idea to find a hostel and see if we could buy a night RIGHT NOW. That way we could shower and catch a few Zs before we were to spend our whole day exploring Prague. We started walking somewhere, and found some hostels and hotels on the way. Mind you, it was about 4:30AM by this time, so I was worried we wouldn't find any that were open 24/7. We found a lot of hotels (which I swore I'd never stay in here in Europe after I've stayed in a hostel because they're the BEST) but at this point I was down with anything. I just wanted to be clean! My face was soo itchy and I wanted to brush my teeth. Every hotel we went into was full, every hostel was either closed or full. So we were a bit hopeless. So we went back to the bus station and I remembered there was an actual hostel IN the bus station. So we went to it, sure that it'd be open all night, and luckily it was! We walked in and asked if there was anything available that we could stay in for just a few hours. There was! We had to be separated, but that's no big deal. We got into our rooms, showered and went to sleep. By the time we laid to sleep it was already getting light outside, ha. But it was some dang good sleep. We had to pay $25 for those few hours, which sucked but was honestly worth it. I felt so refreshed and ready to take on the day bathe price included a breakfast buffet though so that was awesome. And it was all local czech cuisine which I LOVE! When we stayed in Latvia, their breakfast buffet was cereal and toast..LAME. I want some local food. I stuffed myself because when backpacking on a budget, when you get the choice of free food, all-you-can-eat, you jump on that. I had 2 huge bowls of blueberry yogurt and musli (fancy granola), these smoky beans, some grilled meat that could have been anything, but was still delicious. A baguette with ham, pepperoni and cheese. Toast, fresh cucumbers and peppers, and a lemon drink. YUM. That yogurt was soooo delicious I couldn't get enough. I wanted even more, but didn't want to be that ugly American, you know? Alright. I will update you when I leave Prague. And when I actually get back to Lithuania to my computer, I will upload all the friggin' pictures I've taken. Stay tuned :)
-Shelb xx
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