July 3^rd, 2012

Day 45: Berlin, Germany & Prague, Czech Republic

Since we had a late night/early morning, however you choose to look at it, naturally, we slept without a care for what time it was, how long we were sleeping, or when the hostel check out time was. Which turned out to be 10. So at 10:30, we were woken up by the cleaning crew, angrily waiting to clear out our spaces.

We essentially threw everything we own/have with us out in the hallway and let them to their thing. We got our lives slightly in order, took showers and headed out of the hostel, on our way to the bus station to get to Prague.

We stopped over at one of the big train stations in the city (the one we arrived into, actually) because there were Dunkin Donuts there. Yes, we are stereotypical Americans who love their iced coffee. We each got a coffee, I grabbed another helping of Currywurst (which is DELICIOUS) and then headed out again to make our way to the bus station.

Currywurst: chopped up bratwurst, sautéed onions, some sort of Curry-like sauce and Curry powder. They serve it to you with a side packet of gum... that should tell you how good/pungent it is.

After waiting a bit at the station and wondering why not everyone was as hungover as I was, I realized it was a Tuesday. It makes sense that life is normal for everyone else but us. Regardless, we got on the bus and tried our best to fall asleep. It was a tough ride for the times when I was awake; strugglebus, for sure.

We got to Prague around 7:30ish, grabbed some dinner at the bus station, and then figured out Prague’s metro to get to our hostel. It’s pretty centrally located, right over the Charles Bridge, about a 10 minute walk from Old Town. It was pouring last night, and since we were operating on about 3.5 hrs of sleep overall, we did not feel bad about staying in and having an easy night.

Favorite part of the day: Dunkin was definitely a highlight. It’s the little things in life…