In Prague now

We pretty much spent all day on the train yesterday. It takes a little more than 9 hours to take the train from Cologne to Prague. But I think the train is the best way to travel. We got to see so much of the country side as we went along. We changed trains in Berlin so I got to see at least some of Berlin and a state of the art train station. We got into Prague and quickly found a hotel. I guess clubs are really big here because when we got in the person at the hotel desk pointed out about 10 different clubs we could go to. But we decided putting our stuff away was more important at that time. Afterwards we walked around the streets at night. With a little snow falling Prague is really cool. You have the incredible buildings and the coble stone streets. I dont have any pictures to upload right now but I will try to get some up here later. We found a beer hall from one of Erics travel books and they had some really good food. One fact I didnt know about Prague is that it is a beer lovers paradise. I was able to get a liter of beer for 75 crown. Thats less than 4 bucks. Plus they are known for there beer here so its really good beer on top of that. I am now getting ready to head off to mass. I forget the name of the church we are going to. I will try and post some pictures tonight. If not, next stop is Poland.

Real quick, I am getting a little more familiar with these keyboards but still sometimes have trouble finding the right keys, so again mispelled words and missing punctuactions are going to happen. Live with it. Mostly this is going out to Mike.

Let the 7 week pub crawl begin!

We made it safely to Frankfert and started our European shinanigans. After getting off the plane we headed towards the huge cathedral in town. Along the way we snapped this picture in one of the little tourist traps along the way. Afterwards we got some brats and apple wine from one of the street vendors. It's a little weird to see people drinking alcohol from a street vendor but I'm not complaining. After walking around the town a bit we took the train up to Köln (Cologne) and visited the cathedral in town. Eric says that construction began in 1248. But he is a liar so who knows. Got some food at a local beer hall along with a few drinks. Our table was in a prime location as it was where the waiters were hidding their beer. Every now and then one of them would come by for a sip. Needless to say we got a lot of attention and our glasses were rarely empty. By this time I had been awake for about 30 hours (except for my 2 hour nap on the plane and a nap on the train) so I was a bit exhausted. So we went over to Eric's friends house and had a few beers as our night cap. I am beggining to find out that beer is big here in Germany but I'm not complaining. They do like to make fun of what we call beer though. But after drinking the beer here I do have to side with the Germans. Also, the keybords here in Germany are different so if any words are typed wrong I am going to blame it on that.




Just a note, the awesome gloves and hat I am wearing were made by my sister Kelly. Thanks Kelly, they are keeping me warm so far.

Quick note

I found out today that I can still get text messages while I am in Europe. So if any wants to give me words of encouragement, tell me about your day, or birth announcements I will be able to receive those messages. It will cost me 35 cents to text so unless it is an emergency then I do not plan on sending anyone any messages.

Preparing for the journey

I have finally caved in and joined the blogging community. Congratulations peer pressure, you have taken yet another victim.

For those I failed to mention this to, I will be traveling throughout Europe for the next 7 weeks with my roommate from last semester. We will fly into Frankfurt, Germany and fly out of London, (forget the name of the country this city is in). In between that is pretty much up in the air. I figure blogging will be the easiest way to keep everyone up-to-date on all of my European travels.