Praha

So, today was my and Em's third day here in Prague. I wish I could say I really enjoyed all my time here---but I can't. The first day was alright. We went to see Prague Castle and walk around Old Town and all of that was pretty nice. It was a little rainy but not that bad. All in all, a good day. The next day we got on a train out to Terezin, a concentration camp in the area that the Red Cross had actually visited when they heard about the atrocities the Nazis were committing. So before they arrived, the Nazi's shipped out like the majority of those who were there to other concentration camps, cleaned everything up, and set up fake schools. This was all so that they could say it was a some kind of retreat. Well, sounds interesting right? I'm sure it is, but we didn't end up there. We ended up in a Terezin, but I'm pretty sure it was the wrong one. We walked all over that town and into the next one and asked a bunch of people (all who didn't speak any English) and ended up going home without seeing any of it. Boo. Oh, and all the while its raining and freezing. A little later we went out to a pub and got beer. I had been told that the beer here is the best in the world, and that even though I hate beer I'd like it here. Guess what? I still hate it. And I couldn't drink about half of my mug. What a waste.

Then today Emily wanted to go to this creepy bone church thing. That type of thing creeps me out, but I figured when else am I gonna be here. So, it was creepy--but not nearly as creepy as the one they have in Rome that my mom dragged me to. The one in Rome as full skeletons, some with there skin still on, and there's some creepy phrase on the ground that says something like, "what we are, one day you will become." Like I said, CREEPY. So this one had no full skeletons, so I could pretend like they weren't someones bones, but it was still nasty. And it has also been pouring all day and its so cold. Neither of us packed for this kind of cold, so we are very unprepared. Thankfully, we will be in warm weather soon (in Greece). Anyways, I'll post some of my favorite pictures on this blog in a couple of days, and if snapfish isn't being as obnoxious as usual, I'll try to post my pictures on that as well.

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