Man in the Mirror in Prague

The alarm hit at 6 in the morning. I was not accustomed to such early risings but I managed to get my butt out of bed. I found V at the train station right on time and led her toward the campsite. We did the train bridge thing although it was train less this time around. We got back to the bungalow and jumped on the gang to wake them all up. We were originally going to have V stay at the campground with us in a different bungalow but there was talk of maybe to going to Poland and Auschwitz instead of doing another night in Prague. We laid out a game plan and got an idea of what the train schedules were going to be. Even though Poland sounded like it would be amazing, there was a bone chapel in a town near Prague called Kutna Hora that I really wanted to check out. I remember looking into it the last time I was in the Czech Republic with my best friends but never made it there. Lindsey, Ramsey and Brandon chose to head to Poland while I decided that I would do another couple nights in Czech so I could see the bone chapel. Vanessa and I found a decent hostel online and made a quick reservation. The five of us then walked the bridge one last time with a train coming at us with our packs on! Scary stuff man!

We checked out a Salvador Dali exhibit that was taking place in a building in Jan Hus square. There was also a magnificent gathering of Michael Jackson fans in the square blasting his music and spreading pictures, posters, albums, drawings, lyrics, candles, flowers, and other memorabilia all over the pavement. I thought it was great but the others are not true MJ fans and couldn’t appreciate what was happening. Nobody’s perfect ;). When “Man in the Mirror” came on, I wished for nothing more than to have all of my dear friends there with me tearing it up right there in Jan Hus. Oh what good times we have had listening to that song. Rest in peace dear MJ.

This was one of the most fun days we had had in a while. We took some great pictures in front of St. Vitus Cathedral next to the Prague Castle with all the other tourists around wondering WTF we were doing. We were definitely stealing their vacation thunder for that brief moment but hey, when you are in the zone, you are in the zone. After our hilltop shenanigans we stopped by a used bookstore and then got some good grub and beer. The next stop was across the St. Charles Bridge to see the night’s entertainment and stare at the river for a while.

It wasn’t long until we were saying our farewell to the gang for a few days. This would be the first split we had done for more than 24 hours, at least for me. They were going to stay together for Poland. We hugged it out and then saw them off down the metro stop stairwell in Wenceslas Square. The next order in business was to get some cheap wine and then explore the narrow streets and alleyways of old town Prague. It was a great night for it as well. The rain had finally subsided and the temp was good. It was great getting to hear more about Vanessa’s experiences abroad and her giddy anticipation to start grad school. We were also looking forward to Kutna Hora. Bone Chapel here we come.