Prague Highlights

Prague was one of the locations I was most excited to see on our trip. It is really pretty, and definitely a giant tourist area. We saw one area of Prague called the Nove Butovice community, and it was really interesting to me. It is a community that holds 100,000 people and it is a bunch of big apartment complexes with a huge park in the center of it all. I believe this community was built under communism and it is an interesting idea, geographically. The space is very efficient and makes a lot of sense, but I’m not sure if I would like to live here myself. The park was awesome, and a nice green space for the people of the apartment complexes. I have never seen an area like this in the states, so it was interesting to see!

            My favorite academic experience was visiting the Prague castle. It is an enormous tourist attraction, and it was really beautiful. The castle was majestic, and touring it was pretty cool to see. I ended up buying many of my family souvenirs here, because we have a strong Czech heritage. I bought my dad a Czech recipe cook book, and I bought a Prague history and picture book for myself. I also bought some awesome postcards from these little shops that used to be where the workers of the castle lived. Prague castle is a must see in Prague.

            A big group of the girls and I went to a Prague pub crawl and it was awesome. It was seriously one of the best experiences and I would so recommend it! We met a lot of people from Australia, and I loved their accents! The pub crawl was nice because you paid one fee and then got to go to 3 bars and the biggest club in central Europe at the end. Due to flooding, we weren’t able to go to the final club but it was still a ton of fun!

            I didn’t try too much different food in Prague for some reason, and actually ended up eating at McDonald’s twice… Although we clearly have them everywhere in the US, everyone has to experience a McDonalds in Europe! They are so much different than the ones that we have and it is a cool experience, I think. They have McCafe’s in them which are completely separate cafes with coffee and desserts in them. Some of their meal options are also different. It’s something everyone should check out just to compare them to the ones we have in the States!