So apparently the nightlife in Prague is very good, so yesterday we went out with Robert's good friend Brian. Here alcohol is cheaper than water, and absinthe is legal...I think it is legal in the US now too, but it used to be illegal. So I had to try it! The one I had is called King of Beetle Absinthe, and there is an enormous and gross beetle in the jar. But I figured to be adventurous and tried it anyway. It is super strong, 70%. But the cane sugar liquor in Ecuador was kind of like this too. To drink the absinthe the bartender takes a spoonful of sugar, dips it in the alcohol and then sets it on fire to carmelize it. He then dumps the sugar into the cup. It was better tasting than most liquors, actually.
There are many bars, a lot which mostly had other toursists and some Czech bars. I met a really nice Vietnamese girl and two Indian girls from the UK, so I hung out with them. It is better to go to bars with a big group of girls because then drinks are usually free, kekekeke. At the last bar we went to I met a gay German couple--they were definitely gay but they were trying very hard to pretend that they were not gay. For some reason gay men oversees tend to like me a lot, I am not sure why. Anyhow, one of them consulted with the other, they were giggling to each other about how they were going to hit on a girl (I think, they were talking in German). So one was like, "Do you have a boyfriend? Can I be your boyfriend today??" They told me they thought I was cute like a Pokemon, and I was like, "I AM NOT JAPANESE!" And one was like, "isn't Japanese and Chinese the same?" And I was like, "That is like saying French and Germans are the same." And then they got super serious and went, "ewww, we do not like the French." HAHAHA But then I got really drunk because my new gay friends bought me three shots of Jagermeister, which is a lot to have at the end of the night. We went back to the hostel at like, 6 am, so I am very tired today.
Today we walked around Prague and saw the Charles Bridge and the Prague Castle. The Charles Bridge was under construction, but it is a very old and pretty bridge with many statues on it. One statue is of a saint, and everyone kept rubbing it for blessings. On that statues the gold is worn very smooth from so many people touching it. At the Prague Castle we happened to arrive right with the changing of the guard. It was fun for like, 10 minutes but then got boring. We saw a group of soldiers marching towards the castle, so I made Robert take a photo of me while I was marching behind them, hahahaha.
Berlin is still my favorite city, but Prague is the most beautiful. The architecture is stunning, with many mideival churches and statues. The city is also very clean, and I stopped to take photos at almost every corner. Robert kept saying Prague is just okay, and Bratislava looks like this too, but then his Slovakian friend was like, "um...no it doesn't". Robert says that it is better for him to speak English instead of Slovak, which is very similar to Czech, because people will be nicer. But not everyone understands English, so it is helpful to be able to speak Slovak. There are many very good coffee shops here, I found this out later when we went to places other than Starbucks. I normally do not drink coffee, but I had some here because the drinks are very well made.
I am going to eat dinner soon! And tommorow I plan to take the free walking tour, just for the history.
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