adventures in prague

I’m prone to bouts of travellers guilt when I only stay for a very short time in one city, in a country I’ve never visited. The backpacker in me wanted a good couple of weeks to follow the roads less travelled in this country I know nothing about, speaking a language I don’t understand. That said, I’m not too bad at figuring out key foreign words pretty quickly. In this instance, though, I think it was limited to beer, wine, exit and thank you.

This trip was an opportunity to catch up with an Australian friend for her birthday. We’re old housemates from Darwin, and shared a really amazing 18months living together in a beautiful tropical house, drinking lots of red wine, griping about boys, having crazy theme parties, the usual stuff.

So, only having Saturday and Sunday to play, my impressions of Prague are quite brief, wooden toys, amazing art, marionnettes, spires galore, cold! I had a great time on a limited budget, even managed to splash out on a few small paintings. I actually had no idea that Prague was home to so much great art, and generally very affordable. Many of the city’s markets were bursting at the seams with vibrantly talented artists displaying their many amazing pieces.

It was good to get away from the apartment for a few days also, some things are unravelling at the seams on the whole daily life front and I think I need to kickstart some changes as it’s clear that Paris life is losing its charm by increments.