Berlin-Prague (Brenda

We got up early, made it to the station in the nick of time, we had been told reservations were not necessary, so we didn't. But when we got on the train and settled, turns out most people did have reserved seats, so we stood for 1/2 hour in the hallway and at the end of the carriage, being jostled around. We finally found 3 separate seats, but in the meantime, I had made friends with 4 Korean boys in the carriage, they did not speak much English, but we managed. At the next station,we were able to sit together. When we arrived in Prague, they do not use Euros, so off to the bank machine, get a 2000 Krowne note, which no one will make change for, and we are trying to buy a bus ticket to the hostel. Bus tickets cost 100 Krowne each, so finally done. The exchange rate is 25 Krowne to 1 Euro, hard to keep track in your head what you were spending. We made it to the Chili Hostel, after bumping the suitcases over mostly cobblestone streets.
We headed for the castle there (whatever name it was) so we hurried, it was closing at 5pm. It was also raining. We get to the station stop, and turns out we still had another 2000 metres, yes 2km to walk to the actual castle, so we went to find beer. So we wandered around some more, had goulash with dumplings ( and beer) for supper, came back to the hostel, did laundry, went for a nightcap, came home to bed. I am the oldest person at this hostel, could be all of their mother!!

Berlin-Prague (Brenda

Berlin, Germany