Sunday, November 04, 2007

Prague

The journey to Prague was, well, eventful. My flight to Germany (transit) was delayed by 1 hour, and it so happens that I was at the airport early that day - for those who know me, I'm never early! So I had to wait at the airport for hmm, 2 hours? When I got to Germany, I rushed all the way to the gate for my transit plane to Prague, passed 2 passport controls, and finally got there. But DAMN there was nobody there! I could see the plane outside still but I couldn't get out! So, I had to get out to get another ticket to Prague, which meant I had to get through another passport control. And the stupid guy was so strict! He was flipping from front to back, back to front like 4 times!? And he finally stopped at my VISA, and called for the guard to come. My heart was beating super fast la! Apparently with the student visa from france, the privileges with the Singapore passport as a tourist - allows us to travel around europe for 90 days, is gone. And so they had like a lot of problems with the visa, think they wanted to deport me back to France man. F*** Totally panicked lah. Acted damn blur and pitiful.. kept asking them questions and they were like busy answering me. Heh. And so I finally passed. PHEW. And so with the super eventful wait, I got up the plane with my heart still beating a bit faster than usual. HAHA.

Alright, other than that, Prague was so beautiful! The buildings are a massive array of colours, with the super nice architectures. Was in awe when I first arrived. Alright, enough talk, pictures...
Met up with Adrian and joined his school's nation-to-nation party-theme was Canada

Super strong drink

From the top of the hill in Prague - climbed up all the way, think it took us about 40 mins. This picture is from the mini-eiffel

On the way to Karlstejn Castle - the beautiful lake
Village along the way to the castle. Superb Karlstejn Castle from afar
Colourful trees. LOVE IT

The palace gardens. Not that spectacular, but still nice.



SO COLD AND SHE's IN BERMS!?
Autumn trees. My fave.
While taking a photo on Charles Bridge, this group of Germans just rushed in. HMM.
The cathedral at the palace grounds. Super awed.
Typical Czech food: smoked ham, smoked pork tongue, dumplings, sausages
The Jewish cemetry: cuz the Jews were only allocated one piece of burial grounds, and by their religion they can't move the body after burial, what they did was pile up the bodies. That's why there's super congestion of the tomb stones.
It was their national day, and they were having some public performance. And this group of kids were dancing to the song in front of the stage! They were so cute!
Astronomical Clock. Tells the time, day, month, whether it's day or dark, the zodiac, etc. Amazing. But the hourly show, was, super disappointing.

The notre dame of Prague

On Charles Bridge
The photos aren't in order and a mess cuz I'm too lazy to organize them. Heh. Can't wait for my next trip. But DAMN. My timetable just came out and I have classes every day from 12 nov onwards! Shit. Can't find time to go London and Dublin etc. ARGH.





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