weekly forecast: clear skies and SUN!

the city of prague from the top of the church

Today was absolutely beautiful, from the weather to the scenery. Jenna and I woke up at around 10am and decided to take advantage of the nice hot weather (and by hot I mean 30 degrees). So, we decided to go to another tourist spot of Prague, seeing as though we've already been to the Charles Bridge and the Lennon Wall. You guessed it, we went to the PRAGUE CASTLE! We started our adventure by eating at one of our favorite italian restaurants, Grosetto's. We have one by the dorm, but we found another one right on the river with a beautiful view of the castle we were about to visit. After a delicious meal of tomato soup and salad, we ventured toward Prague castle. It took us a little while to get to our destination, but once we did, we took some scenic pictures, got a nice cup of hot wine, and walked around the cute area by the castle.
After, we headed toward the famous church that stands behind it. Let me just say this, Jenna and I woke up with intentions of going to the gym at the end of our day... WOW were we setting our sights high. Little did we know that in addition to the hike up to the castle, we walked up an additional 10 minutes of steep stairs to get to the top of the church behind the castle. 100 crowns and 10 minutes later, we made it to the top, and yes, it was worth the hike. I have never seen Prague from this view before and it made me realize how lucky I am yet again, to be living in such an incredible city. From this high up, we could see EVERYTHING: the bridge, Petrin Hill, the river, all the churches and famous buildings.. it was crystal clear out, which made everything that much better. On our way home, we stopped at Tesco to do some grocery shopping. I stocked up on my usual groceries here: rice cakes, turkey, dried fruit, real fruit (apples and bananas), mango juice, and some salsa. (some things never change, no matter where I am in the world!) We finally got back to the dorm, showered, and tonight we are going to our friend's apartment and then heading out to Lucerna, a really fun club that plays 80's and 90's music on Fridays. Anyway, the weather is supposed to be beautiful this entire week so I'm looking forward to tanks and shorts! Just kidding, but I'm still excited to finally have blue skies.

p.s HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LISA AND HOWARD STERN!! WISH YOU WERE HERE!