Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Praha-City on the Border.

Prague or Praha if your Czech was amazing! It's hard to put into words what I saw there. The Czech Republic is a post-communist country since 1991. They are the most successful post-communist country; having only 2% unemployment. It was crazy to drive by apartments that were made from the communist party for people. The city itself was rich in history. Many people knew German, because it was once part of the Hapsburg Empire (Vienna's Royal Family). So it makes sense that we went to a city that Vienna owned in the 1800's. We walked by a hospital that was built in the 1300's and Charles University; it is the oldest university in Europe.
While we were there, a couple of us stumbled upon an anarchy parade! It was crazier than Bonnaroo! It was mostly people my age dancing to techno/rave music. It was just a huge party in the streets, I don't really know the point in it because most people in it never even remembered what life was like in a communist country, much less an anarchic country.
We also saw an old fashioned music festival. It was interesting to see the uniforms and outfits people used to where.
The Czech Republic is also where Bohemia style came from. Bohemia is an area on the border of the Czech Republic.

Friday, September 11, 2009

So Today is Tuesday Sept 11, and it is the second day I have been in Vienna! I would have wrote yesterday but I couldn't figure out the internet here, and my computer seems to have switched to German and I can't read anything, ahhhh! Besides that I am loving Vienna, there are no words to describe this place. Today we went to the Nosh Market for lunch; which is a huge farmers market type place that is a mile long. After that we took the train to Schonbrunn Palace, where Marie Antoinette grew up! It was kinda crazy to think that we were in the rose gardens that she played in growing up.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

It is September 2, and we have one week till we leave for Austria!!!!