Friday, August 3, 2007

Day 11-Prague, Czech Republic

Last night was one of the best nights I've had on tour, and so this morning we slept in a little to rest up a bit for our last day. On my agenda were souvenirs for my family, since out of all the countries on tour this was were they had never been before. Elise, Liz, Erika, Krystina, Simmy and I all went into the city and decided to see the city from a new perspective, paddle boats! Yesterday we had seen yellow paddle boats floating around the Vltava River, so we wanted to do it ourselves. It was so relaxing and it kept us active and outside like in Austria. After paddle boating we went into the city for some browsing and stopped at a street cart for lunch. We ordered what we thought was a thin potato pancake but it ended up being chicken inside a potato, but it was really good.

Everything in Prague was so cheap which definately made it one of my favorite cities. The conversion was kind of confusing though since they use krouna, but they are soon changing to Euros. **Travel Tip: The Czech Republic is now part of the EU, so they will soon switch to the Euro, but in the mean time they do accept Euros in most locations for payment.** After getting presents for my parents and sister, we all headed back to the hotel to get ready for a final farewell dinner with our whole tour group, Ryan, and Andy. The dinner was also special because it was another cultural dinner featuring Czech food, music, and dancing. The dinner was fun because everyone was just having a good time, taking pictures, and talking about the great times of the trip; no one wanted it to end.

After dinner some people headed out to a bar for some farewell drinks, however I wasn't feeling good so I headed back with Andy, Nicole and a few others. Back at the hotel I did some packing so that I was ready for the early rip to the airport tomorrow. Prague was great fun, but sadly its a final farewell tomorrow and the end of my European Contiki. Contiki was an amazing experience for me, I've met so many new people and have made great friends that I can wait to visit with and travel with in the future. So the final question is...when is my next contiki??and who is coming with??

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