Sisterhood of the Traveling Boots

So, here it is Sunday, and I am updating being a good little girl =) This weekend has been a good one. With half of our apartment gone we've taken it slow and gone out and explored.

Friday we went out and tried to visit some of the spots we had marked up as spots from the movies. We started out over by school and visited the Lennon wall. It was really cool to look at and to just see all the history. The Wall was the site of student rebellion against the Communist regime and was constantly filled with anticommunist sentiments. Now, the graffiti and drawings are in remembrance of that time and in honor of Lennon and the icon he was for the Czech students during Soviet rule; most of the writings include Beatles lyrics and encourage peace and love. All three of us, Kayla, Brigid, and me, added our own to the collection so now if any of y'all have a chance to see it, look for our contribution!

After that we went to Kampa Island, an island that was used during the filming of Mission Impossible. It's said to be Prague's own Venice since it's an island separated from the mainland by the Vltava river. It was really pretty and had some beautiful buildings. It also seems to house many of the embassies/ambassador's homes. I got some pictures of a couple and put them up in my latest post. Also on Kampa we found the babies that climb the TV tower. There were some in the middle of the park (also pictures in last post). They are really odd looking since they don't have faces. I wasn't expecting that. We want to go to the actual TV tower so we can get an good pic of the babies climbing it. It's an example of the modern art in Prague.

After fooling around in the Castle district we went on a journey to find Wenceslas Square. Supposedly, it is right near us but we had a little difficulty and never did find it. However, we did find some good stores for shopping! =) Apparently we were so close but didn't even know it. But after 4 hours of walking around, we decided to call it a day.

Then Saturday we got up and tried again to find Wenceslas Square. We found it, in a very round about way, but we did find it. We saw the National Museum, also in countless movies, and the Grand Hotel Evropa, in Mission Impossible. There were tons of people on the square, so I guess it was peak time when we went. Apparently this square is also know for having the most McDonald's in such a small area; somebody told us there were 6 just on the square. That's crazy! So we walked up and down the square and then, because it was cold and a little rainy, called it quits and went home, which was quite easy since we found where we had been Friday exploring... only a turn away. We felt like idiots, haha.

We still have quite a few spots on our movie sites list but some of them will require a day trip to a city a little outside of Prague or to places where we would have to ride the Metro and/or take a tram. So another day for those. I also can't wait to go explore some of the other cities in Europe. Right now, we plan on visiting Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Athens, Santorini (Greece), and Venice, so you can look forward to all those pictures and stories! We may also try to hit up some bus rides to Budapest and Vienna which aren't too far away and are pretty cheap fare wise.

But that has been our weekend so far. We're taking a bit of a day off for today since some of the girls are feeling a little under the weather. So until Thursday... ciao! Hope you all have a great week!