the random prague (& dresden!) excursion

 It was decided at the kinda last-minute that we'd join Bryan on his birthday weekend in Prague. Fortunately, not too many people are traveling in the middle of January, so booking it wasn't a problem.
We just had to take a train for two hours to Nuremburg, then a bus for four dang hours.

But it was worth it!

Blue skies and minimal crowds? Yes, please. When we were here in August with the parentals, it was slam packed with fannypack wearing Americans whose favorite Prague restaurant is TGIFridays. We nearly had it to ourselves this time...

The lovely part about revisiting a place is that you're not so concerned with seeing all the sites, rather, you're there to eat, drink, and be merry. There was a lot of that... then it was on to Dresden!


A simple two hour train ride north, and one of the cities on our bucket list. It was crazy beautiful with Baroque-style architecture and SNOW! Only a little, but enough for this Florida girl to be excited.

If you're reading this and planning on checking it out, stray from the old part to the Neustadt-- a hipster, vibrant neighborhood with loads of cool graffiti and shops. Eat at Lila Sosse, have a drink at any of the cool bars with mismatching old couches (and fantastic happy hour specials? pshhhhhh) and go check out the apartment building that was built to create music when it rains.

Fantastic weekend!

Good news on this end.. I got an administrative assistant job within walking distance from the house, a ticket home has been purchased, and I have the loveliest friends ever :)