Seems like a distant memory, but it’s hard to believe only 6 weeks ago we signed up for our first pub crawl in Edinburgh… then less than 1 week after that we did one in Dublin. We had sworn off pub crawls after we saw the dent they left in our wallets… until of course, we went to Prague!

After Amsterdam we took a very long train to Berlin where we rested up, watched Japan beat USA in the women’s world cup, and slept and ate a lot! Our plan was to spend 2 days in Prague and 1 day in Brno before heading into Vienna. After our first night in Prague we immediately signed up for a third night. First off, drinks are about $1 – $2 each and full meals are under $5. Also, we decided to do the pub crawl on our second day, so we thought resting up on an extra third day would be most ideal.

So, our first night we sat down in the absinthe bar / hostel bar which was managed by a bunch of world travelers who were all very nice and laid back. We had a few super cheap beers, and before you know it, 20 of us are all sitting on the ground playing “Kings Cup”. Of course, to our surprise, in Prague everything is also decriminalized up to 15 grams. Not to worry folks, we were good boys! Kind of like Amsterdam without the coffee shops. Anyway, we came to realize at around 4am on our first night, that we were in a pretty awesome party hostel. So, we skipped Brno and stayed in Prague.

Our second day we walked around and did the tourist thing by day. Getting lost in old town, following the rivers, and so on. By 8pm, we were pretty tired, so we went to a pub crawl (contradictory, I know). Well, this pub crawl is all you can drink (absinthe too) in the first hour, then 4 bars with VIP entrance… Including the biggest club in Central Europe (5 stories). This pub crawl was also twice the size of our last ones… combined. Did I mention it is cheap in Prague yet? Well, it is. In 3 days of splurging we spent almost $100.

After stumbling back to our hostel at around 3:30am, Jord went to bed, but Sean stayed up and socialized in the hostel bar with a few fellow travelers until about 6:30am. Waking up the next day by noon.

Our final day was a planned quiet day and night to prepare for our travels further southeast. Always the plan… but that wasn’t the case whatsoever. After watching some of the fellow hostelers play some live reggae (including Sublime covers), we decided to stay up for a bit and chat with everyone. Jord, going to bed at 7am (they serve beer all night here) and Sean, didn’t sleep until we got on the train.

You come to realize pretty quickly how important sleep is. However, well worth it! We arrived in Vienna and resting up (really this time)… then went to Bratislava, Slovakia where everything was half the price of Prague… Sigh.

We are now in Budapest (beautiful), off to Salzburg tomorrow, staying at “The Sound of Music” themed hostel.