Before here I was in Prague, and before that, Berlin. Berlin, as I was repeatedly told by German friends in Thailand, is a superhip town; and I don’t disagree.
I took a really funny and informative walking tour (where our guide insisted that he needed ‘someone from Seattle’ to demonstrate ‘west side’ at the Berlin Wall… so it wasn’t my idea =) and fell in love with Berliners’ self-deprecating love with David Hasselhoff (the bar sign cracked me up, even though a German friend insisted that ‘hof’ means ‘fun’ in German.) 
The bar in the basement of our hostel did have an extensive shrine to the Hoff, including the book “Did David Hasselhoff end the Cold War?” Perhaps! To be perfectly honest, the highlights of Berlin were the breakfast at the hostel (fresh fruit!), the bratwurst stands near the tourist sites, and FINALLY seeing the Simpsons movie. 
You know, in between seeing Hitler’s bunker, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall, the former HQ of the SS and Gestapo, the square where the Nazis staged the bookburning of 1933, and the Brandenburg Gate. I loved Berlin!
From there I went to Prague for about 4 days, which was really nice. I met up with an English girl and we spent the days together running around, seeing the sights. We went to the Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, St Vitus Cathedral, the Old Palace, the Jewish Cemetery, saw the Astronomical Clock, and took in a string quartet performance. Czech food, by the way, is delicious (if you’re a meat-eater, of course). 
I had some really wonderful beef-based meals in Prague. Mostly I liked Prague because it was really unpretentious, had lots of water and pretty bridges, had excellent public transport (Seattle needs to take lessons!!), and had some delish restaurants. 
I’ll leave Cesky Krumlov tomorrow and get into Vienna mid-day. After I get my Austria on, it’ll be off to Switzerland and into southern Germany to the Black Forest, then on to Turkey, and then Italy! I meet up with my family in just less than 4 weeks in Tuscany, which I am super excited about. Hope you all are well!
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You better czech yourself before you wreck yourself! <3
I didn't know you were going to prague- you should have visited the village my family was from- Lidice, its a very cool war memorial. I got your phone call the other day- I wish I would have heard it ring, but I keep the phone on silent lately for bebe. I love you Sheri and keep up the fun.
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