Prague, Czech Republic

After a GREAT night's rest I am so ready to write this blog. Yesterday TheTresAmis had the largest dose of Prague that you can possibly imagine. As you've noticed, we've found that free walking tours are the absolute best way to discover all these awesome European cities, because we get to see so much of the city along with an explaination of tons of the city's HISTORY!!! All three of us have proved to be very intense history buffs which is good because Eastern European history is SOOO complicated. It was amazing how the tour guide explained to us yesterday how one lady who was born in Prague in 1908 and lived in the same house her entire life, but indeed lived in eight different countries during her life.
So we did TWO walking tours yeaterday from 11am-6pm. On our way there we grabbed breakfast from a locel market and Daniel made an all time AMAZING value purchase of 2 bread rolls for 6 Czehk korona, which is only 26 euro cents and 35 American cents!! I on the other hand spent 50 korona on some yummy white peaches and plums!!:-) The walking tour began and we saw amazing churches, a million types of architecture, and the the huge Prague Castle. One church had a particularly interesting story that I would love to share with you. Roaming through Old Prague was this theif who would do absolutely anything to get money, but the problem was he had a very hard time stealing enough to get by, so therefore he was very hungry. At a point of most excrutiating hunger around midnight, he went banging on doors in the square pleading for ANY morsel of food. Approaching St. James church, he thought he had a good chance because he thought the priest would have compassion upon him. As he banged, the priest did not come, so he forced his way in. As he looked at the church he thought of a better plan, he wanted to steal the Madonna at the front of the church. He reached up to grab her, but at that moment the Lady Madonna grabbed him. As he wiggled, her grip became tighter and tighter. He stood there all night long in her tight grasp, and finally the priest came early morning. The preist was so amazed that the Madonna came alive and so he summoned all the clergy in town to come see it. They decided to set the man free they had to take drastic measures, so the preist pulled out a sword and cut off his arm!! The great part is that the arm is still hanging there today to warn off anyone who thinks they can too steal from the church. Prague is full of myths and legends such as this. Prague is filled with breathtaking cathedrals, but it is so sad because no one will go to worship in them. The Czech Republic is 90% athiest. Horribly sad. After the 7 hours of walking around we stopped for an amazing Czech meal. Daniel and I had Beef stew with bread dumplings and potato cakes. Tim had some incredible Czech SAUSAGE!!
Today we are seeig a few more things in Prague, but mainly the most important thing is getting LAUNDRY done, one last time. Talk to you soon in Munich!! Big hug, TheTresAmis