We're finally here!!!!
After running through the airport in ATL and a 10 hour flight that was only supposed to be 9, we are finally in the Golden City, PRAGUE! On our flight we met the guy that sat behind us after we heard him say that he was from Chapel Hill. We went on with the other regular questions to find out that he was going to Prague for Study Abroad, and just happened to be on our program! RIDICULOUS! After a while we learned that he had been to Prague before! So after our collection of 9 cups of water, two coffees, and adventurous airline food, and watching Leap Year, Bride Wars, How I Met Your Mother, and 30 Rock (more like Weez watched these as BKnox slept), we arrived at PRG. Our newly made friend, Brent, and us stayed together through customs and baggage claim, exchange a little money, and then caught a taxi to our hostel.

This is where the real fun begins...We arrive at the hostel to find that we don't have rooms that we can go to immediately, even though all we wanted to do was shower and sleep. The director of our program was supposed to reserve rooms for us, but we don't know what happened with that. The hostel had our names, so we checked it. The manager was really nice and said that our rooms were just getting fixed up and would be ready in the afternoon, so we stored our luggage there, grabbed our metro passes, and set out on adventure.

Brent lead the way to a small pub where I (Weez) had goulash and Bknox had a yummy mozzarella, basil pasta thing . We were struggling to stay awake, but set out to see our school! The Prague Institute is around a little corner in Old Town, the best part of the city so far. We crossed the Charles Bridge twice and explored on both sides. On the other side, we found a Starbucks and like typical Americans crashed there for a good while. I almost fell asleep and that' s when we decided that of course our rooms should be ready by now, and headed to the hostel to check in, shower, and rest up before dinner. We get there, hang out with some State and App kids and then I hit the couch in the hallway for a nap.

Here's where it gets reallll good. We then head to the front . We're told there's no room for us in the inn :( We kindfully argue with the lady at the front desk, while 4 or 5 people argue in Czech, while we stared blankly. It was finally decided that BKnox, Brent, and I would be sent to a hotel on the other side of town. So we hopped in the car, had too much luggage, hopped in a different car and were off. We arrived to find a beautiful room with a TV, bathtub, mini bar, awesome matresses, etc. Then we decided to headed back to the other hostel to go to dinner with everybody (there are 8 of us here already). So Brent, Bknox, and I hop on the metro that we've already basically mastered, which is pretty easy with only 3 lines. We then meet the friends and wander around the neighborhood around the hostel to see what we wanted to eat. We ended up eating at a Vietnamese restuarant that was MAD CHEAP! (Bknox and I only paid 87 kzc or a little over 4 dollars). We ate our fill of noodles and rice, spent some quality time with the boys, and then went our separate ways. We took the metro back and are now hitting the sack and getting ready to explore the Prague Castle tomorrow!
(No internet in the hotel, so this was 5/15. Our first day in Prague)