Alex's Travels

Prague Nights

Moved back to the city and am having a good time. Pruhonice is a lovely village, but nearly a week of sleeping in darkness and silence was getting a bit much to deal with.

I've been spending my time doing pretty much the same things I'd be doing at home. During the day, I dish out about 3USD for 2 hours on the internet so that I can read The Times and The Sun and other local papers like City Paper. Later on in the afternoons, I get myself a cappuccinno and relax with a book in one of Prague's many beautiful parks. I also run errands and take walks.

My nights have been getting better. Three days ago, I went to the movies and saw Lemra líná. In the second scene, you see the main character riding in his car. When the camera pans out, you've got a great view of Federal Hill and the downtown Baltimore skyline in the background. I stood up shouted "That there is a great city!" but my fellow movie goers just started babbling incoherently and throwing stuff at me.

Then two days ago, waiting for a Daily Show clip to load in the internet cafe, some great music came over the loudspeaker. It struck me that I hadn't heard any good music since I've been here, so I set out to find it. That night, I made the trek to a club purported to have the best Brit Pop/Indie night in all of Prague only to find it was closed. Thankfully, I caught wind of another place that made last night one of my best since moving here. With four other people from the hostel, I went to Nebe. And yes, hipsters live in Prague. Lots of them. And they go to Nebe on Thursdays. I drank and danced until after 3 in the morning and had a wonderful time. Not only did I find the best music I've heard in weeks, but one of the DJ's recommended a couple of other nights around the city for me to check out.

Alyssa comes tomorrow.

posted by The League: Reassembled @ 4:57 AM