Bye Bye Berlin, Hello Prague

I didn't like Berlin so much. The best thing about it was the poeple I met there from the bus and the room. The city itself has a lot of history with the Berlin wall and Communism and all that - which was really interesting. I took a walking tour that was really informative and showed all the major points of interest from WWII and the Cold War. But the buildings are all so new (because the city was bombed to the ground bascially) and generic - thanks to soviet contruction. It's rather dirty and the Berliners just didn't seem all that friendly. So I'm glad to be out of there - don't think I'd go back (but never say never).

Got into Prague last night and had a chance to look around. It's seems much more my speed from a tourist standpoint. Lots of old buildings, a castle, great bridges - just what i'm looking for in a European city. Plus things are pretty cheap here, though they're still on their own currency (the Czech crown) which is weird. It's sort of like how the Lira used to be, things cost like 500 crowns but that comes out to something like $25. So I went to the ATM and got 2000 crowns out and it just gave me this one 2000 crown bill. You feel rich for a while.

I'm bound to get some great pictures here. I'll post them as soon as I can.