PRAHA!

First and

foremost, aside from weekend news, I just have

to profess my love for the sandwich (panino) shop around the corner. I'vetried a lot of panini from different places around Florence, but my favorite so

far (lucky me) happens to be around the

corner from me right by the mercato central.

It's like an Italian deli-style place. It's a tiny space with 2 high-top tables inside and there isn't even a

sign that says what the place is

called. The woman inside recognizes us every time we go and greets us with a friendly buon giorno. Anyway,today I just went with a prosciutto cotto

sandwich (it's ham, but I think it's the equivalent of parma cotta ham in the States) panino. Since it's deli-style,you pick what you want and she makes it right there. So with my delicious ham I added a black olive pate, fresh tomato, rucola, and fontina, all melted together on awesome stracciata bread. Bellisima...simple but delicious. I love how everything here is always made to order and freshly cut.

Anyway, on to my weekend. As I had posted before, I had been planning on heading to the French Riviera for the weekend. In a crazy last minute cha

nge of plans, I went to Prague in the Czech Republic with a bunch of friends through a company called EuroAdventures. To say it in a few words, I totally fell in love with Prague. Like Florence, it's easy to just feel at home there. Only problem: they speak Czech--not exactly the most convenient and widely spoken language in the world. Back to my point...I went through EuroAdventures...a company that is designed specially for college kids trying to travel and see Europe with minimal money spent. It was a very long drive (11 hours!) but totally worth the experience of Prague. The website and general market for EuroAdventures is a little sketchy I'll admit but the program was fantastic. The guys that own the company are the ones that come on the trip with you...2 of them are in their mid to late 20s and the other is probably about 30. They were great. We left Florence at 8pm on Thursday and arrived in Prague at 8am, when we took a 5 hour tour of the city. It sounds long, but it was perfect...we saw all the major sites in Prague in a day and I've

nd wasn't sure what to expect.

I've gotten so accustomed to walking everywhere the full day of walking didn't even tire me out.

This post is about to have a lot of pictures (I took about 150 while I was there) so bear with me and

try to enjoy.

PROBLEM. I just tried to add pictures to this post for you guys and about half of the writing got messed up so I just had to delete it. However, there are now more pictures...but fewer words. So I guess...make your own story from them?

I know I had posted (I think in my first post?) about the locks in Florence on the Pontevecchio bridge where couples come, write their names on the locks, and lock it around a statue in hopes of good

luck for their relationship. Anyway, aside from the amazing Lenin/Lennon

wall (pictures below...I took a picture right in front of the "imagine" part of the wall because I know Dad had taken a picture in front of the same wall not too long ago.