Hello friends and family!
I have not been able to share with you my spring break trip through Europe, because I have had a busy week. I was very lucky to spend my spring break with my best friend (and partner from amigos) Nicole. We travel very well together!
Brussels, Belgium was the first stop of our trip. Nicole flew ryanair, which is a budget airline which doesn't usually fly into major cities. When she booked the ticket she was informed she was going to Brussels, but come to find out when we both arrive and are trying to find each other she is at an airport 1 hour outside of Brussels. Once we met up we went to our hostel, then set out to explore. It was afternoon and was starting to get dark. We got to see the Grand Place which is a beautiful square. I wish my pictures had come out better, but it was dark therefore making it hard to take high quality pictures. After our hostel had informed us of a bar that is a good
place to go to get a waffle and a beer. It is called Delirium cafe, and hold the world record for the most amount of beers. They had over 2,000 different beers. There Nicole and I met 2 girls from our hostel and spent the rest of the night with them. The next day, which was saturday we just explored the city and went into this giant atom building. It literally is shaped like a atom. It was really need and gave us a great view of the city. Too bad it was a little cloudy. Brussels was a great place, but was very difficult to communicate with people there. More people were able to speak Spanish with me than English.Next stop... Amsterdam. I loved Amsterdam. It is by far the most beautiful city I have been too. I think I really enjoyed the way it was set up because all of the canals. But the canals also made it very easy to get lost because they all looked the same. Ha! Our hostal was very interesting because we shared a queen size bed that was a bunk bed. I had never even heard of queen size bunk beds! While in Amsterdam we rented bikes and toured the city. We went to the Anna Frank house and to the Heiniken Brewery. We also ate at this delicious place called Panacake Bakery! The panacakes were a mix of american panacakes and creaps. I had chicken, cheese, and pineap
ple on mine. Also while in Amsterdam we saw the Red Light District. It was very strange to me and seemed very unreal.Taking a night train to Berlin, Germany! We arrived in Berlin on my birthday at 4:30am and had to wait until the information desk opened so that we could purchase our tickets for our next destination. I was very releaved once we got to our hostel because it had already seemed to have been a long day. Nicole and I took a quick nap and got ready to go have a birthday breakfast/lunch. We didnt understand 1 think on the menu so literally just pointed to something that sounded funny. I ended up with a plate that had an arrangement of fruit, meat, eggs, and a lot of butter. It was pretty good! We had read in a travel book that bus 100 in Berlin takes you by most of cities main sites so we decided to hop on it and just take it in a circle. I must say it is on of the best ways to see the city. That night we went to a biergarten that was sorta creepy. Nicole and I quickly left ha ha. The next day we went on a free tour that our hostel was advertising.
It was very informational and we learned a lot about the history of Berlin. We got to see check point charlie, the berlin wall, the main entrance to the city, the TV tower (which we ate dinner in at the top. it was a room that revolved around so you could see all of the city.), and many other places. It was the best free thing we had the whole trip! ha ha! Then our last day we explored into some area called Alexanderplatz. It had a shopping center and this cute area where we got brats, creaps, and beer. It was amazing!Last destination of our trip was Prague, Czech Republic. We didnt have too much time in Prague, but everything I saw was beautiful. I really want to go back! Since we didnt have much time we just walked around and saw as much as we could, and hopped on a trolley that took us to the Prague Castle.
It was so beautiful! Then once we left the castle we got on the first trolley we saw and ended up getting lost on the trolley. But the up side to that is that we got to see a lot of the cities out skirts! I was not so much of fan of the czech food, but the dumplings are very good! Also our hostel in Prague was super cheap it was only 5 euro a night! What a deal!On saturday I took an early flight out of Prague to return to Madird. It was a very great trip that I am so blessed to have been on! Although it was very cold the whole time (I never wore less than 3 layers), Nicole and I had a great time. We took advantage of all the public transportation and loved traveling between countries by bus! That is all of now! Te amo!
Kayla!
(The first picture is Nicole and I in Brussels, followed by us at the I AMSTERDAM sign, next is us in front of this cute place were we got brats, one of the remaining areas of the Berlin wall, and lastly the Prague Castle.)
