Prague and Neuschwanstein Castle amazingly beautiful, night trains not so much

Before i get into the beauty of the city of prague and the neuschwanstein castle, i must discuss the long and interesting night trains. The first night train from krakow to prague consisted of the four of us stuffed in a compartment, where we schemed for any potention pickpocketing threats-basically locking all of our bags, and adam acting all tough, guarding the door-and how we were going to get some sleep. These non-reclining seats were very uncomfortable and it gave us some trouble sleeping-even me, rip vanwinkel. There was even supposed to be room for four more people in this compartment, but we contended on grabbing the first compartment available, closing the blinds, and pretending to fall asleep which pretty much told people ``we dont want you hear`` in a friendly, non-threatening way. The second night train, which was from Prague to Munich, was almost as uncomfortable-but there were reclining seats, so it helped to sleep a little more. There was some old German lady who yelled at us for being too loud at 8pm and we werent even being loud, and we also got moved once as well. So, night trains, not number 1 on our list right now, but power naps and our ambitious hearts help keep us going.

Along with Krakow, Prague is another very lively, beautiful city-in my opinion, the most beautiful city we have been to-with its beautiful buildings, facades, and bridges, it is hard to beat the city scenary of Prague. The first night, we hung out at the old towne square-like Krakow-and just chilled, drank some beers, and enjoyed the great atmosphere of the square. Following that, we headed to the Prague Castle-which i believe is the biggest castle in middle europe?-and got an awesome night view from the top, in which you can see the whole city. breathtaking. The next day, we had a free, 4 hour Prague tour-woohoo-which was nice because of the buildings we saw and the cost of the tour. You will hopefully get to see pictures of St. Charles Bridge-arguably the most famous bridge of europe-and hundreds of beautiful building, churches, paintings, facades-gorgeous. Next, following our nighttrain from prague to munich, we decided to head to neuschwanstein castle right away.

Neuschwanstein, which is replicated in disney world and i believe the castle in cinderella, was made for the view it displayed-which was freaking breathtaking. In the background were the northern part of the alps, and i a lot of beautiful trees and lakes. We also got tours of that castle and another older castle which definately made more gruling train travel time worth it.

We are in Munich right now, tired and possibly sick, but that wont stop us. We are heading to the Hofbrauhaus tonight for some german beers and awesome huge pretzels, and then tomorrow, make our way to strausbourg, france, which we will visit some of my relatives-that will be a nice visit. Until then, hope these blogs are a good and interesting read and we look forward to all your comments. aufwiedersehen.

mark