Girls Trip to Prague

My trip to Prague was my visit one with a small group and I honestly loved every minute of it. I have learned that traveling in a large group comes with many obstacles, and for once I wanted to avoid such obstacles. Big groups bring about a wide range of opinions, agendas, needs and budgets. One person may have a set plan to see all of the sights while another wants to just sleep in and start his or her day around 3pm. I tend to be more of the person that wants to see as much as I can while in a city that I probably won't ever revisit again.

Prague is truly a storybook city. Gothic castles and colorful buildings ornamented with elegant moldings along the scenic river makes the city look as though it belongs in a fairytale. The sun gave everything a golden glow.

Prague Easter Market

Czech Easter Eggs

The day we arrived the Easter Market in the middle of Old Town Square opened for the Easter season. About one hundred vendors opened up shop selling homemade crafts and fresh food. As soon as we saw it we knew where we would be spending the day. The most popular item we saw were hand painted eggs with any type of design you could imagine. They were all so delicate and intricate that I could not help but pick one up as a souvenir. These eggs were sold all over Prague and are a Czech tradition for the Easter season.


As in any other city that I have visited, I had to try to local food. We started off with some spun fried dough sprinkled with sugar crystals that surprising tasted more like a pretzel than the friend dough we were used then. After dessert we decided to eat lunch from a stand in the market. Chicken skewers with onion, peppers and ham were served fresh off the grill alongside big Pilsners right from the tap. As we ate we listened to the trumpeter play at the top of the clock tower at the turn of the hour.

Suggestion for students traveling to Prague: do the pub crawl! We did the Prague Pub Crawl our second night in the city. It was a really great deal (20 Euro) for an open bar, free t-shirt, entry to 3 different bars and a 5-level club. We met a lot of people that night and got to see a lot of the city as we made our way with the group. For more information click here.