Vienna, Prague, Munich

The first night in Vienna was amazing as we went to an Irish Pub and watched the USA vs England game. We were very lucky to tie England in the game because they are much better. So we had fun meeting Americans and what not, overall a good night. The next day we went into the town to explore all of the castles in Vienna. We had no particular place to see, but we got off the metro and started looking for tall buildings. We saw things like the statue of Athena, Posiedon, and a few other greek gods. As we walked through a beautiful waterfall in this courtyard area, we found signs for the Vienna Zoo. At first, we shrugged it off but it turns out that it is the oldest zoo in the world! So we decided to go to the zoo and bring out the 12 year olds we all still have in us. The zoo was the my favorite part of Vienna as we got to see meerkats, ring tailed lemurs, elephants, and penguins that were hilarious to watch hopping around. Obviously we got sausages because thats what Vienna is known for as well, they basically hollow out a bun and stick a foor long sausage in it and call it a wurstel. After that we were exhausted and it stared to POUR so we headed back to our hostel and stayed in for the night, as we left early the next morning for Prague.
The train ride to Prague was not very long, only about 5 hours. We got to Prague around 6 and met with kids that we studied with in Paderno at our hostel. They had already been in town all day so we went and got dinner at a nice restaurant. Two of my friends and I split a heaping plate of chicken wings, ribs, and sausage, and paid around 6 USD each. I didnt realize everything was so cheap! That night we went out and were looking for somewhere to go when we ran into this group of 5 Sweeds. We paired up and walked a few miles to this club called roxy, which was pretty fun for a Monday night.
Tuesday was dedicated mostly to shopping, we found the main street with the museum at the top. I found a cheap watch, a cheap soccer jersey, and a new camera. Over all it was a pretty successful day of shopping! That night, we went more towards the center of town and saw the famous bridge and clock tower, all lit up. After we wandered for an hour or so, we finally found a place to sit and have a beer, for 23 krowns, or about $1.15. It was a very good time as we were able to get a taxi back pretty early and got a good nights rest.
Wednesday we went back to the clock tower area to see it during the day, and it turned out that they had a massive TV set up in the square where they were showing the World Cup games (reoccuring theme, i know) SO we watched the Spain game, and walked around a little more and took some more pictures.
Thursday we got out of Prague fairly early and went to catch the train to Munich. The train ride was long, but not too bad. When we got in, it was cold, rainy, and late, so we decided to go to a place close for dinner and all four of us got a different type of schitzel. SO GOOD.
Friday was the day that we all had been looking forward to for a while, we knew that both Germany and USA played, so we were prepared with our accessories for both teams. We watched the Germany game first, upstairs in the HUGE room at the Hofbrauhaus. It was full of about 100 people, mostly Germany fans. We were lucky and found a few Americans and sat next to them. It was a bit of a disappointment when Germany lost, but all in all it was fun. The game right after was USA vs Slovakia, and we went downstairs in the Hofbrauhaus where there was about 50 Americans piled into a fairly small area. The game was a riot as everyone was very excited that the US was able to come back and tie the game. After that game we took a taxi home and went to bed early.
Today(Saturday) in Munich we went to the famous Dauchau concentration camp. It was very very interesting. It was what you would expect in that we saw the terrible conditions they lived in and the way the prisoners were all treated. On the way back, we all picked up some souvenirs from the Hofbrauhaus and a few other shops. Tomorrow our plan is to visit the BMW museum, and walk thru the 1972 Olympic Park, which are adjacent to each other. After that, its off to Paris.
Tentative schedule for the next three weeks I have here: Paris tomorrow, Salamanca Spain for 2 nights to see firends, Madrid for two nights, Barcelona for 4 nights, Cannes France for a night or two, Luxomborg/Brussles for a few nights, Amsterdam, then London where I fly out of!
Should be interesting.