Blog post spring break
So I just got back from spring break. I went with friends to London then on to Budapest, Hungary and Prague, Czech Republic.
The trip was so interesting and I'm very happy I got to see these places. London was very cool - cold - but had its own vibe that related really well to American culture but in its own unique way. Someone was telling me that the UK almost is more similar to American culture than European and traveling to Dublin and London I can see that. The people are very friendly but the history is just so interesting. We saw the old tower in London and the traitors gate where Anne Boelyn was hung. How interesting of a history from the American perspective. This is where we started. Sure seeing roman and Greek influences all over Europe is really cool too but this was the first time I was actually in the place where our founding fathers escaped. Idk it sounds so cheesy but the UK especially England has this whole sense of identity that is so authentic and gritty it's really fascinating.
Plus thinking about the origins of lord of the rings, Harry potter, even game of thrones the Beatles, Kate Middleton haha I don't know London and England is really cool.
Budapest before I got there was completely distorted in my ignorant American mind. I thinking I was picturing somewhere in between the Middle East and like India or something to be completely honest. Which clearly is absurd. I guess I just did not know anything about Hungary before going. But Budapest was beautiful. Their castles and historic structures are so different than anything I've ever seen in Europe. More gothic I guess but really no this totally different style. As well as the way the city is divided in buda and pest. It's beautiful and really interesting. Pest is really hip and interesting and Buda is more classic. Our hostel was great and when we went our for a bit everyone was pretty nice but it was a really beautiful city and I'm glad I got to shake my naivety about Hungary.
Prague was so interesting. We stayed with a Czetch American that had been living there for five years being an artist/DJ/teacher/etc so he had a really cool perspective on the city. Prague was the only city bombed by WW2 bc of Hitler's superstition but that doesn't mean it wasn't untouched. We visited the communist museum and the Jewish cemetery and it was really depressing. Being in America you learn so much about ww2 obviously but it's not like here where you're surrounded by these marks on history and reminders everywheren. Like Christophe kept joking about how commy his apartment was because of its set up and that's something Ive never experienced really. And he made the point of showing that Prague's center is very touristy and where the wealthy lived but its outskirts are dirtier and more clearly affected by the still present corruption in the Czetch.
So it was really cool to get that local intake on everything including the tours and the nightlife. But Prague is beautiful it looks like Disney World in obviously a less fabricated way.
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