England... Transit... Prague

SOOO... RyanAir, shoddy service, amazing prices. If you can deal with long lines, and seat yourself, everything is fine. The flight from Frankfurt to Prague was 0e, making it 20e total (checked bags are 10e), or $34 US for both of us. That's absolutely ridiculous. Not to mention, the "shoddy service" we had heard about, was par, almost above par to Southwest. They don't provide you with drinks on board. God forbid on an hour flight across 3 countries you don't have water. Moving on...
England-
We arrive in London Standsted airport, a little tired, but nonetheless excited. After an hour bus ride to London central, we came on Baker St, about 10 blocks north of central London. At this point we just want to get to the hostel, but Becki has other plans. Actually she had no plans- she completely forgot the name, location and phone number of the hostel. If you know Becki, this actually wasn't a surprise. However, after quite a bit of walking, and a little quite time between her and I, we arrived at our destination, The Green Man. Which was located above a bar... go on...
Paddington is essentially the Islamic part of London, about 8 blocks north of Hyde park. The good news is there are tons of money exchange places. The bad news is that we, in our haste, changed a few euros into pounds at the airport to buy tickets for the bus to London. And here's the story.

1. The bus tickets could be paid for with a credit card.
2. The money exchange place sold us a map of London for 2e, not bad considering most maps were 4e or more. This also combined with a free commission the next time we exchanged money, was a great deal. Exchange places in airports and public transit areas are terrible. Write that down.
3. We lost the map, and our free commission.

This began a series of events, that, even after traveling through the luxurious parts of London, the intricate park system linking Hyde, Kensington, and Buckingham Gardens (including the Palace), we came to realize that London really wasn't that great. The bars, restaurants were okay, but considering Becki and I

a. Don't like mayonnaise
b. Don't like boutique shopping
c. Don't like to not drink water (believe me, it's true. No one drinks it)

We realized that 2 days was just perfect for us, and considering that
i. we arrived late, and exhausted, spent the 1st day drinking and sleeping at the bar/hostel
ii. we saw most of London in one day
iii. we were dehydrated (see article c)

Although, I must admit- the barkeep had to clear the lines out to clean them in the morning, so we, along with some newly made friends, finished about 8 beers in 15 minutes, while discussing the finer things about not living in London.
We were just as happy to leave.
PS... Meg we found you some Canadians.


Monday came soon enough, and we were off to Frankfurt for a layover until Prague.

And that was quite uneventful, might I add. But I will tell you this... arriving in Prague, it's amazing... stay tuned.




 But I will tell you this... arriving in Prague, it's amazing... stay tuned.