Prague - More!

Well Prague is quite nice, but i think it was overhyped for me personally.

The architecture here is amazing as everyone says, with a mix of baroque, gothic and renaissance architecture. (didnt that sound so cultured? :) )

The dissapointment tho, was Prague castle. From the city, you look up onto a hill where there is this fairy tale castle, and night its lit up with lights, but when you get in, its just a big tourist trap.

Undeniably, Prague is a pretty city, the gothic cathedrals and beautiful women make sure of that. But Prague is perhaps the most westernised and captilized of all the Eastern European cities. The main square here is filled with souvenir stores, Maccas and tag heuer shops and other touristy crap.

It seems safe tho, except for the random dog fights, drunk guys staggering around at 9pm and raged taxi drivers. No, Seriously, it is safe...

Off to Vienna now, where i will hopefully get to listen to some classical music and continue my culturification. Check it out, i made up a word!

In Germany we visited Sachenhausen, which is a concentration camp on the outskirts of berlin. Its quite a bleak place as to be expected, even tho it wasnt a death camp, like auschwitz or Dacau, thousands of people still died there from mistreatment, medical experiments, cold, and general abuse from prisoner and guard alike.

Its shocking to realise all those abominations that were carried out to jews, communists, other religous groups, homosexuals, and anyone the germans didnt like only happend 50 years ago. Now there is already a memorial, and to people of our generation, it seems like something that barely affects us and we learn about in high school.

Its a lot closer than we would like to know, and if things had gone differently, most of you guys wouldnt have the freedoms that you have today. Think about that.

Miles