The DarkNite Diaries: November 2012

Greetings from the Charles Bridge - Prague, Czech Republic

Ok, so I know I have been gone for a while but I have had soooo much going on these past couple of months. I even have several blogs that I started, but just didn't find the time to finish and post. I'm sorry about that. I have definitely been slacking. But it has been a whirlwind of excitement. First as I mentioned before I went to Europe for 2 weeks in September. OH MY GOD, what a fantastic time I had. I have tons of pics but to be honest... I haven't even had a chance to get them uploaded from my camera yet. Yeah... I've been that busy. But I promise soon I will get them posted.

I went to Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia and Budapest, Hungary. Loved them all!! I would have to say as far as city beauty goes, my favorite was Prague. It was Gorgeous!! Loved it. Charles Bridge is magnificent. I was in complete AWE! There really are no words to describe the beauty of the city and it;'s architecture. The people were a little different than I am used to. They weren't mean or rude at all. They were very kind and pleasant just very different. As an American of course I am used to 2 specific things. Smiling at people when you make eye contact with them and personal space. Well these are two things they do not believe in over there. They don't do superficial smiling or hugs towards people they are not close with. At first they may come off as rude when you smile in their direction and they look at you straight faced and keep walking or going back to what they were doing, but you soon realize this is just how they are. They are as kind and nice as can be, they just don't smile at random strangers they don't know.

Now for the personal space thing, well that was hard to adjust too. I am used to people moving to the side to not run into you. Avoiding knocking people over in the street when they were standing in their spot before you got there. In Prague, they don't seem to care. If you are standing still in a place or walking down the street and someone feels you are in their way or path they will just run you right over. They don't seem to care if you were there first. That was something I don't think I would ever get used to.

Vienna was amazing as well. It made me feel so at home with how similar it is to Germany. The people, the language, the food. I love Germany so much and Vienna gave me that same comfortable feeling. Of course everything about the food was fantastic. I liked Czech food as well, do't get me wrong, it was just much richer and heavier in the Czech Republic than it was everywhere else. Viennese food is very similar to German food. Well at least to me it was in comparison to the other countries I visited this trip. So everything about it was wonderful. I didn't really try any food in Slovakia for the afternoon we were there but I do have to say that Hungarian food is AMAZING!!!!! Their food appears to be rich and heavy fut it is actually light yet filing and soooo flavorful with their Hungarian Paprika. That stuff is AMAZING!!! So flavorful. Nothing like anything we have here in the states. So I don't have too many pitctures yet but I do have some food pictures on my phone. So I will give you a little quick sneak peek. :)

A Renaissance Dinner in Hungary.