Prague Night 1

We left from Germany to Prague by train and we assumed, and weren’t told otherwise when we asked, that our Eurorail ticket we had would be plenty since we were leaving from Germany, a country our pass was valid in. Soon after we crossed the border into the Czech Republic one of the ticket ladies came around and when she reached us we were informed we had to pay for a ticket, luckily it was only 10 euro (about 12 USD). But it wouldn’t have been normal without a train adventure for Abby and I.

Once in Prague we realized the Euro was not the currency and we had to switch to crowns. At the ATM Abby and I had NO idea what the exchange rate was like and the options were 500c, 1000c, 2000c, 3500c and 5000c. Um okay...

I pulled out 2000c expecting to get a collection of hundreds and twenties or something. Nope, I got a 2000 note. The paper money as well as the coins look like fairy tales. It turns out that 100c is about $5 USD.

 

  An image of the Currency, seriously though apparently they also have a 5000 note

 

Our next money adventure came when we went out for dinner. We were both super excited after our few days of heavy German food to find salads prominent on the menu of the restaurant we were at --- for 79c or about $4 USD and beer for about 35c or $1.75. These weren’t small salads or small beers either. We went all out, salad for both of us, beer, coke, cheese cake, and ice cream – all for about $30 USD.

I’m going to call it right now. Prague will be the least expensive of our trip.