What I did on my winter vacation, part 1.
01.28.2010

Hello everyone!

I'm finally back in Pittsburgh, ready to go back to work, and snuggling with my little girlfriend Ruby! This was an amazing two weeks, and I have to say, possibly the best two weeks of my life!

If it's not too boring, I'm going to recap my trip. I know I've been gone for awhile, but you'll see that the absence was well worth the memories.

First, before I left, I got a new haircut (you know, so I'd look perfect in pictures):

If you can't tell, it was inspired by my new favorite tv show, Twin Peaks.

Because Audrey Horne is perfect. And I wanted to pretend to be Audrey Horne in Europe. Can you blame me?

First up, Prague.

We stayed in Prague 3, which is supposedly the bohemian, hip bar area. Honestly, we didn't find too many hip things to do there (or anywhere in Prague), but we did have a great view of the TV Tower (and it's restaurant that closed the day we got there. Figures).

We spent our first night wadding through snow and dealing with a string of not-so-friendly people, in a not-so-great hotel, but on day two, we made the hour trek by train to the Assuary in Kunta Hora.

Mind blowing! That's the only word for it. The above chandelier uses every bone in the human body.

It was creepy and beautiful, and Caulen wanted his picture taken in front of everything.

Kunta Hora smelled like fresh tobacco, which was actually pretty gross. I blame the Phillip Morris factory less than a mile away. Even as an ex-smoker, gross.

We spent the next day wandering around, which was remarkably difficult because there had been no attempt to clear the massive amounts of snow all over the city. We pulled a lot of muscles.

I got a lot of funny looks (and a few snickers) while we were there. I think I was in posession of the only patterned coat in the entire country. It couldn't have been my dress, because my dress was awesome. And so was my hair.

We found a great tiki-themed bar in our neighborhood, that seemed to be a hang out for English teachers. I drank a lot of absynthe, but sadly, did not hallucinate.

Lots of people tried to sell us hash, but Caulen wouldn't let me buy any.

We walked around and saw lots of touristy stuff. We couldn't go into shops without getting harassed, blah blah blah.

The graffiti was all really awesome, at least.

So all in all, Prague wasn't exactly what I would have expected, but I spent it with a man I love!

We went to Berlin two days early, and thats when things got a tad more blog-worthy. I promise.

Thank you for reading! And thank you so much for all the congrats on getting engaged! My ring already bent, so we're looking for a new (real) engagement ring as I type this. Let me know if you have any great vintage or antique jewelry websites!

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