Final Weekend Trip Away From Praha

Before I start to write about my small adventure into western Europe I want to apologize for my tardiness in writing in my blog. This should be one of the last interesting posts until I leave Prague on 19 December.

On Friday 27 November, Alex and I left the lobby of Masarykova Koleg and made our way to the bus to bring us to the airport. We arrived at the airport, checked the board and found our check-in desk. We waited in line for a while and then finally received our boarding passes. We made it through security and over to our gate. We wait for a few moments and then began to board the plane. I sat on the plane waiting to take off and realized this would be the last time I would be flying out from Prague Airport. As much as I have traveled since coming to Europe, I will still miss Prague Airport.

We arrived in Barcelona, Spain and made out way to the public transportation system where we purchased our tickets and grabbed the metro. We road for a bit and then made it to our stop. We checked into our hostel and then continued to go explore a bit before I called it a night.

I woke the next morning and got ready for a day in the city. Alex and I grabbed the metro and met Val, Courtney and Imran at Catalunya Square. I walked up from the metro and at first glance I was blinded by an unfamiliar source, sunlight. I was so excited to see the sun. We met up and began our adventure. We wandered up to a beautiful park in the city and then to one of the only remaining Roman structures in the city. We then wandered around some more before making it to the beach. It was a positively beautiful day and everyone was at the beach. We wandered along the beach and search for a place to sit and eat. We found a nice little restaurant where we sat and enjoyed an awesome meal of paella. Paella served near the beach in Barcelona is equivalent to one of the best culinary experiences ever, haha. We then wandered the streets for a bit and explored Barcelona at night. We all called it a night so that we could wake for our flight in the morning.

Alex and I woke and got the Metro to the Airport. We arrived and grabbed our boarding passes and then found our flight to bring us to Lisbon, Portugal. The flight only took about and hour and fifteen minutes. We arrived and grabbed a bus to take us into the center of the city. We only got to wander for a few hours before having to grab the bus to go to the stadium. We arrived at the stadium and saw some of the biggest crowds I have ever seen. The concert looked like it was going to be a full house and I was so so excited.

The Concert I am referring to is for a band called MUSE.

We grabbed our tickets and made our way into the stadium. It filled up very quickly and the concert was about to begin. The band came out with crowds cheering. I have never seen so many screaming Portuguese people in my life. As Val and I screamed along with the crowds, we experienced the most amazing concert of my life. I cannot say anything more influential then that. The concert was truly out-of-this-world. The concert ended around 11:30 unfortunately and we cleared out.

We found a bus to bring up to the airport and then continued to hang out in the airport for 6 hours until we could collect our boarding passes at 6 a.m.

We grabbed our boarding passes and made our way through security to the gate. We waited for a bit and then boarded the last flight we would ever take back to Prague. It was a sad occasion, but in the end, we were still going back to Prague.

I finally think most people from my trip are traveled-out. I have enjoyed my travels here and in the end, I am not traveling until 8 January. My final count with Prague as home-base includes...

1. Stockholm, Sweden
2. Milan, Italy
3. Venice, Italy
4. Budapest, Hungary
5. Krakow, Poland
6. Istanbul, Turkey
7. Vienna, Austria
8. Barcelona, Spain
9. Lisbon, Portugal

and I cannot believe you all have been reading the posts related to all these cities, haha. Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. As much as this is not the end of my blog posts by any means, it is the end of my weekend adventures away from Prague.

Until next time...