Shoot.

Man oh man has it been a long time since I've updated. For that, I apologize. lol Internet is expensive and I choose to spend my time e-mailing people and facebooking rather than updating my blog. BUT, now that I'm at a hostel with free internet and some time on my hands, here comes a really, really long update...

*Paris: Although Ashley and I were only in Paris for a night (we're going back), we did have an experience worth sharing. Because we were meeting up so late in the evening and hostels in Paris are crazy expensive, I decided to give couchsurfing.com a try. Nobody would respond but at the last minute, a guy named Marc said that we could stay at his place in the 19th district. He seemed pretty legitimate, and so off we went with our 40 lb. packs (I have some nice, sculpted back muscles now). It turned out to be what I can only imagine as the best first couchsurfing experience people could have. Marc was such a gentlemen and blew up an aerobed for us, gave us blankets, gave us a key to his apartment (small but very nice) and engaged us in intelligent conversation! He's a screenwriter in the process of moving to London, so he was very interesting to talk to. The next day Ashley and I walked around the area, and decided Munich would be our next journey so we booked an overnight train!

*Munich: So we showed up to Munich at about 9am, and SWARMS of people were going out of the train station. We decided to follow them in hopes of finding none other than OKTOBERFEST! We followed all the people (most of whom were wearing lederhosen) and voila! Oktoberfest we found. Here are some pictures:

I look like death after an overnight train where I only got one hour of sleep...lol

It really reminds me a lot of the Oktoberfest at Oaks Park that my family and I used to go to every year, except a lot cleaner and a lot bigger. The tents were massive. We went into a few tents and looked around, and thought about getting a beer (at this time it was 10am), but we decided to first find a place to sleep. Since it was so busy in Munich, a hostel was impossible to find and we finally found (via couchsurfing, again a lifesaver) a bed and breakfast. So back on our packs went (still 40 lbs. at this point), and we walked 2 miles to get to the place. By the time we got there, we were so tired from lugging our backpacks across the city that we called it a night. The next day we left for Prague. And that means yes, we did NOT HAVE A BEER AT OKTOBERFEST. Please do not judge us. We are only human.

*Prague: After our beerless oktoberfest, we headed to Prague. We ended up staying for three nights at a great hostel: Arpacay. It was our first hostel experience, and it went very well. Prague is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Well, not necessarily the city but the architecture of the buildings and the water and the bridges and sigh...I loved Prague. Here are some pictures, because words can't do it justice:

Beautiful! I'm sorry, but now I really have to go...update more later when I can!