We left Leipzig on Saturday morning, and in early afternoon were already making our way though the streets of Prague (Praha for us Czechs). Since we were driving close to our apartment (the one where I grew up and where my family still lives) on the way to the hotel, I had the team quickly stop there. My sister wasn’t expecting me that early and was just in the shower when I rang the bell. She was very surprised to see me. I loved it. It was first time in the last 10 years that I didn’t come home by plane. I just showed up home; pretty cool. I ran up, talked to her and her boyfriend, dropped off my laundry, and went back to my team Silver downstairs.

We drove to our hotel, settled in, got massages, and then the whole team (Shiri, Mary, Emanuel, Francesco, and I) took the tram back to our apartment where my sister made us a great dinner. It was excellent. My dad and our dog Laska (“Love” in Czech) were there too, so it was pretty much a big party. The only person missing was my mom, who wouldn’t come back till Sunday morning from her trip in Croatia. After the great food which I actually didn’t have much time to enjoy between translating constantly, we went for a walk through the city.

From our apartment we walked to Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske Namesti), Old Town Square (Staromestske Namesti), the Charles Bridge (Karluv Most), and the Prague Castle (Prazsky Hrad). We pretty much saw the best of Prague in this evening, and the whole team was in awe of the beauty of Prague--and righty so. It indeed is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. After the 3 hour walk we all were quite tired, but still remembered that water is life, and life is good in the Czech Republic.