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It was a view to remember. From here, we caught our first glimpses of Prague Castle and we knew that would be our next stop. In fact, I fell in love with Prague, the sights and the history so much that I started working part-time as a tour guide. What better way to immerse myself in the history and culture of Prague than to take tourists on a walking tour of the city, starting up at Strabo monastery, showing them Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge, the Jewish Quarter, Old Town Square and finally the
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Astronomical Clock? It felt great showing off what I considered to be my city to like-minded people, and it turned out that most of the people were students on an Erasmus year in a near-by country. They had come away for the weekend and it was great to talk to them about their experiences and to find out the best places in Europe to visit. As much as there was to discover in Prague and the Czech Republic, there were also so many neighbouring countries that were waiting to be explored. In
ADVOCATE MAGAZINE: SPRING ISSUE
November a group of us made our first trip outside of the Czech Republic and went to Budapest. The excitement of seeing another new place hit me all over again and I was so impatient to go from the moment we had booked it. And it was definitely worth it; Budapest was beautiful, with as much to see as Prague but with the added bonus of having thermal baths! I will never forget the feeling of standing outside in a bikini in -5°c before plunging into a pool of 35°c; it was as if my body was on fire, but in a good way. After that experience, my thirst for travel couldn’t be