Praha! errr, scratch that....LINZ!

So, this weekend began (Thursday that is) with me thinking I was leaving late to catch a train, in order to catch an early bus to Prague (Praha). Oh how wrong I was. Didn't get a seat reserved on the bus, couldn't get one on another bus, and didn't want to pay crazy money for a train. And so, the decision was made to scratch the trip. Well for me at least. I ended up going to Linz (it was a crazy day, most of the group still went to Prague, while 2 of us joined up with another 2, and the 4 of us went to Linz.

So, Friday morning we left wicked early to catch the train that would get us into Linz at a decent time. After hitch-hiking most of the way to the train station (don't worry mom, it's legit here, and the townies are really cool about it with students), we caught up with a hoard of Franciscan students all getting to the main train station to go our separate ways (this wasn't the most exciting thing to the couple hundred elementary school/highschool students from around here who normally barely fit on the train without us). After this, we caught our train to Linz, on which we sat for an hour because it broke down 6 minutes from our stop. We then went and checked into our hostel, and began to explore the city (after a quick nap). We at kebabs, as per out tradition in every city, and then saw two of the churches there. After this, we purchased Linz cards, which would get us into every museum, on all public transportation, and even gave us a 9 euro food voucher. Then, we used that to get into the Ars electronica museum, which is one of the coolest places i've been. They had all kinds of interactive exhibits, and we spent a long period of time on the coolest toy ever, a tablet drawing board that was super advanced. After this, we went to an art museum, and then ate dinner at mcdonalds (we were craving it).

Saturday consisted of breakfast, a nap (we're slightly lazy), and then a ride up the tram to the lookout point/church way up above the city in a place called postlingberg. After that, we went back to the electronica musuem, and spent more time drawing. We then got dinner at a cool restaurant in town.

Sunday we returned to Gaming (this time we had to walk from the train station, 45 minutes back to the Kartause). It was a great weekend. Slightly crazy because of the change in schedule, but overall Linz was a beautiful city, and we had a great time.

I haven't posted pics yet, but they'll be on facebook when I do!