A Balance

One of the things I'm working on is to be honest about the things that I like and the things that I don't like.  

Clearly I love traveling, however I am learning I do not like touristy things.  Truthfully, I've known that for a long time.  However, today I took a free walking tour knowing that we were going to see the touristy sights of Prague.  And you know?  It was cool to see the beautiful buildings and architecture that I had heard about.  However, there were TONS of people everywhere.  There were TONS of those folks that dress up as robots(etc) and then scare people when they walk by.  (I'm ok with those folks as people, I just know I'm in a touristy area when I see them.  (Weird sidebar there)

Anyway, I ended the afternoon completely worn out(of course I know my sleep hasn't been good and today my eating was less than stellar but still).   I can't help but wonder what the balance is for me.  Yes I would love to see the sights.  But I would much rather hang out with locals and fellow travelers like I just did at the hostel just talking.  That's where I really enjoy traveling.  

Maybe the balance is doing something similar to what Jared, who lives in CA, does.  He spends 3-4 days in a city to really get the feel of it.  He says that for him, anything less than that is not enough to know what a place is really like.   Maybe that's the answer.  

I know one of my issues is that I want to see the whole world like RIGHT NOW.  And last time I czeched(yes.  That's a pun from Prague) the world is a large, enormous place.  I truthfully get jealous at times when I hear people talk about all of the places they've been.  But there's time to keep traveling.  I'll get there.  Even as I type this out, one of my dreams would be to see the world.  To visit every corner of the world.  There are lots of corners.  

But here are a few pictures.  The Jewish cemetery is that tall because the city wouldn't allow Jews to be buried anywhere else other than that cemetery so conventional wisdom says that people may be buried 11 people on top of each other.  Poorly constructed sentence but you get it.  You don't?  Oh.  

Most of these pictures came from within Prague Castle.  

The last picture is from my neighborhood.  Quaint.   And oh yeah quiet. 

At any rate, at the time of this writing I'm about to go to the park with Robert and some of the crew from the hostel....which by the way, Post Hostel in Vinohrady(section of Prague) is legit. I can't recommend them enough for their hospitality, cleanliness and overall cool vibe.