I returned to Dresden on Thursday for a day of rest after Leipzig, Klöden Camp, Magdeburg, Hamburg, Frelsdorf, Hanover, Rostock and Berlin. I drove down to Prague in a guy's car with three more Dresden friends.
The reason?
Czech Surfing 2009 - a big CouchSurfing meeting. Like Berlin Beach Camp and Klöden Camp, except this one was in the middle of the city. There were probably 300 people there, most of them not from the Czech Republic.
After arriving at our CouchSurfing host, we spent Friday evening first drinking at a bar, then drunkenly walking around the city on a night tour, then finally going crazy at the Cross Club.
Saturday was the biggest day. I chose to go on the beer-garden-and-city tour, which was a long walk all around the beautiful city of Prague, visiting some beer gardens on the way. I met tons of new people who made the walk that much more fun.
Saturday evening was the biggest event of all - a party for which we had an entire hotel basement (which was a bar) booked out for CouchSurfers. Lots of alcohol and food was consumed, lots of music was played and lots of fun was had.
Actually I drank too much and was sick for the last bit.
I blame the price of beer. 25Kč for a 500mL glass, that's less than one euro, and about one third the price of beer in some bars here in Dresden. It meant I'd finish one beer, then buy a new one straight away. I did that maybe six or seven times and then joined the crowd dancing to a DJ before everything went downhill.
Sunday was a nice relaxing day. We had a picnic in the park followed by a FREE HUGS campaign where we gathered in the busy main square and gave out free hugs. This thing has gone world-wide now and was started by one guy in Sydney via a YouTube video.
I also gave out FREE CHOCOLATE.
Unfortunately, my ride was leaving Sunday afternoon, otherwise I would have stayed a bit longer. Maria, Xenia, Sunhild and I drove back to Dresden with Peter and the awesomeness came to a quiet end.
I really have no plans right now. I'm thinking I'll head to the very west of Germany and then onwards from there, coming back briefly for the world cup of beer, Oktoberfest.
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