The clubs in Europe are absolutely ridiculous!  The photos (taken from the nights we were at the club) don’t even do it justice.  Not only was this an introduction to European techno clubs, but to techno clubs in general.  I’ve been listening to techno/trance/electronic music for years now.  My collection probably totals over 50 GB which might be 200-300 hours of music.

The toughest part of getting used to the scene in Europe is the time in which you go out.  Clubs in Europe rarely start before 11pm and usually go through the night.  This was definitely hard to adjust to.  The first night we were in Prague and ready to go out — we didn’t.  We had good intentions, but we went so wrong.  Jenn, Kelsey and I headed to Olympia for a happy hour pre game.  You can get 0.5L of beer for less than $2.  Several beers later the buzz had kicked in.  Unfortunately we were a few hours early.  It was only 4pm.  We decided to continue to get our drink on for another hour or two.  Finally, around 6pm, we headed home.  The plan to was chill out for a bit before going out at night.

We decided it was best to “rest” for an hour or so.  That way we’d all be fresh and ready for a full night of dancing.  Unfortunately the only dancing we did that night was in our dreams.  We all passed out for the entire night and didn’t wake up until the next morning.  Oops!

I will say that we learned our lesson.  As part of round 2 we headed to a club I’ve heard a lot about — Mecca.  The venue had a good vibe and the DJ was absolutely sick with it!  Needless to say we danced for quite a while.


Can you find us?  We are in the center.  @Mecca, Prague, CZ

Dancing is interesting in Europe.  Europeans, at least at these types of clubs, don’t require a significant other to have a good time.  I don’t know what it is about America, but it seems all of us (including me) need to be dancing with someone.  Never just dancing.  But sometimes just letting go and feeling the music is the best kind of dancing.  I put it all out there, let the music take over, and had an unbelievably good time.  And no, I didn’t need any drugs to do it.  :)

Enough with the stories… here are some photos from the clubs…

Mecca

Prague, Czech Republic - website
How to get there: Metro C Holesovice, Tram 5, 12, 15 station U Pruhonu

Roxy

Prague, Czech Republic - website
How to get there: Metro B, various tramways like 5, 22, 24, 26, buses like 217… The station is Namesti Republiky (The Republic Sqare) and is located in the very center.

H2O

Berlin, Germany - website
How to get there: No clue.  We went bar hopping and I couldn’t feel my body by the time we got here.  Jenn was nice enough to take me home after she saw I was dancing with my eyes closed!

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Budapest, Hungry
I think we did a bar crawl this night too.  I remember dancing with Jenn and a bunch of her friends/roommates, but no clue where we were.  And they didn’t know either.