Praha

We were able to stay in a very nice hotel in Prague because it’s cheaper than the Eurozone. It can be rowdy in the old city center so we stayed a couple blocks on the Vltava. It was an amazing little renovated victorian style building and a huge room with a balcony and view of the 1000 spires in the cityscape.

At night

We took a long walk into the night. This city is equally as beautiful in the day as it is lit up in the night. The narrow streets of old town are crowded at any time of day… at night, though, we discovered circus acts in the square and a lively nightlife.

We ended the night with a walk across the 700 year old Charles Bridge. We rubbed the St John Nepomuk plaque and found some fried cheese with Mayo from a street vendor in Wenceslas square … something that Pat has been talking about for months.

The Day

We took in St Vitus’ Cathedral and Prague castle, of course. The Golden Lane was cool. It’s easy to imagine peasants, merchants, and soldiers walking these streets and going about their business during the reign of King Charles IV, the Hapsburgs, and the Austro-Hungarians.

After touring a medieval torture chamber, we started our way back down. Pat of course had to eat a tvdlo which is a roll pastry. On the walk back we were caught in a flash thunderstorm at the end of the afternoon. We felt lucky to still be on the hill and able to see the bolts of lighting hit the 1000 spires - Amazing sight to see.

Kept walking and went to the Franz Kafka museum.

We ended the day with giant Russian mafia schnitzel and sausage on a bun… a “happy meal”.