I love Prague!

We went into the Old Town of the city today and had a really good time. It is a beautiful city. During a tour of the city, our driver told us that it had not been bombed during the war, so the buildings are quite old.

The architecture is baroque and is really ornate. The Old Town buildings date back to the 11^th century. Our driver also explained the “New Town” buildings only date back to the 14^th century! It was a nice day—overcast and not too hot, but not cold or rainy either.

 

Before going to the city center, we had to take care of a couple of things. Jess had to figure out where he could dry his jeans at a laundromat. Prague is a hilly city and he dragged me over a mile uphill. I should have made him carry me! It turned out though that the laundromat was also an internet café and advertised that they liked to speak English!

Jess got directions to a place where he could buy a new sim card, which could be topped off on an English-language web site. Still, he had to trim it down to fit his phone.

 

We figured out the train and headed downtown and to Old Town. We really enjoyed the cosmopolitan atmosphere. The city is clearly a magnet for tourists. With limited time, we had thought about taking a tour. When we got to the Old Town district, we came upon a tour in an antique Praga car. We decided to take it, and had a great time!

 

 

 

 

 

We could not have seen as much of the city in a short time on our own. There were other types of tours available, but sitting in the back of a chauffeured touring car was worth it! On the down side, it was very hard to take pictures. We were moving and most of the streets are cobble stone and very narrow.

 

Besides Old Town, we went through the Jewish Quarter and up to the Prague Castle. I took a lot of pictures, but I will have to go through them and post more later.

Here is the Swedish Embassy for our Swedish friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch, we made our way back to the flat and took naps. Then we went back to Old Town for a late dinner. As soon as we left the flat, there was a thunder/lightening/rain storm, but hey—I can take it, I’m from Seattle! We didn’t get too wet.

We had a great dinner of paella and took a few nighttime pictures before heading back. I was surprised to hear how many clubs were going full bore on a Monday night, but there were lots of tourists.

 

 

Prices in Prague are very reasonable. If you are going, be sure to get some Czech crowns (CZK), as the Euro is not used here. The CZK is worth about 4 cents, so things look more expensive than they are.

 

 

 

 

 

This has been the best day of our trip so far!