Wow, what do I say about Prague, or as the Czech's call it "Praha"? The pictures tell the best story. It is "the city with 1,000 spires". Everywhere you look you want to take a picture. We arrived in Prague on Wednesday afternoon, checked into our quaint little hotel and started touring.
First stop, the Charles Bridge
The receptionist at our hotel suggested this authentic
Czech restaurant for some great, cheap food.
It really was delicious!
The official food of the Czech Republic, roast beef in a delicious gravy, bread dumplings with cranberry and whipped cream on top.
They even had Sachre Torte cheaper than in Austria.
King Wenceslas Square, yup, there really was a good King Wenceslas.
Tom's favorite thing was walking around at sunset and after dark.
They lit the castle up and all the statues on the bridge.
See what I mean about a picturesque scene everywhere you turn.
The next morning, my birthday, we headed to the town square and hired a tour guide to take us on a "3 hour tour" (think Gilligan's Island because it lasted a bit longer than that)
Jana (pronounced Yana) was rather long winded and enjoyed showing us all the highs and lows of Prague.
She ran a tight ship and would chastise us if we didn't keep up with her.
The astronomical clock was pretty amazing.
A statue in tribute to their famous Poet, Kafka.
We saw everything there was to see in the old town section of Prague.
After the tour we had to have a snack.
These donuts baked on a stick were delicious!
We hiked up the hill to the castle
We got a beautiful view of Prague, plus saw the changing of the guard.
We had another delicious Czech dinner
Did some shopping
And stuck around until the fireworks show over the Charles Bridge.
We ended the day with a birthday treat of crepes filled with ice cream
All in all we walked 13 miles that day.
I'd say it was a pretty memorable birthday!
5 comments:
Prague is truly a beautiful city and you captured that beauty with so many great photos! You did a really lot of walking and hiking - no rest for the birthday girl!
Ha! Ha! The Gabrielsen family cruise director got schooled in Prague! That struck my funny bone. You never get after people for not keeping up, though. You look so beautiful, Joan, in that beautiful city. What a happy birthday!!!
Prague looks fabulous! So much history and cool archetecture. And fun to be there with Whitney and Tom. Can,t wait to hear the stories!
That's right. I'm now in love with a girl named Praha. So when I die, spread my ashes on the Charles bridge so I can be with her every night at sunset.
Wowser! Those are some great photos. Especially the sunset and evening ones. So beautiful! I LOVED Prague-- I need to go back and take Jon now.
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