Friday, May 26, 2006
Prague!
Kate and I left for Prague at 4am Sat morning. Got there and tried to find our way to the city. The signage was terrible, nothing in English, but luckily for the trusty Europe book I had it came through with the goods and pointed us in the right direction. Found our hostel which was through 2 security doors, up 2 flights of stairs and through another security door. We had our own room, which is pretty rare for a hostel which was good.Walked around for a while after that, got a feed, then explored the city for about 6 hours. We walked all around through Old town square, through the markets, across Charles Bridge and up the big hill to Prague castle. Charles bridge is amazing, you'll know what I mean when I send the pics, and the views approaching Prague Castle are just as good, looking over the entire city. Anyway, we popped back to our room before dinner and then went to eat in Old Town Square. Really nice place so the prices were expensive, well expensive for Prague anyway, probably a lot cheaper than London. But the local cuisine is basically meat and potatoes so I loved it. Spent the night at Charles Bridge again, before making our way back to beat the storm.
Next day we were up at 8am because we wanted to get a train out of town to a city called Kutna Hora where there is a castle where a lot of the ornaments are made out of human remains, so we went to the main train station, and as usual nothing was in English. We read the timetables for a while and found 1 train going there but it was too late for our flight back to London. We tried to find an info booth but everyone we went to didn't speak English (Really useful Information Booth's), so we couldn't go. Spent the day strolling around the city and admiring the place.
Amazing city, full of gothic buildings, cobblestone streets, and great views. Very picturesque and definitely a place I'd visit again. Now I couldn't leave without knocking back 1 litre of Prague's finest beer! I'm hoping to get the pics up over the next couple of weeks.
