Old Man Prague

Saying goodbye to our wonderful hosts in Copenhagen, we embarked on the Eastern European segment of our holiday.

FACT - European Airports (outside of the UK) work with true German efficiency- 2 minutes in line + no worry about weight = no fuss awesomeness! Asia and the mighty UK have a few things to learn from their European brethren!

After some very poor transit directions from the tourist information lady, we found Susan's (a previous colleague) apartment. It is truly nice to have our own space to spread out and remove everything from our bags....thanks Susan!

English isn't widely spoken in Prague. Playing charades with friends and learning the art of cross language communication in school, have come in handy when we have been to the supermarket and tried to explain things that we need. Craig has even had to resort to his German when ordering a beer....Leicht!

We met up with Steph & Doddy (colleagues from Manila) and our very knowledegable tour guides, Doddy and Shannon, walked us up and around the amazing Prague Castle, St. Vitus Catherdral and across the Charles Bridge. After all that culture and old buildings, what more is there to do than to top it off at the Tourture Museum...OUCH, you dont want the saw treatment! To cap off an awesome day, Mexican was on the menu - located in Prague's equivalent of Burgos street! Dodgy, yes.... but good food!

Susan lives on a hill that surrounds and overlooks the city. This makes it a perfect location for a park and a beer garden. Spectacular views and nice beer were a perfect end to a Sunday of being lazy!

We were interested in going to the contemporary museum, so we tried on Monday, but it was closed all day...surely Wednesday it would be open. Nope...technical difficulties (apparently) shut the museum until 3pm. Too late for the explorers so we settled for the National History Museum. Prague seemed to be a little against us on our last day with the museum being shut and the water level too high on the river for a boat tour. Oh well, next time!

Tomorrow morning we catch a train to Deutschland.

So long Prague!