Prague

After departing the cruise ship, we headed to the airport to board our plane to Prague. We have heard that Prague is an amazing city, so we were really excited to finally get there. The hotel we stayed in was very nice and was about a 2.5 mile walk from the historical center. The weather was great during our stay, so walking everywhere was no problem.

Our first full day began by us waking up early to head into the city. We left around 8:00 and walked around for a couple hours before taking a free walking tour at 11:00. The tour was about three hours and took us to most of the historical sites in the city. We had an awesome tour guide who was very knowledgeable and funny. The free tour went by quickly—due to the combination of the interesting guide, beautiful weather, and being surrounded so many things to look at.

We decided to take another walking tour right after the free one. Our same guide was leading a castle tour. We had about 15 minutes to grab lunch before beginning the next 3 hour tour. We grabbed a quick lunch and immediately left for the castle.

After finishing the second walking tour, we wanted to eat traditional Czech food for dinner before walking back to our hostel. The tour guide recommended a restaurant nearby, so we headed there. We both wanted goulash, which is a popular eastern european dish, but the restaurant had recently run out and was in the process of making a new batch (this would take another couple of hours). Instead, we ordered two different, delicious dishes off the menu. The meal was very good and it was a much needed rest before walking the 2 miles back to the hotel. We were exhausted by the time we got back around 7:00, having been walking about 12 hours straight.

Since we saw almost the entire city on day 1, we chose to sleep in and have a later start. Jazz was sick with a cold yesterday, but woke up feeling much worse today. After eating the hotel breakfast (which was included in the price of our hotel room), we headed towards center city. We walked around for a few hours and headed to the same Czech restaurant for lunch. We still wanted goulash, and luckily they had it today. It wasn’t quite what we were expecting, but it was still good.

The rest of the day consisted of us resting and organizing. We would have to leave for the airport early the next morning to fly to Paris.