Prague

Just back from one week in Prague with Maire, had a great time visiting loads of places. Our legs are going to make us regret it for the next week or so but it was worth it.

Places to visit:

Jewish Quarter
Old Town
Charles Bridge
Petrin Hill
Prague Zoo
Prague Castle

Places to eat:

Chez Marcel - www - French
Kogo L’Angolo - www - Italian
Ambiente Pizza Nuova - www - Italian, Pizza/pasta
Klub Architect -

Things to Remeber:

A good bottle of wine in a restaurant will average 400czk however if you go into a supermarket or off license you can find some good bottles from about 60czk.

Transportation:

5 Day Pass cost me 500czk. If you buy a single pass they cost 26czk and if you have a suitcase you need to pay an extra 13czk.

Day 1:

Whilst still in the plane I was looking onto the countryside and even 5000ft above you could see differences in the way things where built and laid out. Small villages had appartment blocks, not small ones either.

I also noticed a lot of industries, I guess since we where close to the capital it made sense however there seem to be one big industrial complex close to each village, sometimes the village looked like it was built around the complex. I guess closer to the capital may be organised in Industrial parks.

Anyhow got off the plane and onto the bus, this took us to the closest subway station. From there we took the subway and headed into town.



Got out in central Prague, at this point was not quite sure where to go, wondered around for a while and after about 40 minutes dragging the suitcase around I found the hotel (Botel Albatros (not a typo it’s a boat! )). Checked in and headed into town for some food, at that point I actually realised that the subway station was 500 metres away from the hotel.

Had lunch in Plzenska Restaurace, Cheap and Cheerful, more reasonable than cheap but the food was good enough. Most of there marketing was aimed at Stag Party’s I’m assuming as free alcohol was given with most meals and even beers to take away.



Then proceeded to spend most of the afternoon walking around town shopping and enjoying the place.



Had dinner at Chez Marcel. Great Value and a good selection of food. Although this is a French restaurant they have a few odd bits on the menu, on this first night i had chicken and chips, Maire had tuna sashimi. However just so you can be sure they are French they put snails on the menu for starters.

Day 2: Praha Zoo

Prague Zoo is BIG!! It was also great fun except for the huge hills. There was a chair lift but luckily it wasn’t running.

In total we walked 10.5.kms and never passed the same place twice (infact we got lazy at the end and skipped some bits) I liked the polar bears who are so so fluffy. Tom liked the Noctural jungle where fruit bats dive bombed me and i freaked like a girl.

The wolves and the hippos were pretty cool too. There was a baby hippo that was quite funny as it was constantly messing around with it’s farther.

Day 3: Jewish Quarter

One of the things we will remember for a while is bumping into Pete in a cafe.

We went to the