Prague in a day?!?

Prague is a wonderfully ancient city, each and every corner seems to have its own story to tell. Spending only a day, not even 17 hours, may seem ludicrous to most. But hey, what are you going to do? Drive past it and not stop at all?

So here is what we do in our short time here. We knew on the way in we would only be *barely* scratching the surface...

15:00 - navigated our rental into the bowels of old town, even down a tourist-packed street that even our small rental almost did not fit through! Parked our car in an illegal zone, hustled our bags to the hotel then stashed the car in a garage without getting a ticket.

16:00 - All settled and back out on the streets. Our hotel, "U Kocku" is pretty much at ground zero. In a minute or two we are at the famous astronomical clock - amazing!



16:30 - Jumped on a horse & carriage ride in the square adjacent to the clock. Got a chuckle out of the fact that the carriage route pretty much took us back to our hotel!




17:00 - Karlov Most, or the Charles Bridge. Breathtaking statues every 50 meters or so. Expansive views of the river, Prague Castle and the city.




18:00 - Josie spotted some tourists on top of this tower, so we climbed it. Very old, very spooky, the engineering and construction of this tower is mind boggling. The views are crazy from up here!

18:45 - We were getting hungry and I had started saying "we're stopping at the first place that has a Budweiser Budvar" sign. The one we found also happened to be some type of Ferrari bar - there was a Ferrari parked in front, the staff was wearing Ferrari getups and the owner walked around smoking a cigar.

19:30 - Back across the river for some shopping. Picked up more than a few neat things.

21:00 - Walked the main promenade all the way up to the gigantic statue of St. Wenceslas.



22:00 - Back at the hotel to freshen up and back out to dinner at a jazz club known for its goulash.

23:30 - Back at hotel to settle in for the night.

00:30 - Blogging & photos. Found Gambrinus beer in the minibar, blogging much more enjoyable now! The lighting at sunset amazed me when I saw it and the photos came out great.

02:00 - Hit the sack after draining the minibar.

06:30 - Back up again

07:00 - Typing this blog

08:00 - Checked out and back on the road.

There you have it, "speed Prague."
Ciao.
See you in Italy!