Prague 2010-07-25
Off to see the sights…
I saw the sights… all the major highlights were hit. I did not, however, go into the national museum. Ya know, I really don’t care that much about the Czech Republic. I did check out the castle (Guinness’s world’s largest castle) and saw all the hysterical sites. I walked and walked again. I did take the metro once to get started to go to the castle, but Prague’s metro is a little odd… for 26 koruna (just over $1) you can ride the metro up to 5 stops after where you got in or 30 minutes on a tram. If you overstay your welcome, it will cost you 500Kc. First of all this is odd that you can only go a certain number of stops and it is just a pain, BUT a whole group of people apparently did overstay their welcome and got busted for it… a little scary. I also saw some tourists pull over for driving too fast… I behaved on all counts…
It rained… I did not have an umbrella. I thought of bringing one, but opted for my rain jacket that I did not take with me on my walk-about. I bout an umbrella for 99 Kc ($4) things are pretty cheap in Prague.
I went and toured the castle and, of course, had to climb the stairs in the south tower… I just can’t help it. If I see a way to go up, I have to take it. 375 steps or something like that… child’s play compared to St. Pete’s… the view was good and I got my bearing on my next destination… the Charles bridge. Very famous… it was just spiffy… the funny thing about it is that it is only a pedestrian bridge and it is home of many vendors and artists… I stopped in a the Hard Rock Café to hear some English. I went to the top of the Astrological clock tower and met a very nice woman and her bf from Brussels… they were one of those couples that don’t actually walk together anymore… I give them 4 more months…
This all let me to Charles square, the largest square in Europe don’t ya know… then I decided to wander into Wenceslas Square. at the top of the square is the National Museum. They are having a classical concert there tonight. If I were here with someone, I would certainly want to go, but alas no…
There is a market right down the street where I could gather supplies while I rest up for tonight’s outing… I have not decided what do to do at this point. It is a Sunday night… I might just wander around and grab a nice dinner. Since things are inexpensive it would be a great place to splurge a bit…
Some good news… my feets be much happier now. They have finally reached equilibrium with the gel insoles and the letting of the blisters seems to have done the trick!
Some bad news… I have traveled so much that the wheels came off… my luggage. We are at the point where one wheel does not turn at all, it just drags… :< I looked for a replacement bag but did not see anything comparable. It looks like I will have to use it as a backpack instead of a wheeled piece of luggage… the good news is that I think I only have 3 more stops to go…
Yes, three more stops… those of you who though from the beginning that there is no way I could hit all the countries that I wanted to do in the beginning were so right… northern Europe is out as is Ireland I think… I currently plan to go from Prague to Frankfurt, to Brussels, to London and then probably fly out of there… I will probably spend at least a couple of days in London…
One strange thing about this hotel… they use very hot halogen lights in the bathrooms and the elevator. Standing under the lights in the lift if very warm… hmmm.