Prague: 5/28/08

Day one:

We got up and had breakfast in our hotel. It was an interesting fair, but there was a bit of fruit, coffee, and pastries.

We took a cab to Prague Castle and started off on a day of touring the inside of the castle. The tall Gothic looking structure in the centre of the Castle is St Vitus Cathedral. Within the Castle Walls also house various Basilicas, Palaces, Convents, Art Museums, and much more. Read about it here

Afterspending roughly $30 on the cab ride to the Cathedral, we were motivated to figure out how the public transit system here works, and we did. I pride myself on being able to figure out Public Transit in foreign countries, and enjoyed learning the ropes here. They have buses, electric trams (Above ground) and subways. Anyhow, we made it back home for about $2 in about the same amount if time.

We were still a bit jetlagged, and both crashed for about an hour and a half. I slept HARD, and felt much better after waking.

We had dinner at Reykjavik in Old Town on a street that is on the East Bank and is a straight shoot off of the St. Charles Bridge. Apparently there was a Rugby match at Sparta Stadium last that evening between CZ Republic and Scottland, because we could hear it from the Castle, and saw lots of Dudes in Kilts wearing Scottland Rugby jersey's that evening.

On our way back home, we were walking down some less traveled streets and were commenting on how every block had 2-3 little pubs that were tiny, and mostly empty. Just then, we spotted one that was showing the USA v England soccer match being held in Wembley Stadium in England and decided to grab a beer and watch the rest of it. The match was a poor showing by the US, and by time we reached the end of the first half, the little bar was packed with Ingrid and I, and about 15 Brits, all swearing like sailors, and not very impressed with the US effort. It was fun none the less.

Three beers later, we were on our way back home calling it a late night.

Itwas a good forst day, amd we've got plans to take in an Opera at the National Opera House in two days. It should be great.