We woke up this morning and there was no rain for the first time in 10 days. It wasn’t exactly sunny, but at least it wasn’t raining. We decided to explore parts of Prague we haven’t seen. First, we walked up up our street to see if we could find the Novy Smichov mall without going through the metro. We did find it, but it seemed further away that way.
Then, we took the metro to Vysehrad, the oldest part of Prague where the first castle of the Czech kings was established in 972. There was nothing left from that time, but there are a bunch of historical buildings there, including a church and a cemetery from the 1870 where most of famous Czechs are buried, including composers Smetana and Dvorak.
From Vysehrad, we took the metro back to the center and walked for four or more hours exploring the city. We visited the magnificent Art Nouveau building of the Municipal House and the Bethlehem Chapel where Jan Hus started Czech Reformation in 1402-1412. We didn’t even sit down to have lunch. Al decided he was in the mood for a hot sausage with sauerkraut that was only sold on Vaclavske Namesti so we walked through half the city to have it. Then, we asked a police woman about a nice place to have coffee and pastry and she sent us to a fabulous pastry coffee shop called Cukrarna Mysak. It was originally established in 1902 and the interior was restored in that style. The pastries were superb and so was the coffee, not to mention the ambiance. An amazing place. Could be addictive.
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