Day 8 -- Prague

After a huge breakfast in the hotel, we set out for Prague. It was still drizzling, but no snow. It took us less than 30 minutes to get to Prague and find our hotel Angel (Andel). We checked in, got our keys and went to the room, which had a humongous bed and no space for much of anything else. We asked the friendly young receptionist if we could have a bigger room with a smaller bed. He looked in the computer, called the cleaning crew and produced a key to another room on the same floor. We checked it out --- it was about the same size, but the bed was smaller so there was more room to move around. We decided to take it. When I went to return the first key, the friendly receptionist told me that we were such nice guests that he wanted to offer us the best room in the house and so gave me yet another key. We checked out the third room and it was definitely the best --- bigger, nicer furniture, flat screen TV… So we moved our luggage again.

After a short rest and several phone calls to real estate agents, we decided to start exploring Prague even though it was still raining. We took the metro from the Andel station about 100 meters from the hotel -- 3 stops to Vaclavske Namesti. We walked around that area towards the Old Town. The Old Town square was full of tourists and stalls with food. Hot wine was a popular item because it was freezing cold and wet. We had to stop at a store and buy a hat for Al because his ears were freezing. We were again amazed at the number of concerts in the city. It looked like there was a concert in almost every church in the Old Town. We walked to the Charles Bridge, took a few pictures and then proceeded to our favorite restaurant U Medvidku for an early dinner. We knew that if we didn’t get there before 6 pm, the chances of getting a table would be slim to none. We got one of the last tables available and had good hearty Czech food, excellent beer (Al) and great Czech wine (Bo). This gave us enough energy to walk around some more.