Ken D. was first up and was thus responsible for the making of the coffee. Our wake ups began about 6:30 am and the last one up was at 8:10 but we won’t go into that. Ken and Ken walked down the hill to the little local bakery. WOW! What an incredible display of fresh baked goods. We bought our breakfast and headed back to the apartment. Just a few crumbs remained after we ate.

About 9:30 we headed out to get the Tram to the Jewish Quarter, more of old town on the other side of the Vlatva River and also the newer area of Prague. It was quite an experience getting our Sr. Ticket for the Tram from the dispenser. Even a Czech gentleman stopped to help us and he was stumped. Finally a shop owner came out and helped us get our day passes. Then onto the Tram and across the river. We walked much of the area and then stopped for water and a latte later in the morning. We saw this old convertible which a young man was driving giving tours of the area. Wearing down already in the day, we decided to give it a shot. We had a 40 minute tour of Prague highlights in an authentic 1930 Praga convertible. It was fully restored and is a car that was manufactured in Czech Republic.

After the ride, we mentioned that we were going to lunch. The driver heard us and said he too was going to lunch at a good restaurant off the beaten path. We went with his call and walked a bit to a quaint little place with great food. We all had a light lunch and continued our walk around Prague. Mid afternoon, we decided to jump on the tram with no destination in mind, just to see parts of the city that most people visiting would never go to. We did find the seedy part of town, got off walked around just enough to get the girls uncomfortable and then got back on the train back to where we came from.

A few observations on Prague. There are no street people or street musicians in any of the areas we were. Unusual for a city of this size. We did find a few seedy folk in the area we wandered into. There is a tremendous amount of graffiti all over Prague like there is in many cities. Not sure when these folks do this stuff as I have never seen anyone in the act but it is always present. There is a lot of repair work going on in all areas we visited in Prague and much of it is needed. The city is probably still recovering from the Communist rule with many years of non repair. However, it is a great city and very comfortable to visit and walk around in. There are a lot of warnings about pick pockets but we are pretty well guarded against them so are not worried. I took a photo of one guy that appeared to be casing Kay today(see photo below) and he then got off the tram.

Later in the afternoon, we caught the Tram back to the apartment and did some journal work before dinner.

We didn’t over think locations for dinner and headed right back to where we were last night as it was great. Something powerful about getting the check for the dinner and it is 790 Czech Koruna before the tip. That is the equivalent of about $52 in US. Our favorite beer of choice is Pilsner Urguell which is the most popular beer made in Czech Republic.

On the way home we stopped by the Vietnamese Grocery store and bought two bottles of Czech Merlot which is quite good. We paid 50 Koruna per bottle and thought we were splurging until on the way up the hill we figured it out that it was less than $3 per bottle.  You gotta love a bargain.

Once home for the night we settled in to finish the journal for the day, have a glass of wine, but not close to the computer, load our photos up to Smug Mug and call it a day.

A new service in this journey is to instill a rating of Restrooms by county. Julie Ann is the rating expert and awards Prague with a 9.5 rating.

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