Because we decided that the end of the holiday would be spent in Prague it will only be one post from Prague. Spent time at the Castle, walked the streets and discovered restaurants. Took many pictures of interesting buildings and generally loafed around. Read last year's account of a short trip to Prague here.
The Castle, (wiki reference here) we skipped this last year and only walked the gardens then. Arriving early, to beat the crowds, we were at the front of the line at the entrance of the Cathedral, thinking we would buy tickets inside, only to learn that one needed a composite ticket to enter all the sites, which had to be obtained from the central ticket office. Nipping in to scan the Cathedral, we then purchased tickets for the sites in the complex.
We discovered the Old Castle, which was built in the 1100s, that also show cases the Crown Jewels, looked around the Golden Lane and the Basilica of St. George. Walking down to the Old Town from the Castle we had to cross the.......
Charles Bridge: (wiki reference here) One can never get enough of this site, in the early morning when there are no crowds or in the heat of the day when the place is packed, worse than a Japanese subway. History abounds!
The Charles Bridge Palace Hotel: The hotel was magnificent, historical and spacious - just don’t get an outside room, one that faces the street - the drunks revel until 5am, and you will hear every one of them.
Waking up the day we supposed to leave I looked at my phone, at the airport, whilst standing in line because there was a buzz that the plane had been cancelled, and sure enough three emails had come in during the night, telling us of the fact. So after hanging around the airport to find what AC was going to do for us we arrived at the transient hotel at 1100 hrs. Stayed there for 24 hours and all meals supplied. Apparently all out of pocket expenses - which were only the taxi to the hotel from the airport and back again are going to be covered by AC. But as we got up the next day we found that the flight had been delayed four hours. But both flights were compensible so the next couple of trips are going to be discounted.
Not a bad way to finish the trip
Waking up the day we supposed to leave I looked at my phone, at the airport, whilst standing in line because there was a buzz that the plane had been cancelled, and sure enough three emails had come in during the night, telling us of the fact. So after hanging around the airport to find what AC was going to do for us we arrived at the transient hotel at 1100 hrs. Stayed there for 24 hours and all meals supplied. Apparently all out of pocket expenses - which were only the taxi to the hotel from the airport and back again are going to be covered by AC. But as we got up the next day we found that the flight had been delayed four hours. But both flights were compensible so the next couple of trips are going to be discounted.
Not a bad way to finish the trip
Just finished reading through all the entries. Quite a trip! Really enjoyed it all, living vicariously through all the walking you've done. Bet you're happy to be back home though!
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