The more you spend in Prague, the more you fall in love with it! Today was a perfect day to continue exploring this Bohemian city – temperature was in the high 40 degree Fahrenheit with the sun playing peek-a-boo all day long.
Trini and I walked the maze of narrow cobblestoned-streets where the tourists were few and far between. We got lost a few times but time is on our side. We had nowhere else to go and we did not have an itinerary (well, sort of, we had a direction).
We took our time to gawk at the crystals; admired the different colors of garnet, their national gem; stared at lladros unsure whether to like it or hate it.
We went from The Old Town to The Lesser Town. Passed several bridges and followed the Vitava River. We lingered in street corners listening to jazz and Western music provided by starving artists.
Praha is a city with timeless architecture. If you are an art lover there are numerous museums to keep you occupied and will satisfy your artistic thirst – from contemporary to abstract to bizarre.
We salivated at the aroma of fresh trdlenik – a popular sweet bread rolled into a spit and cooked over an open flame. Different restaurants try to promote the various Czech gastronomy from Old Prague ham to pig’s knuckles and knees to sausages and goulash. Not wanting to offend the Czech cuisine lover but I am not really fond of their food. I will try anything once but will not force myself to eat it again just because it is the local’s popular food.
Our tour guide the other night told us that there must be at least 160 cathedrals and churches in Prague and I believe him. We must have passed dozens of them and many are closed. According to the same gentleman church-goers have declined drastically over the years that many of these churches are now used as venues for concerts.
By the time we were back in our hotel, my phone app showed we walked a total of 5.2 miles!
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