nik-ed off: Czech me out, in Prague

The next stop on our Busabout journey of Europe was Prague. I didn’t know much about the city, I just knew I was excited to go there.

Arriving in the afternoon, we had to change over our Euros into the Czech Republic currency of crowns (koruna). Unlike other currencies they don’t have dollars and cents, or euros and euro cents, just crowns. The approximate value of 100 crowns is €4 or around $6 Australian.

I was liking the Czech Republic already!

We wasted no time on our first full day in Prague, kicking off with a free walking tour of the city. Our Czech guide, Karel, was a graduate of psychology and drama, so we knew we were in for an entertaining tour.

We visited the Old Town square and the palace and cathedral. We viewed the clock tower, and the Astronomical Clock. We saw the building of Charles’s University, Wenceslas Square, the National Museum, and a cubism building. We also saw St James Church, where the decomposed hand of a thief hangs after being chopped off for his crime.

Chillen in Old Town Square

The Astronomical Clock

Building designed in the style of cubism

Pretty Prague

There are dementors in Prague, tell Harry

We saw a number of synagogues, the Jewish City Hall as well as the Jewish cemetery, housing an unthinkable number of deceased. We went to Jan Palach Square, named after a student who set himself on fire as a political protest. We took a stroll down Paris Avenue, known as the ‘rich street’, where we found designer clothing stores, luxury cars, and just generally wanted to hang out.

Loving the sunshine

Wassup bridge

Prague loving

After the tour we made the hike up to Prague Castle, the biggest castle in Europe. And it was huge. Even the cathedral inside was huge.

Hanging with a castle guard

Huge mother of a cathedral

Today was also a day about food. Cheap, amazing food.

We found a cute café for lunch and were shocked by the prices for the quality of food. I had a coffee and two focaccias (I was hungry, ok?) for the equivalent of €6. And they were the best damn focaccias I’ve ever eaten.

The best focaccia ever, so much basil pesto

Coffee fix

And dinner was even better. Exhausted after our huge day we found a basic Italian restaurant. We each had a bruschetta entre, pizza/ calzone main, and six cocktails between us for the equivalent €10-12 each! Phenomenally cheap! And yummy!

Fair to say we probably didn’t need to eat for a week after that meal.