Prague was amazing, but we had a rude introduction when the Prague police pulled us over for driving in a no parking zone. He said our fine would be 1000 koruna. I had no idea what a koruna was worth so my heart was sinking into my stomach. Newel left to go exchange for koruna. He took awhile to get back and the police started to question me about where my husband had gone. I felt like crying. I just wanted to enjoy Prague! Fortunately, Newel came back. He took longer because he went to our hotel to ask if the fine the police gave us was legit. 1000 Koruna is only about 35 euro so that worked out. Ugh. It was a bummer and I don't want to complain about it because it's over, but I still wanted to write about it.
Once we got the police out of our hair, we got to our hotel which was kind of like a step-up from a hostel. Our room had twin beds and we shared a bathroom with the other rooms on our floor. Here is what we did after we checked in to our hotel and ate some delicious Czech food:
Walked around Old Town Square which included the Astronomical Clock, Tyn Catherdral, St. Nicholas Church, Charles Bridge, Lesser Town, and Bethlehem Chapel. I think I was a little peeved and maybe semi-traumatized from the police so my picture taking diminished somewhat while we were there. Here's a good one of Newel in front of Tyn Cathedral.
The next morning, we walked to Prague Castle which had amazing views (see one of my favorite pictures I took below).
Prague Castle included St. Vitus Cathedral, the royal gardens, and guards that don't move (like in London). We later went to the banks of Vltava River, crossed St. Charles Bridge and walked through Old Town one last time before getting on the road heading to Munich.
Overall impressions of Prague: very touristy, tons and tons of people, major traffic - which Newel loved ;). It reminded us of New Orleans; so many fun things to do and see but kind of crazy too.
What I want to remember:
1) Dinner with Newel including the waiter commenting that he must be the only man in Prague not drinking and then telling me he was a keeper - I've always thought Newel was a keeper for many reasons including him not drinking.
2) Walking around Prague, holding hands - that might sound silly, but I just felt grateful to get to hold hands with Newel in one of the coolest cities in the world. :)
3) The views from Prague Castle.
Things Newel wants to remember:
1) The details of our hotel - I forgot to mention that it was built in 1467.
2) The restaurant we ate at including our meal and the bread
3) The old buildings and architecture
Lessons learned:
1) Do more research before seeing Prague including background/history on all the attractions as well as places to stay outside of the city and so you can just take the tram to get to where you want to go.
2) Money isn't the most important thing (I was bugged about our driving violation fine),
3) Things are only as traumatic as you make them (again, bugged about that police incident, but it's all good now).
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