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Day 4: Aug 9, 2009 / Prague, Czech Republic
Our bus arrived at 5:30 AM and when I opened my eyes, I was greeted by the castles, the old building and the beauty of the Charles Bridge and I was like “Wowww!!” So I wake Howell up and pointed to him the beauty that kept me awe struck.
Howell has a former officemate who is now posted in Prague. She asked us to just stay in their place. Luckily, I was still able to cancel our hotel reservations without fees. They picked us up from the station around 6:30 AM and we reached their house around 7 AM.
We took a bath, had breakfast at 8 AM and I was able to go online also and talk to Bela before exploring Prague. Joanne took us around Prague. We went to the Disappearing Man, St. Michael Church, the Old Town Square, and the Charles Bridge. Then she hired a vintage car which will take us around Prague up to the Prague castle. This is her treat to us. She paid CZK 600 per person good for 60 minutes.
The Vintage Sight Seeing tour will tour you around Prague and you will be allowed to go down and explore the Prague Castle and will take you back to Charles Bridge after. After the tour, Joanne took us to the Astronomical clock. There is a clock show here every hour so tourists flock in front of the clock every hour to watch the show. Joann left us there to let us explore the city on our own.
We had lunch at El Toro Negro Restaurant which is just right in front of the Astronomical clock because it is already 12:30 so we will just be in time for the clock show. Our lunch cost CZK 1000. The clock show is really simple actually: the two small windows will open where the 12 apostles will be shown one by one.
After the show and lunch, we explore the Old Town Square and Church of St. Nicholas and had our picture taken at these famous places. Then we met up with Geri (the Filipina living with Joanne), and she took us around Prague by foot.
We walked across Charles Bridge again, went to Wenceslao Square and did some shopping at New York, New York as Howell was looking for comfortable slippers and I also did some window shopping in the shops there like Zara and Mango. Then we took a metro to go to the National Museum.
After this we went home as Joanne prepared dinner for us. It was a very tiring and long day but I really enjoyed it. Prague is very picturesque. Everywhere I look is picture perfect. After dinner I quickly doze of to sleep and call it a day.
Howell has a former officemate who is now posted in Prague. She asked us to just stay in their place. Luckily, I was still able to cancel our hotel reservations without fees. They picked us up from the station around 6:30 AM and we reached their house around 7 AM.
We took a bath, had breakfast at 8 AM and I was able to go online also and talk to Bela before exploring Prague. Joanne took us around Prague. We went to the Disappearing Man, St. Michael Church, the Old Town Square, and the Charles Bridge. Then she hired a vintage car which will take us around Prague up to the Prague castle. This is her treat to us. She paid CZK 600 per person good for 60 minutes.
The Vintage Sight Seeing tour will tour you around Prague and you will be allowed to go down and explore the Prague Castle and will take you back to Charles Bridge after. After the tour, Joanne took us to the Astronomical clock. There is a clock show here every hour so tourists flock in front of the clock every hour to watch the show. Joann left us there to let us explore the city on our own.
We had lunch at El Toro Negro Restaurant which is just right in front of the Astronomical clock because it is already 12:30 so we will just be in time for the clock show. Our lunch cost CZK 1000. The clock show is really simple actually: the two small windows will open where the 12 apostles will be shown one by one.
After the show and lunch, we explore the Old Town Square and Church of St. Nicholas and had our picture taken at these famous places. Then we met up with Geri (the Filipina living with Joanne), and she took us around Prague by foot.
We walked across Charles Bridge again, went to Wenceslao Square and did some shopping at New York, New York as Howell was looking for comfortable slippers and I also did some window shopping in the shops there like Zara and Mango. Then we took a metro to go to the National Museum.
After this we went home as Joanne prepared dinner for us. It was a very tiring and long day but I really enjoyed it. Prague is very picturesque. Everywhere I look is picture perfect. After dinner I quickly doze of to sleep and call it a day.
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