Dobry den from Prague

Tom and I spent the day seeing Prague with a Czech tour guide today. Her name is Milada and I found her through a friend who was in the Czech Republic in May. We had her take us around all of the “towns” of Prague. We spent 5 hours on foot, getting acquainted with the area. I really enjoyed getting all of the little details and history of Prague from her. Tom was a bit like a school boy on a field trip. He just wanted to run free and get into trouble! He is looking forward to tomorrow when we can just wander on our own and (probably) get lost.
The Pope is in town for the next few days and he is a guest of the President (who’s residence is the Prague castle). Looks like we will have to miss this castle because everything is closed and blocked off around the castle itself.
Milada recommended a traditional Czech restaurant to us and we enjoyed the meal once again. Tom ate dumplings stuffed with smoked meat, in gravy. I ate Fried potatoes and fried cheese, with a side of red cabbage. I know, weird, but it was yummy. Tomorrow we are looking for the vegetarian place in town so we can have some vegetables! (except cabbage!) By the way, for those who have heard about the Czech beer, yes, it is really good, and cheap. We paid twice as much for Tom’s water today as we did for my large beer.
The weather was absolutely perfect for a day out today. It was chilly when we left our hostel but warmed up so that I was sleeveless this afternoon. I am so happy that I seem to be the one that the warm weather is following!
We are loving the public transportation here. The one obstacle so far is that the ONLY word we have seen in English is Exit. No street signs, direction signs, public maps…. No translation. Tough because the Slavic languages are really foreign to me. Funny, because Milada speaks Czech, Russian and German in addition to English. She said English was the toughest to learn. That makes me feel good about my language learning…. I already speak the difficult one!