Tom and I have arrived safely in Prague. We took a London taxi to Liverpool train station after we dropped Carrie off at her train station this morning. She had to fly home from Heathrow airport and we flew from the opposite side of London’s Stansted airport. Poor Carrie had to brave the tube system on her own. Good thing we had all taken the tube together on Thursday, so she had a little practice.
Tom and I took the express train to Stansted without incident. We were hours early due to the fact that we allowed ourselves plenty of time for mistakes on our part, or train difficulties and unexpected events. Thankfully everything went flawlessly and we enjoyed some down time over coffee/tea while waiting for our flight. We loved Easy Jet. It was sort of nice to not have flight attendants banging down the aisles with drink carts. The flight was smooth and we arrived without incident.
Once in Prague, we purchased tickets for the bus/train to take us into the city. It cost 65 Czech coronas ($3.10) for the two of us and our luggage. Cheap!
We took the bus, transferred to the train, and changed trains twice without a problem. Tom really took charge and had it all figured out. We stumbled alittle when we got off the train and zigged when we should have zagged (bummer when you are carrying backpacks and camera bags, water bottles and guidebooks…. Yes, I am sure we looked the tourist part!) We had to walk uphill rather than downhill to get to our hostel, but we made it.
Starving when we arrived, we asked at the hostel for a dinner recommendation. Monika sent us to U Fleku, the oldest restaurant/beer hall in Prague for a traditional Czech dinner. The restaurant was opened in 1499. You read that right! 1499! For those of you not so up on your history, that is only 7 years after Columbus DISCOVERED America! Crazy, huh???
Dinner for me was an easy choice. They had one token vegetarian option: Cabbage slaw, sweet red cabbage, potato pancakes, hash browns, and steamed vegetables. Yup, two kinds of cabbage, two kinds of potatoes, and veggies… and I was happy to have it. Tom had sausages and cabbage slaw. Those who know of Tom’s love of all things sausage know he was a happy guy. If this wasn’t enough, when we arrived at the restaurant there was a PARTY going on inside! We were entertained by a tuba player and an accordian player playing oomph type music while the crowd clapped and sang along at the top of their voices. They had the place rockin! All of this and the two photographers??? Not a camera between us.
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