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Prague

Prague was the first time I ventured into Eastern Europe, Bucharest being the second. Unfortunately I don’t know as much about Prague as I do about Bucharest because a local did not show me around Prague. So this is really just a few photos of what we did and what we saw in 2 days.

I really only had a two day window to go to Prague before I headed off to America, so an old friend from the states and me packed up a bag and took a flight at 6:30 to Prague. We really had to fit a lot in, so of course the first thing we did was have Mexican in the restaurant downstairs in our hotel, called (fittingly I may add) 7 Tacos. Why we decided to have Mexican is beyond me, but it was probably because we were exhausted and really didn’t care where we ate. If you ever do hit up 7 Tacos in Prague, don’t. The food was ok, but the service was terrible, and if you happen to be there, you are out in the middle of nowhere, as our hotel was. However it was a great hotel at a great price, and check out that view. Beautiful right.

View from the hotel

Classic Mexican in Prague

Our first stop after lunch was the Luna Park. We sort of figure this place was a nightspot, because it was eerily deserted and creepy and we assume Luna to mean Moon. It was a very interesting place, but had to be one of the strangest places I have ever been to. It wasn’t just that it was empty; it was the carnival music being played in the background, and the Ferris wheel going around, with no one on it. It is incredibly hard to describe how eerie this place was if you were not there but I could definitely picture a round of Nazi Zombies being played in this very location.

Side of Industrial Palace

Mid afternoon wall climbing

Reflection in the window of the Industrial Palace

Cheeky bit of trespassing

We had to see what was inside (it was nothing by the way)

Back of the Industrial Palace

After this we walked up to Prague castle, which is perched at the top of the hill, a stunning location overlooking the whole of Prague. We were up there for a while and then walked down through back streets back towards the centre of town.

Changing of the guards in the palace

Large building

Travelling buddy Chase

From there we headed to Zamma Zammas for dinner, then back to the hotel.

The next day we got up at the crack of mid afternoon and ventured back into the city to hit the real touristy spots of the city. We started next to the river and walked South West along the river until we hit Charles Bridge, which has 30 statues on it, leading across the river towards the castle. On our way to the bridge we stumbled across a Damien Hirst exhibition which was pretty cool. I went to another one of his exhibitions in Marylebone at the Wallace Collection gallery and it never stops amazing me at how varied and different, but equally bizarre, his work can be. However that is a discussion for another day.

Sights next to the river

Statue on Charles Bridge

From here we headed back into town towards Old Town Square because we felt that we really should see some of what was featured in the guide book.

Old Town square

Photo stitch of the view from the tower in the old town square

That night we returned to Zamma Zamma for dinner, due to the quality of the food and expert service we recieved the first night (no joke). It is really a place I would recommend, but I really could not tell you where it was for the life of me, we found it by just wandering around aimlessly that first night. After that we had a night out that will never be forgotten, I won’t get in to details but it involved absinthe, a group of Australian tourists the biggest club in Europe and a 2 hour walk because (in the frame of mind that we were in) we assumed that all trams must go the same direction. The morale of that story is that although we got there fast, never assume you know where the tram is going.

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Master RAS