Prague

When we arrived in Prague we were picked up by a taxi and taken to our little apartment where we were staying. We found this awesome one bedroom, fully remodeled, apartment that was reasonable and close to all the sites of Prague.

Our driver was kind and we talked about European and American politics on our drive. It was a great reminder where ever you may be in the world we all want honesty and compassion.

Our first day in Prague we wandered over to a walking tour that was three hours. We saw so many beautiful structures, learned about the city’s history and had a fun tour guide who said “let’s go” in the most hilarious accent. Prague is a city rich with musical history, talking to you Mozart. I was in awe of all the beautiful colored buildings and cobblestone streets. What I loved most is that the historic areas were well preserved and not surrounded with new structures. 

The next day we took an Uber ride to the Prague castle. It’s up on a hill that overlooks the city. We walked up more hills and steps to get to the castle which was covered in tourists. I get a little whinny when there are gazillion people everywhere but Scott cheered my spirts and the stained glass inside the castle was lovely. We also got caught in a rainstorm which was awesome! It really cooled down the place. We walked back toward our lodging over the St Charles Bridge. That bridge is so beautiful! 

The food of Prague was very meat focused and stewish. We tried some local foods but we gravitated toward this amazing burger place that we went to twice. Typical Americans. I did enjoy all the sweet treats!! I’m in love with Trdelniks. Warm bread filled with fruit and chocolate and ice cream.. covered in cinnamon and sugar! The ice cream was everywhere too and only 50 cents.. so I enjoyed my share of that!

Our third day there we headed out on a excursion to see this church made of bones. We took a train and visited a few other spots with our tour group. The bone church really gives you a sense of mortality. I was mostly weirded out by the construction in front of the church for a new gift shop. Below the excavations were just hundreds of bodies buried around the church. You could see femurs and arms and heads just all stacked upon other bodies. That bubonic plague was rough. 

The final day in Prague we were not quite sure how to fill our time. We took a boat tour and then explores a museum. Turns out the museum was all about this special effects man from Prague. Scott had seen many of his movies and we really enjoyed the tiny escape of the place. We walked the bridge again and listened to beautiful classical music and bluegrass and all sorts of sounds.

We headed back to London that night where we slept in a tiny hotel in the airport. We enjoyed our 5 hours of rest and boarded our long flight for home. 

We had such a grand adventure in Europe. We came home renewed and excited to settle into parenthood. We are sad our travels will slow but hopefully we can take our sweet little man on some amazing trips with us!