It was up early again this morning, to breakfast and then a tour of the palace in Prague. The guide was Martin, who was 2 meters tall (well over 6 feet) and easy to see in the crowd, which was huge. Tourism seems to be going strong in this part of the world, given the number of people we "run into" everywhere we go.
We saw the changing of the guard at the Palace (along with many others)
They, of course show no emotion or even change of expression. However, I saw one turn and speak to the other as they left. I felt like saying "caught ya".
The Palace was on a hillside and we walked 6 miles to the old town plaza where we were yesterday afternoon. It happened to be record heat in Prague today. 105 degrees, which is almost unheard of. Go figure, we were walking in it for every one of the six miles. I have to say the people on the tour were real troupers and we all just plugged along and made it.
We had lunch on the plaza and then went shopping at a large shopping mall that was just around the corner from the hotel. Jerry found some socks and a shirt that he needed.
We went back to the hotel to rest our tired feet and then later found another plaza on our own that was called the center of Prague. We had dinner there at an outdoor cafe and had our first experience of "tourist trap". Hopefully the last. They do not have euros in the Czech Republic yet and so we weren't sure of the menu prices. We didn't want a huge meal so we ordered sandwiches, Jerry a veggie sandwich with feta cheese and I had a grilled chicken sandwich, 2 waters and it came to 45 euros (they do take euros) which would probably about $15 at subway, but would convert to over $50. Live and learn!
The astronomical clock on the plaza in Prague
WOW, that's a lot of money to pay for a couple of sandwiches, but as you say, live and learn. 106 degrees would have been just about right for Jerry! Looks wonderful.
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