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After fitful sleep on our long flight and a short layover in Paris we arrived in Prague. We quickly maneuvered the trains, bus and tram systems to arrive safely at our hostel. We are staying at plus one Prague...it's a lovely hostel that is simple, clean and quite comfortable with a shower fit for a queen! :) we threw our stuff down, freshened up a bit and then hit the town. Our first task...get money. We didn't immediately find a bank so we caught the 5 bus into town...or so we thought! We were turned around and though we caught the right bus we took it in the wrong direction. Whoops! No harm...we just hopped off, and grabbed bus 14 into the city. Once there we wandered around namesti republiky and found a mall for shopping....our mission: a jacket for kel and shoes for Mel. Kel found a jacket that should work nicely for the trip (though she long for her sweet north face friend who was inadvertently delayed in Kansas...banks to Hannah it is now safely home again). Mel didn't find a pair of shoes but we still have 2 more days here and then so many more treasures to be found in poland and Germany! So all hope is not lost! :) By this time we were starving hungry so we found a restaurant and sat down to rest and fill our tummies. Mel had Czech goulash and I had Czech beef tenderloin with cranberry and lemon. They came with sides of potato cakes and dumplings. Ohhh my!! Soooo good! Then we wandered around and came upon the old city. We took pictures and enjoyed the beauty of the powder gate and the municipal house. The powder gate is from the 11th century. It had very little defensive power and was intended to bring prestige to the adjacent palace of the royal court building. Construction was stopped 8 years later when the kind had to flee and when he returned the royal court never again occupied that building. It gained its current name in 17th century when it was used to store gun powder. It was mostly damaged and removed soon after 1757 and was replaced in 1876. The municipal house has karel spillars mosaic "homage to Prague" displayed on the outside. It is a lovely sight to behold. As we were being touristy and taking many pictures we had the pleasure of meeting 8 young people from north carolina, new zealand, Australia, Canada, and Wisconsin. We had a fun time chatting and were advised by both groups to do the free walking tour. The girls had just come from a play of Cinderella and we are hoping to catch that sometime too. After walking around for a bit, the hour was getting later and we headed back. It took much wandering to figure out how to buy a new bus ticket. Now we know...head underground to the metro and you can always get a ticket there. So we hopped on number 5 and had a lovely ride back to our hostel. Once back, it was so nice to get cleaned up and out of our travel clothes. We did some laundry and kel blew up her hair dryer! Yep....that's right! It turned red hot when it was plugged in because it was already on and the damage was done by the time we figured out what was happening! Good thing we still have Mel's straightener to tame the locks!! :) Now, after having a great nights sleep we are off to see more of Prague..a city we are quickly growing to love!!
After fitful sleep on our long flight and a short layover in Paris we arrived in Prague. We quickly maneuvered the trains, bus and tram systems to arrive safely at our hostel. We are staying at plus one Prague...it's a lovely hostel that is simple, clean and quite comfortable with a shower fit for a queen! :) we threw our stuff down, freshened up a bit and then hit the town. Our first task...get money. We didn't immediately find a bank so we caught the 5 bus into town...or so we thought! We were turned around and though we caught the right bus we took it in the wrong direction. Whoops! No harm...we just hopped off, and grabbed bus 14 into the city. Once there we wandered around namesti republiky and found a mall for shopping....our mission: a jacket for kel and shoes for Mel. Kel found a jacket that should work nicely for the trip (though she long for her sweet north face friend who was inadvertently delayed in Kansas...banks to Hannah it is now safely home again). Mel didn't find a pair of shoes but we still have 2 more days here and then so many more treasures to be found in poland and Germany! So all hope is not lost! :) By this time we were starving hungry so we found a restaurant and sat down to rest and fill our tummies. Mel had Czech goulash and I had Czech beef tenderloin with cranberry and lemon. They came with sides of potato cakes and dumplings. Ohhh my!! Soooo good! Then we wandered around and came upon the old city. We took pictures and enjoyed the beauty of the powder gate and the municipal house. The powder gate is from the 11th century. It had very little defensive power and was intended to bring prestige to the adjacent palace of the royal court building. Construction was stopped 8 years later when the kind had to flee and when he returned the royal court never again occupied that building. It gained its current name in 17th century when it was used to store gun powder. It was mostly damaged and removed soon after 1757 and was replaced in 1876. The municipal house has karel spillars mosaic "homage to Prague" displayed on the outside. It is a lovely sight to behold. As we were being touristy and taking many pictures we had the pleasure of meeting 8 young people from north carolina, new zealand, Australia, Canada, and Wisconsin. We had a fun time chatting and were advised by both groups to do the free walking tour. The girls had just come from a play of Cinderella and we are hoping to catch that sometime too. After walking around for a bit, the hour was getting later and we headed back. It took much wandering to figure out how to buy a new bus ticket. Now we know...head underground to the metro and you can always get a ticket there. So we hopped on number 5 and had a lovely ride back to our hostel. Once back, it was so nice to get cleaned up and out of our travel clothes. We did some laundry and kel blew up her hair dryer! Yep....that's right! It turned red hot when it was plugged in because it was already on and the damage was done by the time we figured out what was happening! Good thing we still have Mel's straightener to tame the locks!! :) Now, after having a great nights sleep we are off to see more of Prague..a city we are quickly growing to love!!
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