It’s been a while between posts, I know, but circumstances both expected and unexpected have made it rather difficult to keep up to date. Over the last week or so, our trip has taken us to Budapest (Hungary), Beautiful Vienna (Austria) and now we are just leaving Prague in the Czech Republic.

Prague, like Istanbul, has been one of those surprise highlights of our trip. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t really know very much about Czech Republic or Prague, but it’s beauty and generous food proportions have made a fan out of me. Prague has that enchanting Disney like charm about it, beautiful castle towers and grand statues gaze down the hillside over it’s cobbled streets and quaint shops. Walking the streets it’s easy to think you have been transported into the middle ages , even cars are scarce on these twisting streets and alcoves.

We just so happened to be in Czech Republic on some of the sunniest days we have had all trip, so trotting along Prague’s cobblestones was needless to say a treat. During our day we saw the enormous gothic church at the top of the hill, watched a traditional polka band and hit some shops, cafes and restaurants. Dining in Prague is delightfully decedent, we sat atop a rooftop restaurant and ate pork knuckle the size of our heads and chilled out on the streets drinking a jumbo Mejito for six (among four of us). On the Saturday night we found an amazing bar/club called the Beer Factory, where you pull up a table that has it’s own set of beer taps on it, so you can get well smashed without having to leave your chair. What else was hilarious about the Beer factory was, in a clear attempt to encourage binge drinking, your tables score in litres drank is displayed on a big screen overhead, we made a firm effort to stay in first place the whole night.

Alyce and Jackie at the Cafe for lunch:

Alyce overlooking Prague:

Big gothic looking church:

Astrological Clock in town square:

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