Anyway, this morning we headed out late and checked out at the same time, so that we could do our planned river cruise with lunch on Vltava River. There were only seven passengers on board, which enhanced or opportunities for great photos. The weather for this cruise was really quite perfect - around about 24 degrees. The three tour groups spoke three different languages, which was easily accommodated for by our multi-linguistic tour guide. This guy said that he could speak eleven languages as he was a journalist for many years. His fluency seemed unbelievable to us and we were highly impressed.
The cruise itself took us on a lovely scenic tour of the city. We viewed many historic sights including Charles Bridge, the Pilsner Brewery, National Theatre, parliament buildings, a very modern Frank Gehry building called Fred and Ginger and several other interesting sights along the way. We were held up a could of times awaiting the lock to fill and empty respectively, so that we could move into different parts of the river, but other than that it was lovely.
We disembarked just before 2pm and headed for a walked in the direction of Charles Bridge again. The tourists packed the entire bridge along with some musicians and a range of market stalls. Next was a walk around some nice gardens in an area called Kampa Island. Further along we stopped at Strelecky Island where we purchased some pricey Coke (Coca-cola) at a whopping 30 Czech crowns each. This was expensive for the Czech Republic, but not at home, considering their beers were less than this. $1.43 each...sorry no tip for you! We've given heaps of tips, but not when we know we've been ripped! Hahahaha!
It was back to the hotel to collect our stuff and head out to the Top Deck hotel meeting point. We joined onto an 18 day tour and straight away went out for the first complimentary dinner and walking tour with the crew. On the way around town, we were chatting with the others and sharing travel stories.
Quite a few of the others and us went out after dinner to the first place called Propaganda - apparently an ex communist bar. We stayed on until the end of the very close Portugal v Spain UEFA semi finals match.
Tan: I was going for Christiano Rinaldo, but his team lost in the penalty shoot out. Damn!
Just before the second stop, we ended up losing a few from the group and went to a cool little bar called Double Trouble. The Czech Republic seems to be the home of Absinthe and of course we didn't say no to the local variety. When in Prague, do as the Pragians do! This trip was becoming more and more like Eurotrip. One absinthe down and good-bye tiredness. The music was pretty much top 40s dance, so the general vibe was about right for our crew.
We're really glad we ended up going out, as it was a quick way to bond with our new travelling companions. Last time we took a couple of days to warm up, so given that this one is only 6 nights, it helped to get straight amongst it! Good times!
We walked on to the final destination - Prague's infamous 5 story nightclub. The group settled on the music being played at level three and we a danced up a storm. The male members of the group seem to be obsessed with removing their shirts....bizarre!
Leaving with two others from the club, we ended up sharing the fastest taxi ride of our lives - 150 through the city! Not happy Jan. We would rather not be put into that situation again. Alive....just and we live to tell another day!
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