Breakfast in the Marriot, very nice, lots of it and setup for the day.
We decided that Prague Castle is the target for the day, how to get there , no idea. Set off walking the 10 minutes to the Old Town Square and the markets. The town was strangely quiet for 9:30 in the morning, maybe because the shops don't open until after 10.
The crowds still managed to gather in the Square for the hourly striking of the Astronomical clock, they stand there waiting for the event with mobiles poised, the the hour strikes and it's all over. Bit of an anti climax really, bells ring, cock crows and a trumpeter blows in the tower. Not a great spectical....
Chris mentioned in his last comment about Czech donuts or tredelniks, a sweet dough rolled into a spiral and cooked on rollers over a fire, delicious, we didn't have one this morning but tried it last night.
Meanwhile Alan was trying his hand at the pump!
We came across some old red cars with signs advertising tours of Prague and the castle, it looked like fun so Penny picked the one with the cutist driver.
Turned out to be a 1934 Praga car, built in Prague by a company, like most British car companies, long since defunct. So off we went...
It was really great but very cold........so it was off to a cafe at the Castle for hot chocolate and rum.
we also came across this local beggar, silly beggar that is....
Onto the Castle proper, delayed slightly by the changing of the guard, after which Penny picked out the cutist one to stand next to..
Dancing into the St Vitus Cathedral we saw a quite impressive building but to sell more audio units or tours it was difficult to know what you were looking at...
Hay, but this was a great nativity scene
We were going to climb the bell tower of the Cathedral, over 350 steps but we met this character who claimed he had bad knees from years of playing sport, he claimed he was the Prat of Prague, but you can make up your own name, answers on a postcard to.........
This is the old palace and by this time we needed a sit down and more beer!
Great view from the cafe
More walking around the Old Square
then back to the hotel
Quiz time:
Who among you noticed that the Praga motor car was right hand drive......!
The reason is, we found out, until Hitler entered Czechoslovakia in 1938 they drove on the left, he changed it and it has been that way ever since....
Not many people know that....