Prague life

Following on from my previous post in the more rural endz of Czech, we made it to Prague! I may have taken us on the scenic route, but we finally made it to our hotel about mid day. The hotel we stayed at was Yasmin hotel (partially chosen due to the name) which was so lovely (Just like every Yasmin) and central - Highly recommend if you're planning a trip to the capital.

Sun shining brighter than Rhianna's diamonds, we headed out to explore the city as soon as we'd checked in. First stop, we visited the Old Town Square. Like many European towns, beautiful building lined windy little streets, all leading towards the main square. Each street is packed with shops, restaurants and stalls - many selling Trdelnik which is the BEST snack ever (see photo below)

It's basically warm sweet pastry rolled in cinnamon (and nuts in this case). You can eat it plain or with fillings, chocolate and ice cream was the best.

One may have accidentally fallen into my mouth every day for four days straight. So after trying many samples, our 5 star rating goes to last stall before Charles Bridge. I wish I could remember the name but I was too focused on eating to remember that. Sorry not sorry.

For some my favourite views in Prague, it's definitely worth a trip up the clock tower located in the middle of the square. It doesn't look super high, but Prague isn't the largest city and with 306' views, you can see a fair bit. 

The square from above - the best place for a spot of people watching with a 50p beer in hand (or cocktail, if you think you're fancy like me). Literally everyone is on a Segway, so it's fun to watch people with big egos weaving in and out of the crowds, and if you're lucky, falling off. 

Every hour the clock sounds and everyone gathers around to view the show. We literally missed this by 5 mins every time we passed through the square, just in time to see crowds of people disappearing. On the final day we finally arrived at 5 to 3 to find out what all the fuss was about but to be honest it was a little underwhelming if you ask me, but when in Prague. 

At the end of the day we went to watch the sun set over Charles Bridge which was super cute. Various bands go their to play music while you soak up the last drops of the sun before enjoying a bevy in the streets. 

Definitely didn't just order this because the glass was cool. All the waiters had their beady eyes on me, so I was too scared to try and steal it and pretend I thought it was included in the price (was expensive after all). Don't judge me, everyone in life has at least one glass in their cupboard that once belonged to a pub.

Breakfast every morning basically looked like this *drools*. I tend to get a little bit over excited by a buffet breakie and eat EVERYTHING in site. You haven't made the most of your money until you've visited every food station. Not going to lie, four out of the six plates below were just for me and I may have gone up for more, but who was hungry again at 12pm, not me! - probably still me. 

Second day we took a trip to Zizkov after a bit of a palaver on our journey there. We accidentally walked through open barriers in the station (after just buying tickets) and were fined by shitty metro security, who wouldn't listen to a word we had to say. They clearly aren't getting any at home, so take out on unsuspecting tourists. Not bitter at all. Wankers.  

Anywho, Zizkov was super chilled and quiet compared to central Prague, so definitely lived up to it's hipster rep. We had heard the views from the television tower were pretty cool, so took a trip to the top floor. 

The place was pretty swanky and chilled, however if you're looking for an amazing spot to see Prague I'd recommend walking up Prague castle over here.  

Ash had seen a photo of Havlíčkovy Sady and insisted on having a wonder around as this was fairly near by. Its a massive park which is home to a vineyard (which sadly I did not know at the time) and this beautiful building below, although the view was slightly spoiled by a naked old man sunbathing on the balcony - Nothing like a droopy backside to put you off your lunch. 

The inside looked like it should be under water with mermaids swimming around. The walls are made of porous rock that looks like coral which forms little walk ways all leading to circular rooms with carved out chairs. All in all, pretty damn cute. 

The next day we did an unexpected bum work out climbing up to Prague castle, although I definitely cancelled that out with my Smažák (fried cheese) later on. It wasn't quite what I expected, it's not your stereotypical castle, it's more the castle grounds surrounding a cathedral. We we're slightly confused looking around for the castle wondering how the hell we could miss it, before realising we had walked right through it. So cultured. 

I didn't actually take any photo's up there (first time for everything) but you can look down at the whole of Prague which was really beautiful. 

We stumbled across the Statue of Kafka while I was taking us on the 'scenic route' to our hotel on the first day, clearly I should have done DofE as a child. We went back to have a proper look and stumbled across some nice restaurants for lunch. 

The statue is actually really mesmerizing, all the  layers move in different directions occasionally crossing to create the face of David Černý. - and yes, I did stand here for a solid 15 mins trying to create the perfect boomerang. 

On our final day we took a stroll on the other side of Charles bridge, which as always, lead us on the a long ass walk. It's just as pretty on the other side with loads of places to eat and drink. 

We ended up a big further down the river and spotted some pedelos. It was so hot and the water gave off the perfect breeze for sunbathing, all that was missing was a glass of wine. I just relaxed and put my feet up as I could tell ash really wanted to peddle us around...

We ended our final day drinking along the river in an outside bar whilst live bands sung some of my favourite songs. bliss. 

Hagen daz ice cream fondu?! It'd be rude not too.

Until next time!