Day 24 - Prague

Today we went into Prague but instead of going on the 3 hour tour we went with Joy's friend Ales who lives in Prague and his wife and daughter came up and were able to show us around the city. I personally like the private tour and walking at our own pace better than the huge 49 people tour group. So we met Ales at the train station and began our walk up to the castle and here the President of Prague lives. It was very neat to be able to just walk into the place where the President lives and see all the guards. The architecure was like nothing I have ever seen. It was a mix between medieval and gothic. I really liked the buildings in Prague. So we got some stamps from the castle and then went into the church that was in the compound. The stain glass was beautiful and I was able to see the czech cardinals as well. After we left the compound we started walking down towards the old city where each of the buildings had red roofs because the king wanted all the roofs to be red. While we were walking down the street there were little shops with souvenirs shops and family owned restaurants. We continued to walk and reach Charles Bridge which is a very famous bridge in Prague. As soon as I saw the bridge I remember that the movie Triple X was filmed here. The bridge was full of painters and salemen and even had some good luck statues that I was able to rub. We finished up with the bridge and headed toward the national museum because there is where the history of Prague is told. Ales and his family had to leave so it was just Ashley, Joy and I walking around so we decided to get some cherries and raspberries and walk around town looking for gifts. At this point it was getting late and we decided to just relax and head back to the hotel but first we wanted to grab a bite to eat. We decided on TGIF fridays because it was american and we were in the mood for that kind of food. During dinner we decided what our plan for the next day and the main idea was the zoo! We returned back to the hotel on the tram and just relaxed because we knew we had another long day in front of us. We played phase 10 and just played on the computer and went to bed nice and early.