Prague was a stopping point for us on the way to Russia. We have spent a few days here visiting Martin (an exchange student that lived with John in St. Louis more than 20 years ago) and his family.
We've just had a marvelous time seeing the sights of this lovely old city, and eating the good food. We made a few castle tours, a boat trip on the river and a traditional Czech dinner with Martin's parents.
The summer tourist season was winding down which made our time here so much more enjoyable. We stayed at a lovely little hotel at the base of the Charles Bridge that was one of the oldest in the city, Our 3rd floor room overlooking the sights seemed like such a nice surprise until we discovered there was no lift and the stairs were small and circular. The big bags were schlepped up and down with people shaking their heads at the amount of luggage we had (people we are gonna be gone for 3 months, it's only two (but big) bags!
It's now midnight and we are about to board the flight to Ufa. The flight is 4 hours and we loose 4 hours with arrival at 8:00am. The Prague airport is almost empty with people mainly flying to destinations in the Middle East at this hour. There are many women in full burqas doing major damage in the duty free shops. I passed many cheese and sausage shops on the way to the gate wishing they could come along with me but decided not to take a chance in donating them to Russian customs. Russia we're getting close!
We've just had a marvelous time seeing the sights of this lovely old city, and eating the good food. We made a few castle tours, a boat trip on the river and a traditional Czech dinner with Martin's parents.
The summer tourist season was winding down which made our time here so much more enjoyable. We stayed at a lovely little hotel at the base of the Charles Bridge that was one of the oldest in the city, Our 3rd floor room overlooking the sights seemed like such a nice surprise until we discovered there was no lift and the stairs were small and circular. The big bags were schlepped up and down with people shaking their heads at the amount of luggage we had (people we are gonna be gone for 3 months, it's only two (but big) bags!
It's now midnight and we are about to board the flight to Ufa. The flight is 4 hours and we loose 4 hours with arrival at 8:00am. The Prague airport is almost empty with people mainly flying to destinations in the Middle East at this hour. There are many women in full burqas doing major damage in the duty free shops. I passed many cheese and sausage shops on the way to the gate wishing they could come along with me but decided not to take a chance in donating them to Russian customs. Russia we're getting close!
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