Prague Day 2

8-16-09

Tess and I slept in and woke up slowly, both reading our books in bed for awhile. We chatted with Gautier and his girlfriend and they led us to the bus station around 1pm where we picked up Rose. This was a fantastic reunion because the last time the three of us had been together was in Tijuana, Mexico in December 2008.

After dropping off Rose’s things we met near the clock tower for our free three hour walking tour of Prague. We started our tour with Isaac who had lived in Prague for eight years after moving from LA. Isaac was awful. He was rude, liked to talk more about himself than the city, and had an oversized ego. About halfway through the tour, we took a break at a bagel shop and decided to switch tour guides. We finished the tour with Sara who was fantastic. She explained the history, architecture, and stories behind much of Prague. We ended up enjoying the tour and came away with many ideas for the rest of our time in Prague.

After all this walking we headed up A LOT of steps to a beer garden near the Prague Castle that had beautiful views overlooking the city. The three of us reminisced and chatted for an hour or so before we decided to look for a place to eat. On our way home we stumbled upon a vegetarian restaurant called Maitrea (the sister restaurant of the place we planned to eat the following night for Tess’s birthday). The food was incredible and surprisingly cheap. We had smoked tofu pasta with spinach, vegetarian lasagna, vegetarian burrito, sundried tomato pesto salsa with chips, two glasses of wine, water, and two desserts all for 750 crowns. This is only about $32 USD. Everything was delicious.

The three of us headed home and fell asleep immediately around 11pm.