Friday 9th May 2008
On Friday morning we got picked up from our hotel at 9.30 am by coach as we had booked a tour of Prague. This tour wasn't as good as we expected mainly because of the guide we had. He mumbled and was difficult to hear and understand. We had booked the tour through Prague Experience and were a bit worried as all of the other tours we had booked were with the same company, and we thought maybe the same guide, but that was not the case! Other than the guide, the tour was useful and gave a decent insight into Prague centre, mainly the Old Town.
Part of the tour was at Prague Castle but we couldn't go into the Cathedral part that day as there was a service on. My favourite part of this particular tour of Prague was the boat trip. You get some good views of Charles Bride and Prague Castle and the Petrin Tower up on the hills.
The tour finished at about 2.00pm and ended in the Old Town somewhere. It was when we had left the guide we reaslised we were completely lost and had no map and no details of our hotel other than the name of it. That's what happens when you arrive at your hotel in darkness and then get picked up by coach early next morning. No chance to find out where you are based. A few stops at tourist centres later, and a copy of a decent map, we made it back to the Bila Labut.
On Friday night we had nothing planned so we wandered back towards the Old Town Square and found a lovely restaurant called Ambiente in a street called Celetina which lead from the Power Tower to Old Town Square. The food was lovely, we both had different types of Pasta, which was made freshly at the restaurant. It was really popular and we didn't have a reservation so we had to wait about half an hour. This was no problem though as there is a nice bar upstairs serving the best Strawberry Dakaris.
The restuarant itslf is in the cellar and has a nice romantic atmospere. We got a litre of the house red wine with our meal which was also good. The weird but good thing about Czech red wine is that it gets you drunk but doesnt give you a hangover - in moderation I guess!
