Tuesday 13th May 2008
We woke up early after an unusual almost alcohol free night the night before and got picked up by coach to go on a tour to Karlstiejn castle which is about 40 minutes by coach outside of Prague. I really enjoyed this tour as you get to see outside the city centre and away from the hustle and bustle for a while. The drive there is through countryside and the castle is set in a picturesque green location.
The tour included an English speaking tour guide pointing out some sights of interest on the way on the coach, and then a guided tour around the castle for about an hour when you get there. Lunch was also included but not much choice, basically steak or fried mushrooms. We were the only English people amongst a group of Italians and Russians although the guide around the castle was all in English. Other nationalities were given written guides to translate.
We got back about 2.00pm and went back to the hotel for a rest after a very busy 5 days so far in Prague!
On Tuesday night we decided to do the Prague Ghost Tour for a laugh. It cost 400 CZK each and lasted about an hour. There was a group of about 10 of us and the guide told some funny ghost stories around Prague Old Town which were apparently 30% true! Her side kick also jumped out on us at various street corners and wearing an array of costumes and masks, ending with a skeleton costume. I would say the ghost tour is probably worth doing if you've got an hour spare and are not expecting too much from it. It leaves daily at 8.30pm to the left of the Astronomical Clock at Old Town Sqaure. There are a few different companies which run it and we went with the Yellow Umbrella company called Prauger.com Incidently if you book the 4 hour walking tour with Prague Experience you get free tickets for the ghost tour!
After that we went back to our favourite restaurant in Prague so far, the in Celentina. I got Bruchetta and then Quatro Framaggi - highly recommended! For desert they also do these lovely pots of melted chocolate (white, milk or dark chocolate) and then strawberries to dip in - Yummy!
The house red wine is nice too and we indulged in a litre of it :-)
After the meal we called into the Jazz bar where we went the other night for a drink and listen to the band. This place is called Metropol Music Cafe and they do food and have live music every night. They also had a jazz singer on this perticular night and after a few more drinks we bought the CD. We've decided that we must stop getting drunk and buying tourist Cds and DVDs.
