We arrived to Prague tired and defeated. It was a VERY long morning. We awoke at 5:30am to catch an 8:20am flight. After a 45 minute taxi ride, we checked our bags (German Wings overlooked the extra kilograms!! and we escaped without paying our usual overweight baggage fees) and went through security quite seamlessly. We ate our croissants and drank our cappucino/tea, feeling relaxed and relieved to have made it to our next mode of transportation. But we breathed easy too soon. We had to catch a connecting flight in Cologne, and our flight out of Munich was delayed. Thirty minutes later, Merrin and I here our names over the loudspeaker and I had a sinking feeling in my stomach. It had all been too easy. So we trudged up to the counter, where they kindly informed us that they were going to put us on another flight so we wouldn’t miss our next flight to Prague. They told us to exit the gate and go to the baggage claim to retrieve our bags before checking in at the German Wings counter to receive our next flight assignment.
We got to the baggage claim, and our bags were nowhere to be found. When we asked for assistance, the man in charged harshly scolded us for coming to gate D baggage claim, when we were supposed to go to gate E baggage claim. Meaning we had to go back through security and into the gate area, then go to the far end of the gate to get to the E baggage claim. We were kind of annoyed at this point since the man at the gate who we had just spoken to told us to go to Gate D! So we spoke to the German Wings representative, she called a few people on the phone and then told us to go back to Gate D. So we went through security again, got scanned and searched and inspected. I had to take out my camera and lenses and computer and ipad. Then we proceeded back to Gate D baggage claim, where we were scolded yet again by the man who we had just spoken to. He said “I TOLD YOU TO GO TO GATE E!!!” And I said, “WELL THE PERSON AT THE GATE COUNTER TOLD US TO COME BACK TO GATE D!” Long story short, we left the baggage claim area yet again, I waited with the bags, Merrin went back through security and proceeded to GATE E and finally got our bags. We then received a new flight assignment... They put us on a Lufthansa flight directly to Prague. We only had to walk half a mile through the airport with our heavy bags to get to the terminal!! So it was a long morning, but after waiting in another 30 minute line to check our bags and going through security for the FOURTH time in one morning, we made it.
We checked into our wonderful hostel that afternoon, complete with our OWN bathroom. I never thought I would be so happy to have a bathroom in such close proximity to me. But it was glorious. Not having to wear shower shoes and press a button every thirty seconds throughout my shower was wonderful and very much appreciated. We ran out to get some food, walked around for a while and returned to our hostel. By the end of our morning ordeal, we were really tired, having only gotten about 4 hours of sleep the night before. So we spent the rest of the afternoon refueling, knowing we had three full days in Prague ahead of us.
We met our tour guide in the morning and she showed us the main sights and 4 “towns” of Prague: The Old Town, The New Town, The Little Town and The Castle Town. We walked across the Charles Bridge, went into a few stunning churches, walked around the Jewish Quarter, saw the Astronomical Clock (slightly overrated if you ask me), and visited the Lennon Wall.
She left us for lunch and we spent the rest of the day wandering around the dusty streets and walking along the river. We happened to wander by an adorable Italian restaurant - Enotria - and made note of it for later... We ended up returning for dinner and had a delicious meal of bruschetta to start, a mushroom and truffle ravioli and grilled eggplant parmesan for our main course, and tiramisu for dessert. It was absolutely divine.
We met our tour guide again the next morning to venture up to the Castle Town. One smelly tram ride later, we arrived to a stunning view of the city. Then we walked through the four main areas of the Castle Town: St. Vitus Cathedral, the Palace (that looked more like a monastery), St. George’s Basilica and Golden Lane (where the Alchemist’s lived.) We finished our tour and spent the afternoon on a boat ride down the river.
After returning to our hotel to get ready for dinner, we decided we HAD to go back to our Italian restaurant from the night before because it was so delicious. We semi-embarrassingly entered the restaurant, only to discover that the waitress was not the same as the previous night... luckily. We proceeded to enjoy another delicious meal at our favorite restaurant in Prague.
We spent our last day brunching and shopping... It was a Saturday and we couldn’t help ourselves.
xo
Kelley
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