More Prague

Prague has been very wonderful so far! The day after our tour, we went back to Lesser Town- a quarter of the city that clusters around Prague Castle. There were lots of little shops and places to eat! We toured around the outside of the castle and got a fantastic view of the city. We then took a long break in a Starbucks that overlooked the city and sat and read our books while I enjoyed a hot chocolate. Next, we walked a little ways down from the castle towards Charles Bridge. This is the most famous bridge in Prague and is lined with vendors and very old statues. There is one statue in the middle of the bridge made out of bronze. Legend has it that if you touch the statue all your wishes are sure to come true. Brendan and I both made sure to squeeze our way in. 

Yesterday, we made our way out to the Prague Zoo. It was quite the experience! It was a pretty massive zoo that even had Polar bears! They were very entertaining, and liked to swim up to all the tourists watching them. We also saw giraffes, elephants and much much more! Unfortunately, all the monkeys seemed to be out of their cages so we didn't get to see them. 

Today, we decided to go for a hike in the southern part of Prague. The instructions online were kind of unclear, but we hopped on the metro and hoped for the best! After wandering around for about 30 minutes we finally found some sort of trail in a forest, but it definitely wasn't what we were looking for! We continued on anyways and had a nice little hike/walk through a forest and the surrounding neighbourhood. Before turning around we decided to sit and read our books for a while before heading back. 

Prague is surely a lovely city, although I think we could have probably covered most of the city in about 2 days (we are here for 7). It is nice to finally relax a little and catch up on some reading and sleep in after all this busy tourist stuff! Plus, the food is so cheap here!