Sunny afternoon in Prague

 Arriving at Prague central station at about 11am, we grabbed our backpacks and tried to find our way to the tram stop... Google maps struggled to recognise that we were on a different level to the trams and buses. However, we eventually managed to get to a tram that would take us to our apartment.

Because the apartment owner was friendly, we were able to get in early and drop our bags, and we actually were able to stay in the apartment as we agreed to finish off the laundry from the previous guests - how nice are we? But we were able to crash for an hour or so, and eat some leftover train snacks before heading out to see what Prague had to offer.

The apartment was a traditional city centre space, first floor, overlooking the Vltava - an excellent place to start exploring from. Within 10 minutes we had reached the Charles Bridge, having already seen a statue of Bedrich Smetana (you know, the guy from the Music GCSE, who wrote Ma Vlast). Charles Bridge was really busy - many tourists, many trinket stalls and many people visiting shrines at statues. 

We made it safely to the other side of the Vltava, and decided to try a little local delicacy - Chimney Cake.

It's ice cream and fruit and sauce, but not in a waffle cone... oh no, this was in a cone made out of donut. Oh yes, said all the Buckleys. They were delicious! And exactly what we needed to fuel our walk up a really steep hill past the large and well-protected embassies and on up to the Petrin Gardens, and the Maze Museum.

Tried to take the Funicular down the hill, but it was closed for refurbishment. So we walked down again, and found ourselves a restaurant selling possibly the world's largest single-serving pizzas.

Thank goodness for take-away boxes!

Full of beer (or lemonade) and pizza we made it back to our apartment and fell into bed.