A day in Prague...

Literally...we only spent one day there. That's all the time we had before we had to be in Berlin, but it ended up being sufficient. When we arrived in Prague we checked into our hostel, dropped our bags and took the tram into town. Both of us were a little annoyed by the time we had reached the city, because getting there was for some reason a difficult task. We were tired and hungry and decided to eat something and hoped it would put us in a better mood. We got pizza and gelato then wandered around looking for points of interest. After not finding any because of our terrible map and lack of directions, we finally decided just to make for the river and hope it would be cool. Once we got to the river, our attitudes were much improved, because who could be frustrated with such a beautiful view!? We walked along the water and across the bridge to old town where we walked up a million steps to get to the palace. The climb was definitely worth it, however, because the view from the top was amazing! we saw the changing of the guard at the palace, and peeked around the little town, then made our way to the famous astronomical clock. Definitely overrated. Crowds gathered all around blocking the streets to see the amazing clock chime 8pm. If i hadn't been paying attention, i probably wouldn't have even noticed when the "show" happened. We had fun anyway though, because there was another easter festival going on, and we tried these churro things dipped in melted chocolate that were so good!! After that, we walked back to the river to see it at night with all the lights refected in the water and ate dinner at a restaurant right on the water. It was a great evening and we loved the beautiful river view.