The weekend jolly to Prague.

[Kingy]

I may not have mentioned it ...   ... but I went to Prague at the weekend. 

My brother Jason, Mark and I set off early Friday morning, returning Sunday night. We were in one of the nice airport lounges early Friday before flying off just before 7am.

None of us had been to Prague, but we've heard lots of good things about it so were looking forwards to the trip. 

I'd read about the stag/hen culture and about pickpockets, muggings etc. - but before I get onto a few pics I have to say we didn't see any stag/hen parties where we went and didn't have one issue with anyone trying to con or rob us. I think if you stay in the main tourist areas (where prices are *much* higher anyway) then you may possible see some of this. We pass through the main areas and ALWAYS search out the local culture/ bars so get to see a bit of the 'real' Prague. We had the same experience in Budapest. 

Anyway, Prague was ready for us and even sorted a nice little welcome for me! 



Once we were checked in at the hotel we went for a wander to get our bearings - and enjoy a couple of beers. As you do. 
This was next door to the hotel, so we bobbed in ... http://en.ufleku.cz/interesting-facts/
It's a huge impressive place with lot's of history. The dark lager was a surprisingly nice drink as were the honey flavoured shorts. 



We had a surprise though as two rounds and a shorts came to about £20. We hadn't budgeted our Prague currency for that! So, onward we went. 

We wandered toward Wenceslas Aquare. We were told by some friends that this was one of the main places to go. 
Passed a rotating head sculpture on the way. Really effective. 



We quicly established that this Wenceslas Square where we might see stag/hen parties so had a look and took some pics. Oh, and tried the light larger too. Being more 'canny' we were now in the £80p to £1.00 a pint bracket. Really nice beer too, so we were happy and suddenly felt like tin pot millionaires!   



By chance we wandered into an old cinema complex where we found another interesting sculpture. Its King Wenceslas riding an upside down horse. Like you do. 



This is the original sculpture in Wenceslas Square. The upside down one is a two fingered gesture towards this and the Goverment. 



Another beer and some food before (tried the local goulash with sliced dumplings - very nice) we moved on. 



We wandered back via 'Old Town' with its famous astranomical clock. We much preferred 'Old Town' as it was more spread out with more going on and lots of side streets to explore. 




Wandering back toward the hotel we tried another bar and another brand of beer. What did surprise us is that you can still smoke in bars. We really arent used to that and struggled with the smoke in smaller places. This was a rather nice smooth beer ...



One of the recurring things we saw was graffiti. It was a shame some fantastic buildings were spoilt by 'tagging'. Very little of it was graffiti art and the only thing that stopped it was cameras on buildings. No cameras = graffiti. 






Although this did catch my eye ...



To be continued ....