Our last day downtown since we’ll be doing a day trip out of
the city tomorrow! Started off the morning by crossing the river right in front
of our hotel and heading to a new neighborhood to do the Prague Market. The
market itself was nothing to write home about, but we did find a food hall and
grabbed bread, cheese and fruit for a picnic lunch later in the day. We then
moved from Hilton #1 to Hilton #2, which is actually about 10 minutes closer to
Old Town, so we’re in an even better position to continue our walking
exploration of the city.
So far, we had done everything on foot (minus the cab from
the airport), but we had also seen buses, trams and subway stations, so when we
decided to go a bit farther south to the Vysehrad neighborhood, we finally cut
our feet a break and took the subway (there was a bunch of construction that
had screwed up the tram so we went underground). The subway was really great
and super easy and we were at the Karlovo Nam stop in no time. Walking about 20
minutes we came upon the hill in Vysehrad that has the park, church and
cemetery atop it. We took a break and
ate our awesome picnic lunch (the cherries and apricots were of particular
note) before walking along the wall and taking in the awesome panoramic vistas
of the city below. We also walked
through the park, poked our heads into the cemetery and church before heading
back down and walking the river back toward town.
On the way back, we walked past Gehry’s dancing/ Fred &
Ginger house, then popped into the Globe Bookstore and then grabbed a beer at
the famous beer hall, U Fluku. Disappointed by the latter, it really did just
feel like a tourist spot, but it may have been the time of day as well as it
was fairly empty and the ambience was not great. It is the oldest bar in Prague
though and the second oldest in Europe, so it was well worth it. Fun fact as
well that we learned at the castle: back in the 1600s, one in every 7 buildings
in Prague was a tavern—doesn’t seem like much has changed! Grabbed the subway back as my feet were still
sore from our marathon walk the day before and grabbed a shower and drink
before going to our celebratory dinner.
Degustation popped up on basically every foodie blog I read
about visiting Prague and I can totally see why. It’s a fairly small restaurant
that cooks more modern food which was a welcome break from the heavy,
traditional Czech cuisine. I’ll attach a photo of the menu instead of typing it
out since it was a multi-course tasting menu. A great way to celebrate the birthdays though and I love continuing our
tradition of a nice meal abroad. We got
to try some Czech wine as well which was pretty good! Capping off the night, we
headed to the Americky Bar at the Municipal House; an out of the way bar under
the theater. Unfortunately it was really quiet, but the space was very pretty
and the drinks were pretty good (though Mitch swears his was non-alcoholic).
Headed back up to the executive lounge at the hotel for a nightcap right before they closed and caught
an awesome soccer highlights reel as we sipped our drinks.
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