Prague 2013

Get Lost Day and Food & Beer Tour

Monday, October 28th

I decided today would be "get lost day" - to me, that means walking with no particular place to go - if the street looks interesting, I explore it. Today, I found the closest Starbucks to the apartment, the American Embassy, the British Embassy and a few of the restaurants on my wish list. I also walked across the famous St. Charles Bridge. That has got to be one crowded bridge - even more crowded than London Bridge! Unfortunately, I took my regular camera and I'm unable to transfer the photos to my laptop as I only brought a mini-usb cable for my phone and tablet. Bummer... I did stock up on supplies like fruit, lite cheese, bread, beer and turkey. I had lunch at a restaurant near the apartment called Lokal. The meal was definitely not low-cal but it was delicious. I had a potato soup with some beef and bread dumplings in a sauce. It was quite good and will sustain the vast amount of walking I did today. Curious to see what the FitBit reads for the number of steps I took today. It was supposed to rain today but the weather was awesome. Additionally, I think it was Czech Independence Day so they had some cannons go off around noon.

Later this evening, I have a "small group" food and beer tour. I will definitely take some photos with the phone. Na shiedanou (NAHSH-leh-dah-noh) until later!

Small Group Food and Beer Tour

The tour group was very small: a couple from NY, myself and two guides (one was a guide in training). We went to a couple of small restaurants and sampled a few beers and ate Czech cuisine. The cuisine consisted mainly of bread, cheese and sausages. Of the beers we sampled, I would say the unfiltered Pilsner Urquell was quite good. The company just released the beer about a week ago and you can only find it in a few select pubs. The guide in training is an ex-pat who's been the Czech Republic for about a year with his Czech wife. Prior to that he was a diving instructor in Malaysia for about nine years. He pointed out a number of bars where I could purchase a beer for almost one-third the price I paid at some of the touristy spots. We capped off the evening with a final beer at a restaurant that used to be a hotel back in the 1700's where Mozart is said to have stayed.