Day 33, Friday 16/4:

We headed out into the drizzle to catch a train into Prague. The ride was pretty straightforward, taking 18 minutes. Our first stop at the main station was the tourist office. A very disenchanted bloke pointed out to us where we were and then tried to sell us a map. We decided to go it alone and headed out into the streets and used our own maps to get to Wenceslas Square, with a statue of the Good King himself mounted on his trusty steed, situated at the top end of the street/square. 

We wandered down through the square, and I found several geocaches along the way. As a side note, the Czech Republic is actually the most cache-dense country in the world. Thomas had recommended a restaurant to us for dinner. We decided to check it out on our way past and have coffee. We then continued to the main square, where we were just in time to hear the astronomical clock chime, with all of the little puppet things appearing from behind doors, singing and dancing. We continued our walk through the very pretty streets to the Charles Street Bridge, an old pedestrian walkway now packed with tourists. I climbed to the top of one of the bridge’s towers to find a cache and take some photos – ‘twas a tad cold and blustery. 

We had planned to visit the Prague Castle today, but due to the extreme numbers of tourists, we decided to leave it for the next morning. Instead, we went to the Staronovà Jewish Synagogue. With even more tourists here, I decided to admire it from the outside and let Patsy and Philip queue to get in while I went off to find another cache.

Our final stop for the day was the Museum of Communism, which set out to tell the story of the communist invasion in the last century, entitled ‘Communism – Dream, Reality & Nightmare. We then made our way back to the restaurant and had a very nice Czech meal.