We arrived in Prague in the evening after a pretty long day of travel from Berlin, with a stop in Dresden. Â We hadn’t been able to get our first choice of hostel for the first night there, but we found one which was pretty cheap. Â It wasn’t too hard to find and a quick subway and then tram ride later we arrived. Â Probably plenty of people liked this hostel, but honestly, it was not for us. Â Our room had a very sticky floor (spilled beer I believe) and smelled really, really strongly of AXE body spray or some such. Â Like so strongly that it was hard to breathe. Â We made a swift retreat back into town and had a beer and some dinner.
That night we didn’t sleep so well because of the people in our room coming back from the clubs at 4 in the morning and having a really loud conversation about their friend who apparently has a habit of starting fights. Â Oh boy…
Fortunately, we moved hostels the next day and the one we went to, the Dizzy Daisy, was a really good place to stay. Â It also had a kitchen, so we were able to cook some of our own meals. Â We got settled in and then headed out for another free walking tour. Â It was a very hot, sunny day, which was great for taking pictures, but not so great for all the walking. Â We even considered ditching the tour in the middle when we came across an awesome band playing on the street. Â We stuck it out though and were rewarded with some good shots of the city.
This clock goes off every hour and little dudes come out of a window and there is a trumpeter who plays from the top of the tower. Â We were lucky enough to witness the clock striking.
After surviving the hot sun we headed back to the hostel where we cooked a tasty fish curry. Â We met a Dutch couple at the hostel and they laughed at us because our solution to an easy curry was to make it with frozen fish sticks. Â A little unconventional I guess, but it tasted good! Â After dinner we set out with our new friends on what would prove to be a mostly unsuccessful jazz crawl of Prague…