Prague – Day 3.5 and Final
After some research about where to go next and checking of the bus schedule, we decided to stay an extra night in Prague. On top of that we were really starting to enjoy Prague and our hostel was fabulous (clean, friendly and we had a private room). If any of you visit Prague, consider staying at Miles Hostel.
Given that we have seen all the highly recommended / standard touristy places, on our last day, we decided to venture out. We got a suggestion from the Hostel manager about Vyshnegrad, another castle not far from center. Apparently 2 metro stops is too much of a distance for many tourist to travel so we were able to enjoy this castle in peace. Oh and the entrance was free! Even the public bathroom was free – what difference 2 metro stops make.
Despite the recommendation from our hostel receptionist we decided not to take the metro back, but walked instead. We knew the general direction and walked for hours. We ended up on a short hike up a hill with a memorial to the victims of the Communist oppression, a garden, a restaurant, an observatory, and a tower over 50m high (which we of course climbed.) Found a nice market where we bought veggies for the evening. Found more beer with an odd “beer gourmet” snack consisting of sausages, cheese, peppers, onions, all in some liquid marinate. It was a bit odd, so even I (Levka) could not finish it.
On the way down from the hill we crossed some garden with apple trees, and Julie wanted an apple from one of them, but since we did not have an umbrella with us (ref: post about Sigulda), we could not get it.
When we finally got back to the hostel it was getting late, so we ate the salad Julie prepared, polished it with a cake purchased at a normal price (by now we’d really got the hang of buying things cheaply in Prague), and booked the next leg of the trip.
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| 2011.08.30 Prague |
In the morning we were off to Olomouc.
