Day 7 - The Castle in Prague

Today September 1 we began the morning by walking uphill for several blocks to the breakfast area for the bed and breakfast. The establishment has several buildings and I guess they feel that everyone needs a good walk uphill before breakfast. After that we went further up the hill to the monastery and then spent the rest of the day at the palace. It is a huge complex at the top of the hill and the current Czech president lives in part of it. The cathedrals one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The palace is also one of the largest. 

One interesting experience was that like many places we visit photography is prohibited, but the Czechs are creative you can by a license to photograph in the palace.  So, rather than just say yes or no they figured out how to make a few bucks out of it.

We had to take a break and get a bite to eat and drink, so we just stopped in at a little cafe on the hill and had a sandwich and some water.  Rick tried some Czech dish that was sort of like scalloped potatoes with ham… very interesting. 

After wandering through cathedrals and convents and art galleries for another couple of hours, we called it a day. The picture of Nerudova street is the street where the bed and breakfast is located. Wish I had spent more time on the stair-master.  For dinner we went back to the same little restaurant as last night.  We are creatures of habit.  It was also close to the B&B and it was raining.