Travels with Amy and Dave: Prague Day 2

Monday, July 22, 2013

Prague Day 2

After a very late morning and catching up on some much needed sleep we walked the city entering in and out of unique tourists shops. We started over by the Powder Tower and worked out way back into Old Town Square.

We had lunch at this amazing local spot called Restaurant U Golema. I had the goulash; which in Prague is actually pronounced "goo-yash". It was served with these incredible dumplings sliced to looked like medallions of bread and a pickled slaw salad and a sweet concoction of pastry with powdered sugar for dessert. It was called the "tourist's lucheon" special. Dave of course had a beer and we documented his selections with various college pics that we posted to Facebook and Instagram.

After lunch we walked through the Jewish Quarter (Josefov) and saw the oldest synagogue in Europe. After that we walked along the Vltava River over to the Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments. The Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments contains a grisly set of 60 copies of medieval instruments of torture. They were derived from Italian and German originals, with period illustrations to show torturers at work; yeesh!

When done we walked back to the hotel to freshen up for our dinner cruise. We took a cruise of the Vltava River and had dinner. The Moldova, in Czech called "Vltava", is the longest river in the Czech Republic. The Moldova is 440 km long and is a tributary of the Elbe. Ah the power of the internet. We researched dinner cruises in Prague and decided on the Classic River. While the river tour was nice enough; the food was fair and the tour guide was not to be found. We did however go through a lock and dam process and by the time the sun set and we returned; we were glad to be done with it. It wasn't as good as we thought it would be. We sat with a lovely couple from Sweden whose English was much better than our Swedish and we were able to have a nice conversation.


Fish pedicure

Maisel Synagogue

Becherovka, formerly Karlsbader Becherbitter, is a herbal bitters, often drunk as a digestive aid that is produced in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; a glass of this was given to everyone on the dinner cruise.