Last day in Prague

So, we headed out this morning a bit later than usual, after 10am as we really weren't in any rush to be anywhere, it was nice actually.

We headed to the Old Town Square and I got to watch the Astronmical Clock's motorized show of Jesus and the Apostles - it only happens at noon - and then listen to the trumpeter who plays each hour and then waves to the square. I stood with a ton of other people for this simple noon-hour show, while Jeff took some space away from the crowd on a bench nearby.

We then wandered for awhile before spontaneously deciding to visit the chocolate museum that we passed. It was neat and since it was attached to a Belgian chocolate shop, it smelt glorious. We learned a lot about chocolate; how cocoa beans were very, very valuable and used as currency (e.g. 10 could by you a rabbit, 1 could buy you peppers or a tomato). We learned how chocolate was made and how it was consumed in the 1700 and 1800 hundreds (ladies used to drink it in church, having servants run them cups of chocolate but the preist go so irritated by the constant commotion that he banned anyone from drinking it in church... His chocolate was later poisoned...). We even got to witness a chocolate making demonstration and got a free cup of hot chocolate at the end. It was like liquid milk chocolate and although delicious, still not as good as the one in Bruges.

Then we went for a beer in a cellar bar, which was really cool. A cellar bar is exactly as described, a bar down a whole bunch of steps into a cellar. It was dark for the middle of the afternoon because there was only minimal outside lighting from a small window. The red brick archways, dark wood tables and long bar made it a really neat place to hangout. Because it was the afternoon, it was practically empty except for a few other people and the staff. We had a beer and then headed out.

On the walk back to our hostel we picked up a magnet (we've been collecting them from our favourite places).

Jeff had a shower and we both cleaned up before heading back out for our night boat cruise around Prague. We were told that there would be a number of other people joining us at our table on the boat but they either didn't show or sat somewhere else, so Jeff and I had a table for eight to ourselves. Our cruise consisted of a buffet dinner, music (accordian guy) and a cruise around the city to see it all lit up. The good news, the sights were beautiful, specifically the catherdral in the castle and I took lots of pictures (good thing I did because a ton of them didn't turn out - night time shooting is hard!). The deck was a little chilly but we sat up at the top and enjoyed the view. The bad news, dinner sucked! It was, as Jeff put it, "sub-par" and not nearly worth what we paid for it... Jeff and I were convinced that the chicken schnitzel was actually seagull schnitzell and the "bread dumplings" were essentially pieces of white bread with the crusts cut off... It was pretty bad and dessert was only slightly better. Oh well, chalk it up to the experience (because that's all we can do!), we laughed lots so that's all that mattered. We talked about how neat it would be to live overseas, if only for a year... Who knows maybe it'll happen (but I'm not quite convinced). We even got to go through a lock, which was pretty neat.

We walked home from the boat afterward and although I was a littler nervous at first to be walking home after 10pm in a big city, without knowing ANY of the language, it turned out to be fine. We took a major road home and there were lots of people out and about.

We hit the hay as soon as we got in.