Prague, Czech Republic (Day 1)

What we did -
- Woke up early to take the four hour train into Prague! After the seat issues from Budapest to Vienna we tried to just upgrade to 1st and were faced with a hard and somewhat shockingly rude no. Fortunately this was a blessing that allowed us to save our sheckles as we found standard coach seats that nobody kicked us out of. Can’t always be bougee, I guess
- Dropped our bags at the hotel and set off for an Austrian beer hall! Had a great assorted lunch and many tall steins of Czech beer! Na Zdraví! Great vibes and conversation! Again so fortunate to have this quality time with our visitors.
- We checked into our room and then set off to burn off the beer/food with a tour of the fairytail/Disney city that is Prague. Shoutout to Sally for leading a really cool walk up to the hillside park with many lookouts across the river and city. Prague is beautiful! From the park we headed over to the “Prague Castle” for a self-guided tour of the largest castle in Europe! Wandered through the gardens, church steeples and ornate buildings before heading back towards Old town. Wandered the streets some more and enjoyed the sights from the notorious Charles Bridge, before returning back to what we do best - bars!
- The Irish bar “Caffreys” caught our attention earlier in the day for advertising a slate of soccer, rugby, and the F1 race. Steph has been steadfast determined to find a bar to watch soccer and/or F1 in so this was a big find! Good vibes as the international crowd cheered on Arsenal vs. Man City. After watching Netflix Drive to survive we are obsessed with F1 (although Steph may just be in it for LeClercs dashing good looks) so it was pretty fun to finally watch a race live. Doug and Sally were good sports as we went back and forth on driver discussions that made no sense to them. After Arsenal won they even put on NFL football so Trent was thriving.
- Lindsay was also asking for Sally/Steph drinking photos so we said hey over FT for a bit!
- After an hour or two we headed out to get some pizza! Relatively full from the lunch earlier we didn’t need anything substantial. When in doubt this trip, pizza it is.
- Tired from a long eventful day we called it at 10 for a good night's sleep.

Where we ate -
- Breakfast of coffees and croissants on the train
- Lunch at “Lokál Dlouhááá” where we split assorted appetizers including local cheeses, sausages and Doug/Trent had roast duck.
- Dinner at “Sasy” where Sally/Doug split a pizza and Trent/Steph split two pizzas (can’t leave Trent hungry).

Fun facts -
- Doug’s family is Bohemian so he was enjoying getting back to his roots for the first time and seeing all the food his family grew up on. Sally was on a quest to find Bohemian Doug look alikes! Much to Doug’s chagrin
- Something was messed up with our reservations as the front desk processed our passports 3x and they kept apologizing. Alas Trent/Steph got a massive/spacious room while Doug/Sally got stuck in a closet..
- The Czech Republic produces the most beer per capita in the world and also drinks the most beer per capita in the world. A fact of much national pride! As it should beBaca selengkapnya