An Early 'Czech' In

Checked out of place and left bags with the coffee shop downstairs. Wandered for a bit. Lovely views over the river.

Saw the Fred Astaire house (that looks like it's dancing). Pretty. Had coffee and chocolate at a cafe. Was nice. They have dipping chocolate with things to dunk in it (note: not fondue as we originally thought). Cream roll looked nice but a few small prezels (also an option) would've been better choice.

Wandered some more. Went to a mall. Had lunch at a vegan buffet place called Loving Hut. Bit odd but quite nice. Prague has a surprising amount of decent vegetarian places (maybe because the traditional food seems very meaty?). It had pictures of famous vegans on the walls and you paid by weight once you fill a plate (was $15 ish for two).

Stopped by a board game shop. Didn't have the one we were looking for but saw some other interesting ones and ended up buying Star Realms - Colony Wars. Hopefully a good 2 player deck builder.

Picked up our bags and took tram then bus to airport (50min travel time). Waited 30min for check in to open. Very nice being so early for check in (and first in line). Needed a new luggage tag as the old one must've come off somewhere a few stops ago!

Found the lounge. Diners Club card is really paying for itself. Peace and quiet to catch up on these posts, emails and airbnb reviews. A surprising amount of tech work when travelling (though not complaining). Also had a few beers and a taste of Becherovka - a (traditional?) Czech spirit. Herby tasting - probably won't be my new favourite. No real dinner there but they had breakfast stuff so Wade had some waffles and may have taken some packet soups for later...

Then to our plane departing 6.10PM. Short flight (1 hour 45 minutes), bit cramped. Arrived in Rome (18°C), and took the express train to Termini central station. Quick walk to the hotel where we dumped our bags before promptly heading out to a place nearby for dinner. Our first pizza and pasta (and half litre of wine for $6.40) meal in Italy (delicious). Now back in hotel for some shut eye. Salerno tomorrow! Czytaj więcej