Day 1 - Prague, Czech Republic

After a good, if muddled, night sleep, we got ourselves together and went down for breakfast.  Great!  

 

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At 10:15 our guide from Tours by Locals came to pick us up. Dagmar and we walked around Prague until about 2:15. Our first stop was Wenceslas Square.

 

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We walked around the new town and learned some history of the Czech Republic. About 11:45 we stopped and had tea at a cute little cafe.

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Then we walked into Old Town, visited the Jewish quarter and ended at the Market Square where the big Christmas market is being held.

 

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We had lunch at a nearby pub before returning to the market to do some Christmas shopping.

 

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We returned to the hotel for a short rest before we were picked up for our evening entertainment. The van picked us up at 7:30 and took us just outside of the city to see a traditional Czech Folk show and have dinner. we had the traditional Czech meal of pork, chicken and ham followed by a apple strudel.

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We were dropped off back at our hotel at 11 o'clock.