Meet me in Prague

Thursday I left Sheffield and headed to meet Alex in Prague. I've been to Prague before so the weekend was pretty low-key just walking around the city and spending time together.

On Friday we stumbled on to the Prague Food Festival being held in the Palace Gardens which are beautiful and have amazing views of the city. We tasted so many good foods, beer and wine. Especially remarkable was the Czech aged beef, piglet, New Zealand muscles and the most life changing oysters. These oysters were so delicious, only having a slightly sea-like taste, but very salty and just perfect. We spent most of the afternoon there and then walked around the city for the remainder of the day.

Friday night we ate at a famous beer house called U Fleku, which was right next door to the hotel. They have a continuous flow of beer with waiters constantly walking around and asking you if you would like some more. They only serve one type of beer which is brewed by the restaurant. We snacked on sausage and beercheese, which was also super tasty.

Saturday we walked around Old Town and saw all the 'sights' before heading to the park in Lesser Town. Prague is beautiful, but there is not a whole lot of things to do. All the major spots can really be seen in a day or two. So since the weather was nice we headed up into this large park which was very hilly but gave us some great views of the river and the city below. We snacked on berries we had bought at the farmers market before heading back to the hotel to decide on dinner.

We tried another beer house called U Medividku that was also quite good. We had the brewery's chopping board which featured ham, smoked tongue, brawn and bratwurst. Brawn is like head-cheese a sort of cross between meat and jelly. It was delicious. This brewery also had some great brews on tap at the bar attached so we stayed out for a bit and tried a few of the local brews.

I left early Sunday morning from Prague and arrive back in Sheffield this afternoon. Here is a summation of the travels I just went through:

SHEFFIELD -> Tram->Train->Plane->Taxi-> PRAGUE ->Taxi->Plane->Bus->Train->Tram->Bus ->SHEFFIELD

All worth it to see Alex and visit Prague.

This will be my last entry in this blog. Thanks for keeping up with me. My flight arrives back in the States Tuesday June 1st. It has been a great trip!