It is my second visit to prague as the first was such an exquisite taste I had to have more. Today has not disappointed. I have travelled a lot over the past years and I still feel that it is the most beautiful city in the world.
It is truly a fairy tale city. The guide said it is because it is one of the few cities where the old town was not destroyed by fire in medieval times, nor either of the wars. It has 100 of years of architecture layered upon each other and all seemingly fitting in.
Prague does take over and I just realised that I forgot to mention Nuremberg, and it’s worth mentioning. We spent the morning there yesterday after leaving the ship. We stood on the place of the Nazi Nuremberg rallies where hitler delivered his hate speech. It’s now a racing car track and sport ground. It would fit up to 200,000 people and was the beginning of the real propaganda machine. The war does not escape you in this place as you enter its fold and the old brownstones along the road have patched up bullet holes in them.
They did an amazing job of fixing the old town walls and palace mixing the old and new. Certainly when you see what they achieved here in regards to rebuilding monuments that were destroyed in the war it is incredible. The railway station was reduced to rubble and was seen as such a focal point for the city that it was recreated. The result is you would not tell the difference. I don’t know why there was ever a debate about rebuilding the Christchurch cathedral.
We went to a beer garden to have snitchel and bier sausage and of course beer, well for wh anyway. We ordered the food and the waiter asked if we would like a side of potatoes and asparagus as this is the local delicacy, or at least he pointed to it in the menu and we recognised asparagus and potato words and we all nodded a lot. The beer, snitchel, sausage was excellent and cost equivalent of about 12 euros the potato and asparagus, which were more like ginormous white carrots, were boiled, boiled, boiled, boiled or I could describe it like if you put potatoes and asparagus in the crockpot for a day and cooked it like that. This side dish of asparagus and potatoes delicacy cost 15 euros. I did say you had to get out and eat like the locals as it was part of the experience.(bet they don’t order sides that’s just for tourists).
In Prague today we stopped and got a sausage and beer (at least wh got beer) we knew about sides and weighing from our last trip to Prague whereby wh got a ham bun thing that when you re-converted it back cost about 15 euro. I watched with sadness as the poor lady in front paid about 15 euro for a great big chunk of ham so When they filled up our sauerkraut, potato side dish thing, to the very top an unbeatable portion I said neine, neine, only little, little. As the ham or the sauerkraut potato thing is what they stick on the scales and it ends up costing you a fortune. What a savvy fifty something tourist I am.
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anyway I must fly as body has recovered from this mornings 13,000 steps and its time to go again. I am reminded of my Gran who always said “do and see everything you can while you still have your legs”. This is a city of legs, a walking treasure.
Did you know that today is international Star Wars day. It’s true. May the 4th be with you.
tips for Nuremberg –
Dont order sides
tips for Prague
go now whilst you still have your legs
buy a 24 hour public transport pass. Cheap and easy.
Be very wary of ham or potato/sauerkraut dish with street food, they weigh it and rip you of.