One of the reasons we hea
ded to England, was to then go across to Peter and Marie’s wedding in Ireland, and with that approaching in late March, we were at a loss as to what to do for a couple of weeks, prior to leaving for Ireland. I had been checking the internet periodically and I decided to do some quick calculations for a short trip to Prague.
Turned out that it was not incredibly expensive in March, mainly due to the cold weather in Prague, so Samantha and I hastily booked some tickets, a hotel, bought a small Prague travel book and off we went, courtesy of Easyjet.
Prague has reputation, along with a number of other European cities, of being a place where British people visit for Stag and Hens nights, so clearly we wanted to avoid these idiots as they are simply interested in getting drunk and nothing else. In the end we saw none of these people, but we tend to move away from the major tourist areas for meals and instead, try to do what the locals do.
Overall, Prague is a beautiful city, especially when it snows as it did when we were there, heavily in fact.
It is very small, but historic and contains loads of great attractions including the Jewish Cemetery, Charles Bridge, a beautiful river, the Royal Castle and many old town squares.
We visited all these attractions and were very impressed, especially with the Jewish Cemetery as we visited this first thing in the morning, after it had snowed reasonably heavily.
Very few people were about, and the fresh, untarnished snow had fallen on the graves and pebbles and we managed to take some great photos and experienced the 13th century graves without other people to annoy us.
We would definitely recommend Prague for a few days as it is very historic, the beer and food is cheap and tasty and it is also a very stylish city in its architecture and layout…plus it has a superb river and bridge.
