Day 19

Today we headed in the direction of Prague but first we had a Lunch stop in Slovakia.  Our stop in Slovakia was at the capital of Bratislava which was much nicer than it was depicted in the movie Eurotrip I must say.  About the most notable landmark is a suspension bridge with a high viewing platform and restaurant shaped very much so like a flying saucer.  The restaurant is in fact called UFO and apparently has statues of Martians in it to empathize that fact.

We had a walking tour of the city centre before being given free time to find lunch.  The highlight of the tour for me was encountering a robed man apparently hovering in midair.  Could not explain how he was doing it as all he was gripping was a staff in his left hand and the staff itself did not appear to be fixed to the ground in order to support a shrouded chair system.  Very interesting indeed.  Aside from that there was an entertaining bronze statue of a man with arms crossed out of a sewer grate.  It was a representation of a common underground labourer who would lounge in such fashion to look up women’s skirts.

Lunch there was cheap and awesome!  We found a pizza shop called I Love Pizza where we got 2 delicious slices of pizza, a generous portion of bite size garlic bread pieces and a modest size 4 cheese baked pasta for 6.95 Euros!  Was the first time that the two of us had lunch and were completely full!

A few hours later we arrived in Prague, checked into the hostel and began our 2nd walking tour of the day in the city centre of Prague.  We witnessed some interesting contemporary art sculptures, the John Lennon wall (wall where people have used graffiti to express messages of peace, love and support of democracy) and the astronomical clock which every hour has moving statues ringing bells and are accompanied by some playing the trumpet from atop the tower.  We also crossed the famous Charles Bridge which is adorned with several statues on either side of it but a couple in particular have polished spots on them where millions of people have rubbed them.  Depending on the statue and side of it the polished spot is rubbed to grant you a wish, ensure you return to Prague, grant good luck or grant bad luck.  We were sure to rub the good luck side.

After the walking tour we did our own exploration eventually making it to the Hard Rock Cafe and on the way back to the hostel picked a small 2 shot volume bottle of some proper Absinthe to try a bit later in the tour.

Tomorrow is our free day to explore Prague!