Europe Trip - Day 2 Prague, Czech Republic

Day 2 in Prague! The weather was super awesome! The sun came out and every one was out soaking up the sun! The weather changes really fast! One day it was gloomy and the next day the sun was out! Read my 1st day of blog!

During the weekend on the Vltava River market stalls will be opened and many locals and tourists will be there finding themselves some nice treats! There are many stalls and even food trucks along the river. You can buy flowers, fresh vegetables, drinks and food too! Once you purchase your meal you can sit on a parked boat and just take in what the beautiful city of Prague is giving to you.

I am absolutely amazed on how Czech people love their dogs! Dogs are everywhere and they are super friendly! People some walking up to the dogs and locals mingling with each other. Super friendly country!

Just relaxing on a parked boat with the locals on Vltava River

Food Truck!

After soaking up some sun it was lunch time! My friend and I decided to go back to the old town square and grab some lunch! While we were walking back to the old town square we saw plenty of street artists performing! The different variety and culture that you can experience is amazing! Though in Hong Kong there are street performers but mainly are singers, but here I got to see more!

Most street performers will be where the tourists attractions are, you will not miss them!

While walking towards the old square we passed by The Powder Tower. Another amazing 14th Century city gate. You can go inside the tower for 90 CZK entrance fee.

The Powder Tower

Where is The Powder Tower?

Just a few minutes walk we were back at The Old Town Square! It's time to get some food! 

Inside The Old Square there will be so many stalls that are little shops that you can purchase souvenirs or grab something traditional food to eat! That was where our lunch will be!

After looking around we decided to settle with the famous sausages and ham! It was delicious!

Although our food was really delicious and the guys at the food stall spoke English well and was nice beware of getting ripped off! After all, it is a tourist attraction place. There will be menu on a board where you can choose what you like. What you need to be aware of is the "ham". 

We got ripped off by the amount of ham we got. We didn't tell them how much we would like assuming they wouldn't give us much since it was 2 person. When we saw how much ham they were cutting off we asked how much and the guy simply answered, "I am not sure. I have to weight on the meat first." In the end we ended up paying 500 CZK - 700 CZK for 2 sausages, a whole lot of ham and bread, which we couldn't finish and took it with us during the day. 

Tip: Let the staff there know how much you want and look at the guy who's in charge on cutting the ham on your plate. Letting him know where to stop so, you won't get so much that you're not able to finish it. 

The ham was well smoked and flavored. It was probably one of the best smoked ham I have had! Also, the sausage was so juicy and crisped! Around the square you can't really find a place to sit except standing, we just went to a near by park which was behind the square sat there and ate out meal! Yum!

Another kind of food I recommend to try is the Trdelnik. It's a Hungarian snack which passed on to Czech. The snack is a rolled dough and wrapped around a steel. Added cinnamon, nuts and sugar around it for taste. Inside the old town square it will be 60 CZK for 1pc (4 slices - 5 slices), not the whole roll. If you are outside the square it will be 50 CZK. The snack was really good. It's sweet, crispy & very moist from the inside. A snack that I had to have it twice! 

While munching on the snacks you can walk towards to the astronomical clock. Since you were there you can take photos and wait for every hour to strike and something will happen. There will be figures coming out from each side greeting the city. 

After we ate, we just wanted to explore outside the tourist attraction and we walked really far to the upper part of the Vltava River. 

The red located was where we stopped and rested at a local park. We didn't really took that walking route. It was much longer as we didn't use a google map to help us. We just used the local map that the hotel gave us. We wanted to know what was the Stvanice was so we hiked all the way up there and found that it was just a stadium and decided to walk back. We walked around some more and found ourselves at another local resting area where locals chill at.

When we got to this resting away we just decided to sit down and relax. By the time we were back to the tourist areas, it was nearly 6:00pm. We decided to grab some salad at Tesco and head back to the hotel early. We needed some vegetables in our system since we had so much meat during lunch and we didn't want to waste our left over ham.

Our dinner! Hmm hmm vegetables and fruits! Something healthy resting at the hotel and finding what to do our 3rd Day in Prague!

At the hotel there were flyers about the Nazi Occupation, so I took one and googled online to see what's there to see during that time in Prague. I found out there is a little town call "Terezin". It was a formal Ghetto and Concentration Camp during the war. So, the 3rd day of our trip will be a day in Terezin!

Oh boy! What an amazing and unforgettable adventure at Terezin!

Next blog... The unforgettable Journey to Terezin!