Berlin --> Prague
Our foray into booking accommodation ahead worked well in Berlin so we attempted this once again in Prague. However, we arrived at our hostel, which was supposed to be a 10 minute walk to the Old Town, to find it was more like a 10 minute drive. So we ditched it and did our usual tramp around town looking for a good location and price. We ended up in a nice hotel, 100 metres from the Old Town Square which was cheaper then most of the hostels.
Yvonne had some not too pleasant memories of Prague from a working holiday some 14 years earlier, so the 25% patriotic Czech part of me wanted to show her that it was actually an amazing place, even though I'd never been there myself. After our two nights in Prague I think Yvonne and I had met somewhere in the middle. Prague as a city is simply stunning. Beautiful buildings, streets, castles, churches, bridges and to top it off delicious beer.
However, the locals really let it down. Two nights in a row we looked for the fun and we just couldn't find it. We went to two restaurants and seven bars and we couldn't buy a decent conversation. The bar staff were polite, but had no banter in them, which was better then some of the locals who were simply rude. It wasn't all bad, we made our our fun of course, but it did put a damper on things. It dawned on me later that maybe that's why the hostels are actually more expensive then the hotels, because you're more likely to meet some non-locals :)All in all Prague was beautiful but not nearly as much fun as we've had in some other places.
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