Danube River Cruise - 4/29/14

Prague, the Czech Republic

We had a smooth flight from Frankfurt to Prague, arriving at 1:30 this afternoon. AMAWaterways representatives were at the airport to meet and get us to the bus for our transfer to the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Prague. Our traveling companions, Jan and Larry Rupert (friends of the Sennentz' rendezvous with us at the airport, so now our motley crew consists of five couples.

We checked into the hotel and then all met in the bar for a drink and to coordinate plans for dinner and the rest of the afternoon. Deb cautioned all to try and stay awake until at least 9:00 in order to try to regulate and adjust for the time zone change. We selected our tours for Prague and then met back at the bar to walk to dinner at the Kolnkova restaurant. We were met at the bar by our friend Radka, who is a professional tour guide here in Prague and with whom we spent some time on our last trip. She provided a lot of insight into the area in her short 45 minutes with us, and then left us at the restaurant.

Our meal this evening was typical Czech fare, and was delicious. I had wild boar with dumplings, Deb had roast rabbit, and some had goulash. After dinner we took a short walk to the central old town square and viewed the famous clock tower, although we had missed the hourly chimes. The Hosfords and we continued for a short walk and stroll back to the hotel on what turned out to be an evening of supreme weather.  We crashed into bed at about 9:30 and were out like dead cell phones.