We woke in Regensburg in our giant room – I slept with the girls up in the loft – and then had a leisurely morning before walking back to the train station to catch the train to Prague. The train was quite crowded, probably because of the strike the day before, but we were able to find seats in a cabin. The train itself was not bad. Not quite as nice as western Europe but better than I remember they used to be. Jung Suk rode with us, and then we said goodbye to her at the station when we arrived.

We didn’t have too much trouble finding our room even though it was rather far away from the station, requiring two subway lines and a tram, plus a walk of several blocks, followed at the end by a long climb of metal stairs to reach the hotel. Our room was overbooked, but they put us into two double rooms instead, which were fine. The hotel was some sort of sport or fitness hotel/club. Like a spa, I guess.

We ate dinner at the hotel. Everyone had pasta, which was quite good. I never could get the exchange rate straight in my head, but it certainly seemed cheaper than northern Europe had been. I would have to say, though, that the locals we’re not especially friendly.

After dinner, Phyllis and I went into town. We mostly walked over and along the river, including across the Charles bridge. Prague is really lovely. River views always seem to be nice in Europe, because the open river let’s you see long distances and expanses, but Prague’s riverfront is especially attractive, and has not been marred anywhere with any ugly buildings.

We also walked through the main square, where the church where David was married is. There was a sort of outdoor market of sorts there, and I had a beer. We then returned to the hotel and used the wifi to catch up on emails.