July 18, 2015

We arrived in Prague from Vienna on Friday afternoon and made our way to our campsite.  Hayden was pretty excited as soon as we got there because there is a huge playground right next to the campsite.  Luckily, the site was easy to find and right next to a bus stop.  We got checked in and started looking up some stuff for us to do in the city.  As a way to find some good activities, we have been going through the “Adventures by Disney” (Disney tour groups) trips to see what they do and what we can copy.  It turns out that there is a trip to Prague and they go to the Folklore Gardens for a Czech Dinner and Dance Show.  We figured if it’s good enough for Disney, we would probably enjoy it too…we were right!  It was a great evening.  The restaurant actually has a shuttle, so they picked us up right from the campsite to go to the dinner.  The food was amazing and the dancers were very good.  Adam was happy with the unlimited beer and Hayden was a big fan of the Apple Strudel.  We all loved the food too!  We sat next to a couple from Israel who were on their first “kid-free” trip and they were very nice.  After dinner, the shuttle took us back to the campsite where we immediately pooped out!

 

The next morning, we decided to get out and see the city.  We’ve been to quite a few museums as this point, so we just planned to walk around and see the Prague Castle and check out the river front.  At the Prague Castle, there is a wonderful viewing point where you can see the entire city from the top, it was really pretty and exactly what you would expect to see of a European city.  Inside of the castle area, there was a toy museum, so we figured that was something we couldn’t miss.  🙂  The museum was small, but had some neat toys.  Hayden and Adam like the Star Wars and Super Hero toy sections the most.  There was also a Harry Potter doll, so it was a good trip for Hayden!

We left the Toy Museum and continued through the castle into the central square where the actual castle is located.  Wow…it was a beautiful building!  We didn’t go inside (long line and a little pricey), but it was amazing from the outside.  The idea of building something that elaborate with the limited technology of the time is really incredible.

From the castle, we walked across the bridge back to the other side of the river where we found a place to rent paddle boats.  It was a nice (although a little hot) day, so being on the river seemed like a good idea.  The paddle boats were fun and Hayden got to stick his feet in the water to cool off.  We have decided that we need to get a paddle boat for the lake when we get home.  It’s a nice was to be on the water and you even get some exercise!

We walked through town a little more that afternoon and saw the oldest working astronomical clock in the world.  It is actually the third oldest in the world, but it’s the oldest one still working.  The clock dates back to 1410, making it over 600 years old and still running…crazy!  It was even cooler looking in person.

We got back to camp a little early and relaxed for a while before we hit the highlight of the city…the movie theater showing Ant Man in English!  🙂  Adam and Hayden had been on the lookout for a way to see the movie, so they were pretty excited to find it in English!  Heaven forbid we miss a Marvel movie!!

We’re going to take off from Prague tomorrow and head up to Germany…YAY!  We are going to Dresden first where we are going to meet up with some friends that we met on our safari in Africa.  From there, we will spend some time in Berlin before continuing our way through Germany.