Praha

Last weekend we jaunted over to the Czech Republic to see their capital city- Praha, or Prague. It was a quick trip, we took off Friday after work and then returned on Monday morning (well, that is a loooooong story).

So, anyhoo, the purpose of the trip was really to celebrate Jamie's birthday. We joined Jamie, her husband Matt and our travel friend Aimee and her friend Megan. We stayed in the center of town and enjoyed all the sights. Our itinerary included all that Rick Steves told us to do- so we hit up the old town, the new town, Jewish Quarter, the Castle, the St. Charles bridge... The city is beautiful as well as easy to get around. We enjoyed the low key trip. We arrived late Friday night, so we just had a couple drinks. On Saturday we went walking around the whole city. On Saturday night we enjoyed a nice night out to dinner at a restaurant called Ambiente http://www.ambi.cz/index_eng.php and enjoyed some yummy pasta. (Don't worry, we enjoyed the traditional fare like goulash and schnitzel for lunch...) After dinner, JP and I retired to our hotel casino for some blackjack while the others went out to the biker bar in town for people watching.

All in all, it was an incredible trip, very low key and loads of sight seeing. There wasn't a lot of craziness or partying which aided our trip- we actually enjoyed a city without being hungover or tired!

We'll post pictures shortly. For the next few weeks we'll stay local in London and then enjoy the bank holiday weekend (the weekend before Labor Day) in Wales.