Prague Rest Day 

June 2 2023

Ken and I were up at 6:00 am which is the usual time for this trip.  As breakfast wasn't until 7:30 we went for a walk.  At this time in the morning the streets were relatively quiet. It was a real contrast to the bustle of the day.  After breakfast Ken and I got right to work cleaning and servicing our bikes.  It is a 6 day ride down to Vienna from Prague.  The back tire has taken quite a bit more wear than the front so Ken rotated his front to the back.  I decided that my tire was definitely more worn than the front but did not warrant changing.  I would like to see more wear on the back before I change it. 

After bike servicing we were off to find the Hop-on Hop-off bus.  It was only a could of blocks away.  The fellow selling the tickets up sold us a on the package to include a river boat cruise.  This turned out to be a lot of fun and was a good choice.  On the bus you down loaded an app on your phone which was sinc'ed to where the bus was on the route..  It was a much better deal than the plug your head phones into a thing on the bus like they had in Dresden.   The bus went through the Jewish quarter which is suppose to be the Paris of the east.  All the shops were very high end shops of Dior and the like.  

When we came to the place where the boat tour started we jumped off and got on the boat.  It was a really nice modern boat.  In fact it was an all electric boat.  I was amazed at how quiet it was.  The views from the river were great.  By now the crowds are really out and you could see hoards of people crowding all the walk ways along the river and on the bridges.  

After the boat trip we took the bus to the Prague castle.  We did not take the included tour.  In side the castle it was wall to wall people.  In order to get into any of the buildings you need a special ticket. However there were huge line ups to buy tickets. So we just wandered around looking at the amazing buildings.  

As we were at the top of the Prague Castle Steps Ken and I decided to walk down to the old town.  Down was a lot easier as there are somethin like 220 steps and they are big steps.  At the bottom we found our Hop-on Hop-Off bus so we climbed back aboard and took it back to the start.  

I am totally amazed at how oranate everything is.  Everything has a casting depicting some heroic scene.

Tonight is the tour's cultural event.  It is Czech Modern Dance.  I am sure we are really going to fit in in our wrinkled bike attire and bike shoes.  

Tomorrow we start the six day leg to Vienna.  It is going to be a much harder leg as the days are all longer and there is a lot of climbing.

Terry