Prague, Day 7

We allowed ourselves a relative day of ease, opting to not leave the apartment until nearly 2:00 in the afternoon. We crammed a lot of sights into the last several days, and a vacation from the vacation was in order.

When we finally did muster the will to leave, we headed over to Vyšehrad Castle, which sits on high ground along the river. The views were great, as was the church located inside the castle walls. The weather was perfect, and we sat and watched the kids run through the park under the somewhat-watchful eye of their mothers.

We left the castle and sought out a vegetarian Indian restaurant that we had found while researching for the trip. Unbeknownst to us, the restaurant had closed at 5:00 p.m. for the day. Strange. But we did come across another place, just down the street, that served good food and some decorative drinks (for future reference, here are some more vegetarian restaurants in Prague).

And what trip to a foreign country would be complete without a visit to a mall? We took the subway there, which was cool, but a mall is a mall. The pet store, though, did contain a couple of these things, which could be had for about 3500 CZK (approximately $175). I’m sure you can’t get these things in America.

Also in the mall was an 8-screen theater, so in the interest of research (and to satisfy our cravings for M&M’s and popcorn), we took in a show (given the available remaining shows, it was the best we could do). I don’t know if this is common in other theaters, but when we bought our tickets, we were allowed to pick our seats beforehand. Not particularly useful when there are only about 10 people watching the movie, but fun nonetheless.

September 21 2007