After our ghost tour the previous day, we thought we would do one of those free walking tours where you just tip the guide at the end of the tour depending on how great he/ she was. Apparently ALL the free tour guides gather at the Old Town Square, so it is basically one big mess of lost tourists and various guides trying to get more people into their group. We decided to just follow one of the groups as we thought the guy looked like he was going to be good. He gave a decent overview of the history of Prague but I think it's different when the guides are done by locals (as was the case in Krakow and Budapest) and when it's done by those American/ British kids who are doing a gap year in Europe. Still, he was rather informative and we did enjoy the tour. We then had a pretty good lunch at one of the restaurants he recommended. One thing I do like about Europe is that they allow you to bring pets to restaurants and people train their dogs very well on how to behave. While we were eating, a girl brought her dog in and it immediately went underneath the table and just sat there. It didn't bark or make a nuisance of itself. The waiter even brought out a water dish for the dog! So cute! It reminded me of the time we were in Florence and the guy had his dog at the table too.
Can't really remember what we did for the rest of the day, I do remember us joining a tour which took us around Prague Castle. Honestly, the castle didn't do it for me, I wasn't very impressed by it and thought it didn't look impressive. On our way back, we walked on Charles Bridge, which was filled with buskers. One guy was playing the glass harp ala Miss Congeniality, he was one of the more interesting buskers so we stopped and enjoyed the music and of course contributed some money.
Like I said I really wanted to like Prague but alas it was not to be. In any case, next destination please!
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