Ice cream scoops: 1 (maybe the best on the trip so far....hello Prague!)
Hours driven: 5
Incidents with car that ended badly: 0!!!!!
Incidents that could have: 2 (park and ride signs are ridiculous. One incident that put me in the bus lane as a bus picking up people, for which I off-roaded to get out of. The other with which I ended up going the wrong way down a 1 way - thankfully no cars coming. I can't blame Faith for either - I blame the Czech insistence on making signs as confusing as possible.)
Toll tags purchased before said tolls in Czech republic started: 1
Czech crowns from ATM: 3000 (oanda.com to find the exchange rate)
Cokes bought at McDonald's to get change for tube: 1. I thought we would make it the whole trip without using a McDonald's. Grrrr.
Successful tube rides: 2
Strange border crossings: 1. I wasn't sure if I should stop to talk to the police officer, if they would want to see our papers again or what. There was one free lane going through and another where people were pulling over VOLUNTARILY to talk to the police officer. I have a rule. Unless a cop pulls me over, I'm not stopping. Czech republic is part of the eu, there's no reason to stop because they all have open border policies. I flew through in the free lane but second guessed myself for the next 2 hours.
Horrible roads in cz: all of them
Awful drivers: 75%
Parallel parking jobs: 1 (thanks dad!!!! My first in Europe)
Tries to get into said parking space: 15. Laugh it up.
Times I want to do that again: 0
Size of parking space: huge
After a late start due to rain and general sleepiness, we had the included breakfast and then headed out for Prague. The scenery in cz and Austria was nice before Prague. I included a picture of road signs in one of the towns we went through. That gives you some clue of what we are dealing with between those signs and Faith talking sternly to me about which way to go. It's information overload
We made it to the hotel about 1:30 with limited incidents (see border crossing discussed above). The hotel is in Prague 06, which I think is like the districts in Paris. To be honest, this is the end of the trip where I didn't plan nearly as thoroughly as normal. Probably a mistake. The hotel is nice, but it's not convenient to any public transport, even though we aren't that far from the city centre. Ah well, you live you learn. We headed to a park and ride on the tube (see incidents described above) after finding an ATM to get crowns.
First order of business was food after a successful mcdonalds stop for change for the tube. We found this great place right next to the tube near the old town square. Shown below is paying the bill with a 2000 note. High rollers! (oanda.com for exchange rate).
Then it was a quick teaser around the old square to preview tomorrow and back to the hotel for an early night. Soo ready for tomorrow and a full day in Prague!
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