FANTASTICKÁ PRAHA

4 days in fantastic Prague, & just learnt enough Czech to say please & thank you. 

The last time we were here was 25 years ago for my birthday, on a whistle-stop tour mainly spent in bars and the old town. We didn't even have time to do the castle. 

This time we had almost 4 days, and could really get under the skin of the place. Kim found us a great Hotel, 3 minutes walk from the main underground line to the centre of town, and boy did that work out well. As an added bargain, it was just off one of the smartest squares in the posh residential district of town. Loads of great cafes & restaurants on our doorstep. There was even a keg bar called BeerGeek, with 32 taps of the Ambrosia of the gods. 

The highlights for us?

An open top classic car tour of the city, 

A stroll across Charles Bridge, 

The company,

A boat trip on the Vltava,

A wander around the castle, 

The old town, 

A coffee in Old Town Square,

The Churches,

An underground Prague tour, 

A trip to St Norberts monastery, 

A tram journey up past the Castle,

and two visits to Mincovna restaurant for some top nosh, and of course BeerGeek 😁

Snaps are to be found here-

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PRAGUETICALLY FINISHED

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PRAGUALICIOUS

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Nuff said

PRAGUE PRAGUE BABY

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Open top car tour

Jewish Quarter

Merc

From the Castle 

Inside Castle 

Five go mad in Prague 

Oh what a Knight 

In church 

Golden lane

Charles Bridge & view over old town 

PRAGUETASTIC

 

SKODA SKODA SKODA SKODA PORSCHE!

 "What car do you drive" in the Czech Republic is easy.... 

HOLI HOLI DAY!

 

Yaaaay! Off to Sunny Prague with this crew. Meeting DCLH out there on Monday. 

Sad that H&O couldn't make it this time, but we will remedy that soon. Watch this space.

As you can see, I was holding out for a Nero....

In the bowels of brizzleport

First on the bus!

@ pragueport

CWRW'R WYTHNOS PUM DEG NAW

 

RETURN OF THE TED....

Delighted to finally get to ride with my two old (as in "known a long time", NOT "old") pals this week. 

After our Book Club Meeting #32, we decided to go on a little run to Pontardulais & back for coffee & a pie @ The Motley Pie company

This allowed me to reprise my time as "SuperTed" the wonder cyclist. Long story short, I had previously owned a similar kit, bought for my projected Cycle Around The World plan, inspired partly by David's Cycle to Greece epic. 

My eye took a fancy to the Team Z Peugeot TDF Kit from 1998, and I bought a replica to wear on this Journey. (Greg LeMond went on to win the tour in it in 1990). I then turned up @ David's after a training ride, and was promptly pillaried, & christened "SuperTed". Serves me right for thinking I could get away with style in front of mates like mine....

So, on my recent return to cycling, I hunted down a copy of said kit, in which I still think I look rather dashing!

Funnily enough, David's Greek odyssey was similarly reprised by Himself, & written up in his weighty tome, Cycle-ride to Istanbul an antidote to being grown-up (available via link, or all good booksellers)

The run was fab - following the old train lines , now converted to cycle & pedestrian paths, along the valleys of this area. 

This resulted in one very happy SuperTed, and has inspired me to go and sign up for more rides locally with the CTC in the area. Watch tis space for runs!

Couldn't close the post without a sign off from the OG Himself:-

"Spotty-type cosmic dust!"