Day 6: Around Prague

As much as we were hoping that it would be a bright, beautiful day for our venture day in Prague that day, we woke up to a rainy morning. And the temperature was around 5-7C. Nasib baik sy dah mmg angkut jaket tebal utk kami sekeluarga especially utk sikembar. I, on the other hand a bit unlucky sbb bawa jaket autumn yg tidak kalis air. Xpe la, janji sikembar tu were kept warm enough so x jatuh sakit dan x crancky sepanjang jalan.

Pagi di Wenceslar Square

We took our own sweet time bersiap pagi tu sbb kononnya nak tunggu hujan berenti. Tapi xde tanda2 hujan akan berenti pon so kami keluar la jugak. Dah la payung pon tadak. Yg bestnya although it was Sunday, all shops were open. Ok, kami sedikit jakun disini sbb we so get used to the idea that shops are closed on Sunday as in Germany.

Our first stop was this souvenir shop selling lots of crystals and jewelleries and some other souvenirs stuffs. Agak terpegun jugak la melihat crystals disini sbb sgt glittering gitu, cantik2 dan murah2! Org kedai tu pulak peramah2 belaka and one of the shop assistant, bukan sahaja boleh berbahasa English dgn baik, malah dia tau sy dr Malaysia! Dia kata dia pon Muslim, berasal dr Tunisia dan husband dia boleh ckp melayu!

inside the souvenir shop

Nice!

However, kami x membeli apa pon sbb nak meronda byk tempat lagi and I was thinking since this shop is very near to our hotel- apartment, maybe on the way balik nanti boleh singgah. Then we kept walking along the street sampai ke Old Town. The thing about Prague, everywhere you see historical buildings sampai x tau which one actually you looking for. Agak byk points of attractions di Prague dan kami confused x tau nak pegi mana satu dulu.

Kedai Bata di Prague agak exclusive gitu...

Old Town

So we decided to walk in the direction of the famous Charles Bridge dan kemudian ke Prague Castle. Walaupun hujan, pelancong tetap ramai gitu dan seronok berjalan menyusur lorong2 kecil di Prague sbb dimana2 ada kedai souvenirs dgn mcm2 jenis barangan. Crystal jgn ckp la, mmg penuh dimana2 termasuk la Swazsroski. Crystal di Czech dikenali sbg Bohemian crystals dan sgt terkenal dgn buatan tangan yg halus dan cantik dan murah. Chandeliers yg kalau kat malaysia berharga beribu2 ringgit itu dan selalunya dijual kat kedai2 ekslusif, kat sini even a small souvenir shop penuh bergantungan!

Ain & chandeliers

Coklat pelbagai jenis

Too bad sy xde budget utk shopping :(

It was quite a long walk utk sampai ke Prague Castle, and since ianya terletak di atas bukit, some more nak kena mendaki tangga2 kecil nak sampai ke atas tu. Ain yg x berapa sihat, kata dia surrender la nak naik so dia & Fatah decided nak tunggu kat coffee shop kat kaki bukit. Kami ni gigih jugak la nak pegi (sy la actually, cik HB would be happy to comply kalau sy kata x nak naik...hehehe) Ye, sy mmg gigih bab2 berjalan ni....sbb sy fikir we may not get the chance to come again so kena all-out la kan?

Prague Castle dari jauh

Mendaki tangga menuju Prague Castle

View of Prague city dr Prague Castle entrance

Masalahnya, kami x boleh nak angkut buggy sbb jln yg bertangga, therefore cik Nabilah as usual started to be cranky, which was menguji kesabaran! Tambah pulak dgn hujan renyai dan sejuk. However sy pujuk gak dia to walk a bit more sampai we have seen enough. The thing is, kompleks Prague castle ni sgt besar, dikatakan antara castle yg terbesar di dunia. So nak tgk semua mmg out of question la kalau berjalan dgn budak berdua ni. Bila rasa mcm dah x mkn pujuk dah si Nabilah tu, maka pon patah balik dan turun ke bawah.

inside Prague Castle complex

Then kami berehat sebentar kat satu coffee shop ni menikmati kopi of course dan tertarik dgn satu kek ni, namanya medovnik. Sedap, rasa mcm ada honey and karamel. Lepas balik dr bercuti, ain buat research pasal kek ni, rupanya kek ni mmg famous kat Prague...org kata kalau pi Prague, rugi x try makan kek ni. Google resepinya, kek ni made of honey and sugar. Simple je bahan2 dia tapi method of making agak complicated!

Medovnik

Lepas break, kami berjalan menuju Charles Bridge - satu lagi famous checkpoint in Prague. Then berjalan balik menuju Old Town and Wenceslar Square. Actually ada byk lagi attractions di area ini tapi kami dah penat dan kesejukan dek kerana hujan renyai2 yg x berhenti dr mlm tadi. Still berjalan balik ke hotel pon, kami leka dgn deretan kedai2 souvenirs. Mcm2 pon ada!

me on Charles Bridge

wooden craft

By the time kami sampai hotel pon dah pukul 6:30 pm. Masak dinner, makan dan mlm tu hanya lepak2 dlm apartment.

Next episode: Journey home & Wertheim Village